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Carlo Scotto has left the well-liked Xier restaurant in Marylebone and will launch a new venture in September. Scotto, former head chef at Xier, will open Amethyst in September, a 24 cover site housed in a former Caffe Nero (so we will soon see a much better use of space). The restaurant, at 52 Stratton […]
Here is our weekly round-up of what the national and local restaurant critics are writing about, for the week ending 25 April 2021. ***** England now has a ‘roadmap’ of dates for the re-opening of restaurants and pubs, which are now allowed to serve single households seated outdoors. Inside dining can start from 17 May […]
Michel Roux Jr is inviting friends, family and colleagues of all deserving pandemic heroes to nominate their loved ones for a chance to enjoy lunch or dinner for two people on the house at his Mayfair restaurant Le Gavroche. “From firemen to food store employees, from teachers, volunteers, charity workers, carers to soldiers, so many […]
The Dorset-based chef Harriet Mansell will open a new wine bar and tap room in Lyme Regis in July. Lilac will be a 40-cover fixture in the coastal town, focusing on low intervention wines and small plates. It will, says the team, “echo the ethos of Harriet’s debut restaurant Robin Wylde, which shines a light on […]
The restaurateur Razak Helalat – you might know of the Coal Shed? – will open Burnt Orange in Brighton in June. Offering food, wine, cocktails, and a specially curated music programme from the legendary DJ Norman Cook (aka Fatboy Slim), the restaurant has been described as a “grown up” drinking and dining spot. Mimicking the […]
The Garden Museum Cafe, located at the heart of the historic Garden Museum in Lambeth, has re-opened, and launched its outside summer terrace and al fresco garden in the courtyard. The modern-British/European menu is curated by the restaurant’s young head chef George Ryle (ex-Primeur, Padella), who is serving up a weekly-changing menu using produce from […]
Eataly, the world’s largest Italian food market and restaurant concept, will launch on April 29. We don’t so much care for the markets, grocers, cookery schools, wine shops and the like all on the way. Well, we do, but we’re here to tell you about the restaurants. La Terrazza will offer an Italian menu of […]
A new restaurant, wine bar and wine shop will launch in the upmarket Jericho area of Oxford this May. Yes, there are a lot of openings going on – it is promising for the industry. Nearly all of them talk about seasonality and local produce but none more obsessively than this one. Called Wilding, the […]
Here is our weekly round-up of what the national and local restaurant critics are writing about, for the week ending 18 April 2021. Some magazine articles were written weeks ago, but the newspapers produced a small, but welcome, crop of actual reviews. England now has a ‘roadmap’ of dates for the re-opening of restaurants and […]
Andreas Labridis, Nikos Roussos, and Georgianna Hiliadaki, the founders of Marylebone restaurant OPSO and the Athens-based restaurant Funky Gourmet, will launch INO on May 24 in the heart of Soho. Soho is a risky spot currently but early indications of trade post-April 12 have been strong. INO looks a valuable proposition. “Driven by the ancient […]
