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Gordon Ramsay is returning to Scotland to open a branch of Bread Street Kitchen in Edinburgh, some 17 years after his Glasgow restaurant closed. The chef’s company has taken on the former Refinery site at 4-8 St Andrew Square to launch the first in the Bread Street group outside of London. Andy Wenlock, chief executive […]
Chef Dean Banks has launched a crowdfunding campaign to reopen his St Andrews restaurant Haar. The MasterChef: The Professionals 2018 finalist launched Haar at the Kinettles hotel in 2019 but the site closed last April. The chef said he had been unable to reach an agreement with the landlord and is now searching for a new location, but needs […]
The acclaimed Istanbul chef Esra Muslu will open her debut London project, Zahter, just off Carnaby Street in October. Zahter will encompass true “Istanbulite” cuisine, a statement said, “through the lens of home cooking”, and will open for lunch and dinner before offering breakfasts. Esra was previously head chef at Ottolenghi Spitalfields and Istanbul’s Soho House, as well […]
Pan Pacific London, the first European outpost of the Singaporean hotel group, has announced the launch of its signature restaurant, Straits Kitchen, which will incorporate the various cuisines that represent multicultural Singapore. The hotel sits just north of Liverpool Street, and its opening in the City had been postponed by the effects of the pandemic. […]
The London coffee brand Grind has raised £22m ($30m) of investment off the back of “explosive growth in its at-home coffee products during the lockdowns”. The investment round is led by entrepreneur and author Richard Koch, known for his bestselling book The 80/20 Principle, as a founder of L.E.K. Consulting, and as the first investor […]
Fin and Flounder, one of London’s top fishmongers and supplier to the city’s finest restaurants, is to launch its own seafood shack, Bar Flounder, at Netil Market on Friday September 3. Located just around the corner from the Broadway Market shop, Bar Flounder will be housed in a stunning custom-built modern shack designed by Richard […]
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, […]
