Kudu, Richoux and Chick’n’Sours all reappeared this week at unfamiliar addresses as London restaurateurs reshuffled their packs for the winter.
Kudu, until recently a ‘collective’ of four venues in southeast London from Amy Corbin and Patrick Williams (pictured), has moved to a prominent corner site opposite La Fromagerie in Marylebone – marking a big shift from south of the river to the West End.
The couple say they are combining new dishes with favourites from Patrick’s South African-influenced menus at the original Kudu in Peckham and its Kudu Grill spin-off in Nunhead, which together with Little Kudu and Curious Kudu made up the collective.
Meanwhile Richoux, a famous London patisserie brand with a history stretching back to 1909, has been revived this week as a Parisian-style cafe in Langham Place, three years the last of its previous branches closed. The new venue will shortly be followed by another near Tower Bridge, with international offshoots in Abu Dhabi and Saudi Arabia slated for next year.
Another comeback sees the fried-chicken and cocktails concept Chick’n’Sours returning as a residency at Big Chill in King’s Cross, four months after closing its two bricks-and-mortar sites in Soho and Haggerston to concentrate on a delivery-only service.
And in Shoreditch, the former Pachamama group completed its transition away from Peruvian cuisine with the opening of Lagana in the former premises of Pachamama East. Lagana is Greek-inspired, in line with the group’s move to Mediterranean cuisine at Bottarga in Chelsea and Nina in Marylebone.
