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The West End will see a new “relaxed neighbourhood” restaurant arrive in the form of Bloomsbury Street Kitchen in August this year. An announcement said the venue will “embrace shared dining” and “showcase an exquisite selection of contemporary Mediterranean and Japanese small plates,” which will be “complemented by a diverse variety of wines, sake and […]
After four successful years and more than £152,000 raised, Jason Atherton’s Social Sunday will return this weekend. The dinners, cooked by the likes of Atherton, Claude Bosi, Angela Hartnett and Sat Bains, raise money for Hospitality Action, which supports hospitality workers if they fall on hard times. Atherton, his Social Company brigade and esteemed chefs […]
London salt beef classicist Monty’s Deli is to close its Hoxton restaurant at the end of July. It will mean only the Market Halls iteration, a grab-and-go unit rather than a standalone sit-down space, and a stall in Old Spitalfields Market will remain. The business shared a statement on Twitter, which said: “We are truly […]
It no longer matters whether you consider Great Queen Street a gastropub or a restaurant; whether you considered it a seasonal British trailblazer, or just a bit dull; because it is to close this month after 12 years in London’s West End. The restaurant was opened by chef Tom Norrington-Davies in 2007. He immediately established […]
Flat Iron has closed its Notting Hill site on Golborne Road. It had been in operation for two years. Founder Charlie Carroll said the decision came after considering rent increases and poor transport links. Founder Charlie Carroll said: “I have always loved Golborne Road. Though it’s not well known, it has the most amazing community […]
Hay-on-Wye, better known for its literary pursuits than its culinary scene, has gained a new British restaurant this week. Chapters is the work of debutante restaurateurs Charmaine Blatchford and Mark McHugo, who have come up with a relaxed fine-dining concept focused on local produce and sustainability… The restaurant has opened at the former site of […]
Harden’s regular round-up of the restaurant critics’ meals, from the week ending 30 June 2019. Tayer + Elementary, London EC1 Jimi Famurewa for The Evening Standard is on a roll; last week he discovered Gezillig, and this week he was in east London at the the new split personality venue from celebrated mixologists Alex Kratena […]
St John Bakery will open a second site having seen success in Neal’s Yard. The bakery’s first singular outpost, in Covent Garden, has become an Instagram hit, largely thanks to Fergus Henderson‘s trademark doughnuts. Now, the group will launch another standalone unit in Fora, a co-working space on Borough High Street. The bakery won’t be […]
Levi Roots, of Reggae Reggae Sauce fame, has announced the closure of his East London BBQ restaurant. The one-time Dragons’ Den star, musician, TV chef, and cookbook author opened Levi Roots’ Caribbean Smokehouse in Westfield Stratford City shopping centre in 2015. But on Tuesday, he said on social media: “So sorry! Unfortunately I have to […]
Emily Brightman has been appointed head chef at Murano by Angela Hartnett. Brightman joined the kitchen as a junior sous chef two-and-a-half years ago, having previously spent three years at Restaurant Gordon Ramsay, where she was a senior chef de partie. She also undertook stages in New York: at three-Michelin-starred restaurants Per Se, and Eleven […]
