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Earlier this year, Soho’s legendary Italian Vasco and Piero’s Pavilion was forced to close due to rent issues. There was talk at the time of a new site. That has finally arrived. Working with the property agency Shelley Sandzer, the restaurant has found a new premises on D’Arblay Street and will be taking over what […]
Our weekly round-up of what the national and local restaurant critics were writing about in the week ending 22 August 2021. ***** The Observer “I do not hesitate to say that what’s being served here is some of the very best sushi in the UK today.” Jay Rayner secured himself a sought-after spot at the […]
Tigre Tacos is opening its first permanent home upstairs from Doña – the mezcal bar on Stoke Newington High Street – this September. The Tigre Tacos taqueria will take over the ground floor space with Doña housed underneath, with both open for business on the September 1. Brightly coloured neon signage will hang over the door, […]
This August bank holiday, Shing Tat Chung, Erchen Chang and Wai Ting Chung will launch a weekend breakfast at Café BAO in King’s Cross, drawing influence from Taiwanese cuisine and the western-style cafes found throughout Asia. The menu combines both eastern and western breakfast classics, alongside a line-up of BAO Bakery Goods that Café BAO […]
Norma will launch a supper club series led by Culinary Director Ben Tish. Monthly events will begin on September 7 with a seafood-focused menu, with oysters, razar clam crudo with cucumber, fennels and herbs, and charcoal grilled monkfish tail with gremolata and aioli. The second dinner on October 5 will honour the quintessentially Sicilian fortified […]
Sven-Hanson Britt’s much-awaited fine dining restaurant Oxeye will open this October in London’s Nine Elms on Embassy Gardens. The tasting menu will open with snacks such as salted walnut oil cracker and marinated walnut and Cornish Yarg churros with fresh nettles and sea beet. Starters will include Irish coast sea urchin, potato dumpling and smoked […]
Chef-restaurateur Stevie Parle has found a temporary home for JOY after he was forced to close his Portobello Dock site. Parle reopened JOY last week at 94 Marylebone High Street – formerly an LK Bennett – as a plant shop and 20-cover café. He will also host weekly supper clubs. The site was formerly an […]
Our weekly round-up of what the national and local restaurant critics were writing about in the week ending 15 August 2021. ***** The Sunday Times “There’s something about this way of cooking that’s hugely cheering, regularly delivering the sparkiest, most happy-making experiences.” Marina O’Loughlin reviewed Oren in Dalston, and had “a blast”. (So did “everyone […]
