Harden’s weekly update of where the critics are eating, recommending and avoiding, for the week ending 25 August 2019. The Yan, Lake District Grace Dent for The Guardian loves the Lake District, and visits a lot, but is constantly “in search of a big, reasonably priced and, above all, welcoming place to take normal folk” […]
Reubens delicatessen and restaurant in the West End has been saved by a London dining entrepreneur who plans to reopen the premises with a new look. The West End’s only kosher restaurant closed in May, sparking much consternation around the industry. Its salt beef bagels were always “excellent“, and Reubens even held firm as new, […]
Chef Nick Bennett is leaving the Sudbury House hotel in the Cotswolds this October. Bennett joined the hotel in 2014 and alongside then executive chef Andrew Scott became head chef of Restaurant 56 in 2016. The fixture won plaudits aplenty. Scott departed in January and Bennett and the hotel instead launched Magnolia restaurant as a […]
Harts Group has opened its second Pastorcito site. The restaurant, under the El Pastor banner, has launched in the Mercato Metropolitano food hall in Elephant and Castle, London. Pastorcito offers a short menu of tacos and wheat wraps, as well as a frozen margaritas, mexican beers, tequila, and mezcal. It’s the sixth taqueria from the […]
Tonkotsu is to open its tenth London site. The latest ramen restaurant will launch in Peckham in September, and will join Forza Win’s new wine bar at a new Market development. There won’t be any key differences at the new Tonkotsu, it’s more of the same. That’s not to say it isn’t an enticing premise […]
Tom Cenci, former executive chef at Duck & Waffle, and Adam White from the Riding House Cafe, will open Loyal Tavern in Bermondsey next month. The duo will take on the site of former south east London institution Village East, once a textile factory, making use of British produce to create a “relaxed neighbourhood environment”. […]
Pidgin founders James Ramsden and Samuel Herlihy are launching a sandwich shop in Coal Drops Yard. Sons + Daughters is the duo’s take on a “classic sandwich shop, celebrating the sandwich in all its glory”. It’ll be open all day, morning to night, with freshly made sandwiches, side dishes, soft serve ice cream, and cocktails. […]
Harden’s regular round-up of the restaurant critics’ meals, from the week ending 18 August 2019. Flor, London SE1 Jimi Famurewa for The Evening Standard found Southwark newcomer Flor to be “lightly challenging” and “utterly astonishing”, with food that “hits a sweet spot between the unexpected and the familiar… between thoughtful, modern refinement and messy, chin-dripping joy”. […]
Venezuelan restaurateurs Gabriel and Jose-Luis Gonzalez are to open Caracas in Westfield London, White City. The casual dining restaurant will be a homage to their homeland, inspired by the buzzing arepa bars across the country, particularly in the capital. The brothers’ menu will aim to show off the best of Venezuelan cuisine, with the arepa […]
Indian street food concept Indico is opening a second site in Birmingham. The first, in Shirley, Solihull, has been described as “Shirley’s finest Indian street food restaurant”, serving classic snacks found at Indian railway stops and traditional curries inspired by the food of northern India. Indico’s second location will open in Birmingham’s Mailbox complex in […]
