The Boisdale stable of Scottish-themed bar-restaurants will expand next week with a new opening – in a converted Mayfair stables. The latest venue is smaller than the Belgravia original and its City and Canary Wharf offshoots, so has more of a cosy whisky bar atmosphere – topped off with an in-house humidor and street-level cigar terrace. Set over two floors of […]
⦿ Jay Rayner of The Observer reviewed Margot in Covent Garden, a “fancy Italian” where dinner-jacketed waiters have “that easy, relaxed style around food which really pisses off the French because they haven’t a clue how to do it.” “At Margot they can offer you a special of tagliatelle with white truffles for £55 and not even raise their […]
Tv company Electric Ray are looking for talented “wannabe-restaurateurs ” who are ready to turn their idea into a business for an new TV project. Are you ready to take the plunge and open your own restaurant? Do you need investment to get your idea off the ground? If you’d relish the opportunity […]
Mexican celebrity chef Martha Ortiz is to open a restaurant at the InterContinental Hotel in Park Lane next spring. Dulce Patria, her Mexico City venture, is regarded as one of the most exciting restaurants in Latin America, combining research into historical Mexican gastronomy with creative modern twists. The Mayfair venue will be her first beyond Dulce […]
An ambitious Mediterranean restaurant featuring innovative chef swaps with twinned businesses across Europe is scheduled to open at Weetwood Hall on the outskirts of Leeds in February. Convive is the brainchild of veteran Yorkshire restaurateur Martin Pickles (left in photo) and his old friend Martin Hicks, managing director of Weetwood Hall. The pair met when they were both […]
Nomadic restaurant Xiringuito will open in Liverpool on November 15 following its move from Margate in Kent, where it made a debut this summer. Named after the seasonal restaurants that pop up for the summer in Catalonia, Xiringuito is run by Conor Sheehan and chef Jackson Berg, who met when still at school in Liverpool. Architect […]
The Kitty Hawk, billed as a “department store of dining” that brings New York-style glamour to an all-day food and drink venue, will open on November 21 at South Place in the City of London. It is the first of seven venues planned across the City and London’s West End by new company Wright and Bell, headed by […]
Eight perspex igloos on a terrace overlooking the Thames at Tower Bridge have become a massive winter hit for City wine bar and restaurant Coppa Club. Bookings were suspended in early November after Coppa – a club with no membership fees – had recruited six extra members of staff to handle the “overwhelming demand”. A […]
⦿ Jay Rayner of The Observer reviewed Jaya in Llandudno, where he found “cracking Punjabi food by way of East Africa”. “From the specials there are lamb chops, marinated in their own lime pickle, which is all fire and acidity. The heat of the oven has mellowed the punch a little but turned it into something deeper […]
Ukrainian-born chef and writer Olia Hercules heads a team of cooks preparing a Haitian-themed dinner to raise funds for ShelterBox at Carousel in Marylebone on Monday November 7. Shine for ShelterBox is six-week campaign to raise money to provide emergency relief and shelter for communities devastated by natural disasters or political conflict. Hercules will be joined by chefs Oliver […]
