A new neighbourhood haunt is to open in the heart of the Portobello Market, taking over the very characterful premises which for years have traded as amiable 1980s dive Portobello Gold: an ex-Hell’s Angel’s hang-out, whose past customers have included then-serving-president, Bill Clinton. Gold will be a modern European neighbourhood bar and restaurant in the […]

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We’ve teamed up with the good people of Twizoo to announce the top 5 trending restaurants on Twitter each week in London. Twizoo is an app that gives restaurant recommendations based on what people are saying on Twitter, and analyses over 50,000 incoming tweets per week to determine which restaurants are attracting the most buzz. Trending Restaurants 21-27 May […]

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Styled as ‘a local restaurant for local people’, Lyle’s opens today (29 April) in Shoreditch’s old Tea Building. Founded by former Young Turk, James Lowe, the 48-cover, all-day dining room will offer British fare at reasonable prices. Lunch dishes range from £7-£15 and the set dinner menu is £39/head. Lowe hopes that his prices will […]

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