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Hospitality giant The Restaurant Group has confirmed plans to axe 150 sites as part of a restructuring process. The company, which in 2018 acquired Wagamama for £559m, also owns family brands such as Frankie & Benny’s, Chiquito, and Garfunkel’s. But The Restaurant Group announced a £87.7m pre-tax loss for the first half of this year […]
Belzan founder Sam Grainger, and Nud Dudhia from Breddos Tacos have joined forces to open a Mexican taqueria in Liverpool. Madre will be a 100-site restaurant on Royal Albert Dock – also the location of the Barrie brothers’ new site – and plans are afoot to launch in November. Madre, which means ‘mother’ in Spanish, […]
Bristol chef Peter Sanchez-Iglesias has announced his new restaurant at the Standard hotel in King’s Cross will be called Decimo, and will blend Spanish and Mexican flavours. Decimo, on the top floor of the hotel, will open on October 10 and will be the chef’s first foray into London. Sanchez-Inglesias made him name at his […]
Harden’s has today released the final shortlist for this year’s definitive London Restaurant Awards, sponsored by Gusbourne, which takes place on 9 September in the ballroom of The Langham, London. Nominations for the awards are derived statistically from Harden’s 29-year-old annual survey of UK restaurant-goers. This year 7,500 people contributed 50,000 nominations within the categories […]
Harden’s weekly update of where the critics are eating, recommending and avoiding, for the week ending 1 September 2019. Kala, Manchester Jay Rayner for The Observer headed to Manchester to try out the latest jewel in Gary Usher’s crown. He wasn’t welcome, of course – when Usher opened his very first restaurant, Sticky Walnut in […]
Speciality coffee roasters Ozone will open an all-day restaurant and cafe in Bethnal Green in October. The New Zealand group said the new 100-cover space “will stay true to its Kiwi roots” and will bring “a dedication to provenance” as well as “celebrate local suppliers and their produce.” Ozone said it hopes its second site […]
Chef Merlin Labron-Johnson is opening a restaurant in Somerset, where customers will find food “sourced from friends”, “fine cider and lovely wine”. The chef announced the farm-to-table restaurant on Instagram, where he described a “tiny” restaurant focused on hyper-local ingredients. “I am very excited to announce that in November I will be opening a tiny […]
Angela Hartnett has confirmed her third Café Murano restaurant will open in Bermondsey in autumn. Adam Jay will be head chef, arriving from Cafe Murano in St James, while the restaurant’s assistant manager James Cardy will move over to the new site to lead the front of house. The expansion was first reported in June […]
Fulham Shore restaurant owners and operators is to open its 18th The Real Greek with a new site in Tower Bridge. The group, which also has emerging pizza powerhouse Franco Manco in its armoury, has been defying a tricky and widespread downturn in the casual dining sector, joining the likes of Dishoom and Rosa’s Thai […]
Five-time FIA Formula One World Champion Lewis Hamilton is launching an international vegan burger chain. The racing driver is collaborating with hospitality organisation The Cream Group and Beyond Meat investor Tommaso Chiabra to launch Neat Burger in London on September 2. After the first outlet opens just off Regent Street, the team has ambitious plans […]
