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The Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced that businesses in the hospitality sector will be able to apply for an additional one-off grant of up to £9,000 in the wake of the new lockdown. It follows Boris Johnson’s message that businesses will be forced to close until at least February 15. The cash will be provided […]
Happy New Year to all our readers! Here is our weekly round-up of what the national and local restaurant critics are writing about, for the week ending 3 January 2021; the first ROTR of the year, often a short one due to reviews being replaced by articles on Veganuary and Dry January, but especially thin […]
Our weekly round-up of what the national and local restaurant critics are writing about, for the week ending 27 December 2020; the final ROTR of the year, and a very short one at that. England is now operating under a strict tier system that controls whether or not pubs and restaurants can open; anywhere in […]
Our weekly round-up of what the national and local restaurant critics are writing about, for the week ending 21 December 2020; the penultimate ROTR of the year. England is now operating under a strict tier system that controls whether or not pubs and restaurants can open; anywhere in Tier 3 or the newly created Tier […]
London, and now much of the South East, has been placed into tier three, which means pubs and restaurants must close. Of course everything else is allowed to remain open. Primark, for example, where shoppers scamper for low quality goods. Hairdressers. Beauty salons. Nobody in hospitality is suggesting retail outlets should close too – rather, […]
It is not all doom and gloom. Kebab specialists Le Bab will open a new site in Shoreditch next year – with a site scheduled for February 2021. The Old Street restaurant will open until 5pm, so let’s hope London’s party scene returns in the New Year. Co-Founders Stephen Tozer, Manu Canales, and Ed Brunet […]
Taka restaurant in Mayfair has closed and will reopen under a new concept in early 2021. Renamed Maru, the restaurant will be led by chef Taiji Maruyama, a former sushi chef at Nobu London and head chef at Surrey hotel Beaverbrook. He will begin the venture alongside Taka partners Andrey and Anastasia Datsenko. Maru will […]
The Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced the furlough scheme has been extended to April 2021. Sunak also confirmed he would be continuing the government-guaranteed Covid-19 business loan schemes until the end of March. The changes come ahead of the Budget, which will take place on March 3 next year, Sunak said, and will look ahead […]
A new restaurant inspired by the food of the eighties and nineties opened in Brixton before tier three took hold. Only Food and Courses, in a shipping container, and referencing the cult TV show, will reopen after restrictions are lifted, and will continue its attempts to serve high-end, quality food in a casual setting. The […]
