Yeni, London W1 Jimi Famurewa for The Evening Standard has found his new happy place: after two hours at Yeni (” a new London sibling for one of Istanbul’s hottest restaurants”), all of his “contorting stresses and life worries had melted away”. He even compared the new Anatolian restaurant to a spa-break, “almost certainly the best place […]
Antonio ‘Lello’ Favuzzi, formerly of leading City Italian, L’Anima, has joined Mortimer House Kitchen as head chef. Favuzzi spent ten years at L’Anima, and led the team following Francesco Mazzei’s departure in 2015. The slick City Italian was often considered a little clinical and on the pricey side, but its food quality was perennially strong. […]
Restaurant crowdfunding supremo Gary Usher has admitted he’s “f**cked up” over his budget for Kala, his new restaurant in Manchester. He said in an Instagram post that he “underestimated it completely”. Kala was pencilled to open late last year, but a new date of May 1 has been announced. Usher said he needs an additional […]
Leandro Carreira’s Bermondsey restaurant Londrino has closed, according to reports. Londrino opened in November 2017 and has received mixed reviews from pretty much everyone over its 18-month shelf life. Reporters’ thoughts have always been hugely variable, ranging from “not only stunning visually, but with exceptional flavour”, to “up itself, lacking generosity”, and “disappointing”. Before setting […]
Chef Alex Harper and chef restaurateur Robin Gill are reportedly planning to work together on a number of food projects at a new luxury London hotel. In a CODE Hospitality bulletin this week, an announcement said: “A central London project launching this summer. “The Dairy’s Lewis Wright will run front of house at the nature-led […]
Covent Garden stalwart Asia de Cuba will close at the end of February to make way for a new concept. Amidst a gush of NYC-imported hype, the Chino-Latino restaurant opened at Ian Schrager’s St Martin’s Lane Hotel in 1999. Back in the day, few venues could equal the aching glam of its beautiful Eurotrashy crowd […]
Thunderbird Fried Chicken, an established London street food vendor, is to open its first permanent site. Founded by former racing car driver Matt Harris in 2017, the business has until now been operating out of Street Feast’s Dinerama and Giant Robot sites. Harris’ new Brixton spot will be split across two floors on the frenetic […]
Prawn on the Lawn in Islington is to launch a 30-cover cocktail and oyster bar called Sawyer & Gray Lates. The seafood restaurant, which has a sister site in Padstow, Cornwall, will transform its day-time cafe, which sits next to its dining room proper, into a candlelit affair from 6pm Thursday to Saturday. The additional […]
Bia Rebel, Belfast Jay Rayner for The Observer was in Belfast, and visited the winner of the Best Cheap Eats category of last year’s Observer Food Monthly awards. “Happily, I can confirm our readers have impeccable taste.” Bia Rebel is run by chef Brian Donnelly (ex-Aubergine, Le Gavroche and Thornton’s) and his business partner Jenny […]
