A couple facing the loss of their three North London cafes are taking legal action to challenge the City of London Corporation’s (CLC) decision to transfer the venues to the Daisy Green group. Lawyers for Patrick Matthews and Emma Fernandez wrote to the CLC on Thursday to demand that it “brings some light” to how […]
Cardiff diners have two interesting new options for 2026 following the Christmas launch of natural wine bar and restaurant Ogof in Canton and next week’s relaunch by chef Tom Simmons (pictured) of his Pontcanna flagship Thomas as a more relaxed brasserie. Ogof has taken over the former site of Poca and La Cuina on King’s […]
Well-travelled chef Ed Baillieu, previously executive chef of the Pelican in Notting Hill and the Hero in Maida Vale, has opened his first venue in London – close to where he grew up in Putney. Ruth’s, a neighbourhood restaurant and bar, has taken over a corner spot on the Lower Richmond Road occupied for 40 years […]
Bambi, the London Fields restaurant and record bar from James Dye of Shoreditch hit One Club Row, is closing next week for a three-week refurb that will see it doubling in size with an expanded kitchen. Head chef Jamie Thorneycroft, who joined last year, is putting together a menu that takes advantage of the new […]
Our round-up of what the nation’s restaurant critics were writing about over the holiday period up to 4th January 2026 The Guardian Poon’s at Somerset House, Aldwych Grace Dent was an immediate convert to Amy Poon’s relaunch of the family’s restaurant brand in the New Wing of Somerset House, declaring it simultaneously “sweet, confident, feminine, […]
