Harden’s weekly update of where the critics are eating, recommending and avoiding, for the week ending 17 November 2019. Vardo, London SW3 and Ozone, London E2 Marina O’Loughlin for The Sunday Times visited two places this week; both what she describes as “third-wave” coffee shops (she missed the first two). “Coffee shops are now equipped […]
Pitt Cue’s co-founder Jamie Berger has bought back the intellectual property rights to the brand, with plans to resurrect the restaurant in its original form. Berger established Pitt Cue in 2011. It quickly became a big London hit, leading the way in offering quality BBQ to the masses in the centre of town. It was […]
The Ivy Asia is the next link in an ever-growing chain. But this is no new-age suburban brasserie. The new site is as traditionally lavish as you might expect from one of London’s most famous brands, with sweeping views over St Paul’s Cathedral and an interior that might even rival Bob Bob’s in opulence. Restaurateur […]
Former Caprice Holdings chef Harvey Ayliffe has been appointed the new executive chef at Bluebird Chelsea and Bluebird Cafe White City by D&D. Ayliffe has been working as a chef for more than 30 years and can name Rules, J Sheekey, Le Caprice, The Ivy, and Soho House among his former haunts. Most recently, he […]
Former Salt Yard chef Joe Howley is to take the reins at Shoreditch Italian spot Passo. The restaurant said Howley will bring a “more refined approach to traditional, southern European cooking,” and added the chef will “transform the menu” in order to deliver a “more eclectic dining experience”. Howley said: “Passo is a beautiful restaurant […]
Noble Rot will open in Soho in spring 2020. The wine bar and restaurant, beloved by reporters and critics alike, is taking on the site formerly occupied by the legendary politico hangout Gay Hussar. In an announcement sent to press this morning, co-founders Dan Keeling and Mark Andrew said: “We’re delighted to announce that yesterday […]
Mark Sargeant, under the Pickled Egg Pub Company, which he runs with business partner Josh De Haan, have bought three more Kent pubs. The group has taken over the Five Bells at Brabourne, the Radnor Arms in Folkestone, and the Woolpack Inn at Warehorne. The three latest acquisitions add to a growing collection of pubs […]
Harden’s (slightly delayed) weekly update of where the critics are eating, recommending and avoiding, for the week ending 10 November 2019. Norma, London W1 Jay Rayner for The Observer called Norma “a place of joy”. Well, actually, he didn’t, but thanks to some lazy sub-editing, that’s what the headline says; Jay was actually referring to […]
Adam Handling will launch a new casual, sustainable restaurant concept in collaboration with Cadogan, Quintessentially Foundation, and The Felix Project. Ugly Butterfly will be a restaurant, Champagne bar, and “sustainability conversation hub”, and will open on the King’s Road, Chelsea, on Wednesday November 13. “Aiming to demonstrate that zero-waste can be luxurious, and creating something […]
This November, the husband and wife team behind Mimo, the award-winning cookery school and chef’s table, will launch Batera, a pintxos bar at The Borough Market Kitchen. Meaning ‘together’ in Basque, Batera will draw on the culture of the pintxos bars that line the streets of the old town in San Sebastian, where Jon and […]
