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The chef patron of the El Gato Negro and Canto restaurant group Simon Shaw has revealed plans for a third Manchester dining spot, Habas. Habas will be a modern Middle Eastern restaurant and bar on Brown Street and situated in a Grade II listed building. The kitchen will be headed by Shaw and he will […]
The Perry Hill Pub, nestled between Catford and Sydenham, will open its doors under new ownership after a refurbishment on April 12. Well, it’ll open outside to begin with. It is a long-awaited launch for the area run by Phil Sutton, who has experience at he likes of The Florence in Herne Hill and Franco […]
The Light, an iconic Shoreditch venue and favoured watering hole to many, is to rise once more from the ashes. Originally, it was set to reopen in spring 2020 with a bar (ground floor/mezzanine) and dining space (first floor), but the gala launch has now finally been set for April 2021. It will return nearly […]
Here is our weekly round-up of what the national and local restaurant critics are writing about, for the week ending 28 March 2021. England remains in national lockdown, although with a ‘roadmap’ of dates with restaurants and pubs closed until 12 April at the earliest, and then only open to serve single households seated outdoors: […]
Kerridge’s Bar & Grill will open as an outdoor pop-up, called Kerridge’s Garden Grill, from April 12 until May 16. The 46-cover terrace will be located on a mezzanine level, which is situately directly above The Garden (where the hotel’s executive chef André Garrett’s Mediterranean-inspired menu will be available daily, also from 12 April). At […]
This April, Native will open the Native at Browns Courtyard, part of its new home at Browns Brook Street, Mayfair. It is another chance to dine alfresco after April 12, as the Government gradually eases us out of lockdown. An announcement talked of a “secluded courtyard” in “one of the few addresses in Mayfair with […]
The Stafford London is “celebrating the joy of outdoor cooking” with a new outdoor cooking series, starting in April when restaurants will be allowed to open outdoors. From April, culinary director Ben Tish and executive chef Jozef Rogulski will be joined by a roster of chefs to cook collaborative menus from the outdoor grilling area […]
Mana, Manchester’s best restaurant, and #3 in Harden’s Top 100 UK Restaurants is to scrap its service charge after its chef-owner Simon Martin called the practice “outdated”. Martin said he took the decision to provide better job security for his staff and to help change people’s perceptions of modern hospitality. He said menu prices will […]
Chef Luke French and wife and business partner Stacey Sherwood have revealed plans to open in May a Tokyo izakaya-inspired restaurant in Liverpool. Nama (which means ‘raw’ in Japanese) will be a drinking and dining concept in Liverpool’s MetQuarter, using sashimi grade fish and “responsibly sourced ingredients” from the UK, the EU, and Japan. The […]
Former staff at Jamie Oliver’s restaurants have been awarded more than £471,000 in compensation. Following an FOI request by The Mirror, recent tribunal judgements relating to Oliver’s various failed businesses resulted in money paid out by the Redundancy Payments Service. The claims were not against the Jamie Oliver Group, which continues to trade, but the likes […]
