Harden’s weekly update of where the critics are eating, recommending and avoiding, for the week ending 13 October 2019. Sons + Daughters, London N1 “Sometimes, a truly great, home-made sandwich can be quite a profound thing.” Jimi Famurewa for The Evening Standard isn’t always most thrilled by the “enlivening excursions to hypey food courts, dazzling […]
Bucket, the Notting Hill sustainable seafood restaurant inspired by Mediterranean beachside eating, has launched a new autumn menu under the leadership of new head chef, Mack Barnstable. Dishes focus “on the laid-back, family-style eating for which Bucket is already known, with an emphasis on raw dishes and small plates from the kitchen and larger dishes […]
US seafood chain Slapfish is to make its London debut. Andrew Gruel – an unfortunate name for a chef, some may say – will open his first London outpost in Kentish Town after seeing success on America’s West Coast. Slapfish focuses on serving sustainable seafood and sources its fish from local fishers. On their London […]
Spudulike has reopened eight of its shopping centre outlets thanks to a takeover by potato specialist Albert Bartlett. It means the brand, first launched in Edinburgh in 1974, will return to the British high street after its collapse in August. A statement posted to Spudulike’s website reads: “We’re excited to announce that Spudulike is back. […]
Carl Clarke and David Wolanski will open their fourth Chick ‘n’ Sours site in London in early November. The restaurant will be a small, 50-cover joint housed in a 17th century building on Artillery Passage in the City, tucked between Liverpool Street Station and Spitalfields Market. As well as the menu that has won the […]
This November, Borough Market will celebrate its 21st birthday with a new food-focused project. The Borough Market Kitchen, a new communal dining space housed in Jubilee Place, will welcome more than 20 food traders dedicated to cooking with the best of the market’s seasonal produce. Familiar enterprises such as La Tua Pasta and Horn OK […]
Tom Aikens is opening a new 25-cover restaurant in Belgravia this December. The chef, the youngest Brit to have ever won two Michelin stars, will launch Muse with a menu inspired by the chef’s “fondest food stories and memories”. Muse will be split over two floors and will sit inside the renovated mews house previously […]
Harden’s weekly update of where the critics are eating, recommending and avoiding, for the week ending 6 October 2019. Mao Chow, London E8 Jimi Famurewa from The Evening Standard sometimes feel like “a well-meaning wrecking ball” (“the walking scourge of overrun kitchens and treasured local secrets”) when he reviews small restaurants. “Can that already-mobbed neighbourhood […]
The profits of the company incorporating Rick Stein’s seafood restaurant empire halved last year, The Caterer said. The company, which also operates hotels, retail outlets, and a cookery school, blamed the wider hospitality industry for the drop. Turnover remained steady, falling from £16.9m to £16.8m the previous year. But pre-tax profits plummeted to just £489,000, […]
Former Le Gavroche and Fat Duck chef Talia Prince and award-winning sommelier Kelvin McCabe are opening a seafood and wine bar in Crouch End with restaurateur Anthony Lyon. Lyon’s will focus on “exceptional, sustainable seafood from the British Isles”, while the wine list will begin by championing English Sparking wine Ambriel from West Sussex, as […]
