Ollie Dabbous’s number two restaurant offers an approachable small-plate menu, often realised to a very high standard, at reasonable prices; the ambience is comfortable enough, though – for Fitzrovia – it does strive rather hard to be hip. Dried flower arrangements. How achingly ‘now’. And how very 1964 too, as you can see at Pimlico […]
Nick Willoughby, founder of Crème de la Crêpe in Covent Garden, is to turn his hand to running a gastroboozer. The street food vendor-turned-restaurateur and his business partners have bought the former Norwood Hotel in West Norwood and will relaunch the site as The Great North Wood later this month. The soon-to-open drinking and dining spot […]
Stevie Parle, of Dock Kitchen fame, has opened his new restaurant in Dalston. The Kingsland Road spot will be called Rotorino (once thought to be called Sardine). Backed by The Rushmore Group (Milk & Honey and Danger of Death), this is Parle’s second restaurant, the Dock Kitchen having opened in 2009. Parle’s new venture has […]
The ultimate hipster hang-out, The Laundry in London Fields, is to open a canteen-style restaurant and bar in May. Just in case you needed this project’s cool credentials… the building is co-owned by Radiohead’s Ed O’Brien, it’s been styled as a ‘cultural hub’ and, well, it’s in Hackney. The 100-cover restaurant will open early next […]
The Easter Bunny has come early this year, courtesy of Harden’s and Hotel Chocolat. Ten lucky newsletter readers can win a Bunny in a Muddle box which contains five different chocolate shapes that you piece together into one delicious chocolaty bunny. It’s a puzzle and an Easter treat all rolled into one. To win your […]
Charlotte’s Holdings, the group behind popular dining spots Charlotte’s Place and Charlotte’s Bistro, will open a third west London site this autumn. The new restaurant, to be called Charlotte’s, will launch in Dickens Yard, Ealing. At the same time, the group’s flagship restaurant Charlotte’s Place (also in Ealing) will close for major refurbishment. The restaurant […]
Ex-Spuntino head chef Rachel O’Sullivan has opened a deli, Pinch Pantry, off Dalston Lane (just round the corner from Steve Parle’s new Rotorino). The former Polpo Group chef is working with Venus McMahon (formerly of local dine ’n’ wine spot, L’Entrepot). To keep up to date with all the latest London goings-on and news […]
St Paul’s Road in Islington is becoming quite the hub of restaurant activity. First Trullo (founded by River Café alumnus Jordan Frieda) moved in, then LECOQ (from Salt Yard Group founder Sanja Morris and her sister Anna) set up camp beside it, and soon a new artisan café, Sawyer & Gray, will open next door. Details […]
Popular Mexican chain Benito’s Hat has opened a Leadenhall Street outpost to cater for the City crowd. The latest branch features electronic ordering to (hopefully) reduce queues during the lunch hour rush. Punters can order food via an app and collect in-house or have it delivered to their office. Like its other five London establishments, Benito’s Hat’s […]
In a rather timely report (it being Earth Awareness Month and all), the House of Lords’ EU Committee has called for urgent action on food waste. This is not a little local issue. Global food waste’s carbon footprint is twice that of America’s trucks and automobiles! The Lord’s committee now wants the European Commission to […]
