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Our round-up of what the nation’s restaurant reviewers were writing about in the week to 27th October 2024. London Standard Fonda, Mayfair David Ellis headed to Heddon Street, which week by week enhances its claim to be the epicentre of gastronomic Mayfair, to visit chef Santiago Lastra’s follow-up to Kol, the all-conquering and decidedly upmarket […]
Chef Limor Chen and her husband Amir are to launch the third branch of their Eastern Mediterranean restaurant Delamina in Covent Garden next Friday (1 November). They have taken over a Grade II listed Georgian townhouse in Tavistock Street that was formerly occupied by Volta do Mar. Their first two venues, in Marylebone and Shoreditch, […]
Former Galvin at Windows head chef Joo Won is to open his first restaurant, Cálong, in Stoke Newington, combining classical French techniques, seasonal British produce and his Korean culinary heritage. Cálong is taking over the premises in Church Street occupied for nine years by Rubedo, a European bistro and natural wine bar that signs off […]
Philosophically inclined chef Sam Buckley is taking his acclaimed Stockport restaurant Where The Light Gets In to Manchester city centre this winter for a five-month series mixing residencies with workshops and talks. Titled ‘A play in the City’, the series is billed as ‘a unique four-act programme that combines food, art, and urban living into […]
A new European-influenced bistro, wine bar and piano bar called Juliet opens next week in Stroud, Gloucestershire, from Daniel Chadwick, an artist and engineer who has owned the well-known Woolpack in Slad for 25 years. Juliet – which is named after Daniel’s wife – is in Stroud’s landmark Old Music Centre building, previously used as a factory […]
Casa restaurant in Bristol, successor to the famous Casamia from Peter Sanchez-Iglesias, has closed ‘until further notice’– without any explanation. A notice posted on the restaurant’s website this week reads: “At this moment, we are closed for future bookings. If you’re looking to book a restaurant, please check out our sister restaurant, Paco Tapas. “All vouchers […]
Our round-up of what the nation’s restaurant reviewers were writing about in the week to 20th October 2024. London Standard Sael, St James’s Market David Ellis was the first critic to review the latest of Jason Atherton’s current wave of five London openings, finding it “a restaurant for anyone, at any time, on any occasion”. […]
A Spanish-inspired neighbourhood restaurant called Amari opens next week in Brighton, from the team behind Mexican spot Halisco. Chef Ian Swainson, previously of Amarillo in the city, will head the kitchen, with his partner Justyna Maria Ciurus, formerly of the Little Fish Market in Hove, running the front of house. They are backed by brothers […]
The couple behind the Double Red Duke in the Cotswolds have doubled up with the opening this week of the Mason’s Arms, across the road in the Oxordshire village of Clanfield. Formerly known as the Clanfield Tavern, the Mason’s Arms is the original name of the old coaching inn, parts of which date from 1610. […]
The death was announced this week of Bradford ‘Curry King’ Shabir Hussain, the founder of Akbar’s, at the age of 56. His 10 restaurants across the North, the Midlands and Scotland closed to marked his passing, and will reopen today (Friday 18 October). Known as ‘Bash’, the charismatic restaurateur launched Akbar’s as a 28-seater in […]
