Table for one? An embarrassing question? Eenmaal (‘one meal’) in Amsterdam – a restaurant that caters exclusively to solo diners – is trying to do away with all that. And at the end of January you can grab a table there for yourself as the Dutch restaurant pops-up in London’s Soho. Initially the temporary solo […]
The folks behind the “superb crispy pizzas” at Peckham’s beloved local, The Gowlett, are taking to the roads in a restored 1980s London Leyland Titan bus – wittily named The Crust Conductor. From February the travelling pizzeria will be popping-up at a host of venues and festivals such as The Brick Brewery, LowLife’s festival and Brixton’s […]
D&D London have announced a bumper Christmas with record revenues across the restaurant group, especially at new-look venues like Quaglino’s and Avenue. It also seems as though diners were in the mood to celebrate over this holiday season with a 15 per cent annual increase in champagne sales at the group’s restaurant. Overall revenues at […]
Margot’s Bistro in Padstow, Cornwall – which, according to our reporters, “deserves to be famous just as much as Rick Stein’s restaurants” – has announced that it is to close after 19 years. It may be “tiny” (19 covers), but the bistro “turns out consistently superb food” that’s “always a delight”. In an announcement on […]
It may be cold outside but winter is still a very romantic time of year – roaring fires, cosying up with a glass of wine and Valentine’s Day just around the corner. To help set the mood Harden’s is offering the chance to win dinner for two at London’s most romantic restaurant, Clos Maggiore, which […]
Look out Sloaney Pony! Next week (January 15) Fulham darling Claude Compton is to open a new gastropub just across the park from Parsons Green’s famous White Horse. The street food vendor-turned-restaurateur made a splash in the area when he opened Claude’s Kitchen above Amuse Bouche in 2013, with Fay Maschler awarding the restaurant a […]
London’s flagship ambassador for Portuguese cuisine, the “refined and beautiful” Portal in Clerkenwell, is hosting a Taste Portugal event later this month. Discover Portuguese produce, like BÃsaro pork, through a special menu created by chef/patron Antonio Correia and former head chef Ricardo Costa (now heading up the kitchen at Porto’s celebrated Yeatman Hotel). Taste Portugal […]
New grill house, West Thirty Six, will open in Golborne Road later this month – the same west London street that already houses John Doe, the charcoal grill spot glowingly reviewed by the Observer’s Jay Rayner on Sunday (4 Jan). The three storey 100-cover restaurant with bar and cocktail lounge, on the former site of the […]
Sick of the North being overshadowed by London food trends, the people behind Filthy Cow burgers say they want to ‘change the face of dining in Manchester’. A pretty tall order for a humble junk food – especially considering the fact that so many London and global burger brands are on the march in Manchester […]
