Stevie Parle will open a second Pastaio at Westfield London in November. The restaurateur’s first, in Soho, hasn’t wowed everyone but has always offered great “value for money”, and many will be pleased to have a second “pasta pit-stop” while shopping out west. The new 145-seat restaurant will benefit from two open kitchens (one dedicated […]
Oxford Brookes University has confirmed its Brookes Restaurant will close in 2020. News that the restaurant, which provided a place for its prestigious hospitality school students to train, was met with widespread consternation earlier this year, and a petition to ensure it remained open was signed by thousands. However, staff at the university said the […]
Iconic London restaurant St John, which introduced an unsuspecting world to the gospel of ‘nose-to-tail dining’, is to open in Los Angeles, USA, in October. Hitherto a profound statement of UK culinary identity, it will be interesting to see whether it becomes a branch of the native Californian food culture, or is rather a Brit […]
Jason Atherton launched his new Mayfair restaurant, The Betterment, on Thursday. It is, coincidentally, across the square from Gordon Ramsay’s new Lucky Cat. Ramsay was Atherton’s boss for ten years, of course. Atherton’s project forms an integral part of the latest instalment in Hilton’s growing collection of luxury hotels, Hilton LXR Hotels & Resorts. It […]
Taiwanese bun shop Bao is planning to open its fifth site. Bao is reportedly launching at the bottom of Universal Music headquarters in Pancras Square, King’s Cross, and will do so alongside Sri Lankan restaurant Hoppers. Bao will open at the development following a licensing application for a new two-story restaurant, according to MCA. Eater […]
Harden’s weekly update of where the critics are eating, recommending or avoiding, for the week ending 15 September 2019. It’s slightly shorter than usual this week – we’re busy finalising Harden’s London Restaurants 2020 and sending it off to the printer; available soon in all good bookshops! OKN1, London N1 40 Hoxton Street might not […]
Brown’s Hotel is to launch a new restaurant on September 9. The Rocco Forte enterprise will open Charlie’s, named after Lord Charles Forte, under incoming chef director Adam Byatt, best-known for his Michelin-starred, much adored Trinity restaurant in Clapham. Charlie’s will celebrat the brand’s heritage, and will, an announced said, make sue of “authentic ingredients […]
The Pig hotel chain is expanding to Cornwall in 2020. It will be the seventh to open, and will follow the launch in Bridge, near Canterbury, Kent, in May. Another is expected in West Sussex later next year. For now, all eyes are on the Cornish outpost, which is positioned in Harlyn Bay near Padstow […]
Joël Robuchon International is to launch two London restaurants this year. Le Comptoir Robuchon will open in Clarges Street, Mayfair, in October, while Le Deli Robuchon on Piccadilly will launch in November. The openings follow the closure of L’Atelier de Joël Robuchon in London’s Covent Garden in April (no real loss whatsoever). Robuchon, a French […]
Catering company Tart London is to launch a neighbourhood restaurant in October. Wild by Tart is the work of founders Jemima Jones and Lucy Carr-Ellison, who have have teamed up with Tom Warren of Lock Studios, a photography and events space in Hoxton. The restaurant will be housed a former power station and coal store […]
