Marylebone’s Canvas, which opened six months ago, has closed and relocated to the former site of Le Cercle. Chef/restaurateur Michael Riemenschneider will relaunch the restaurant on 2 September in Wilbraham Place, just off Sloane Square. The new Canvas will not only be bigger (60-80 covers instead of 20) and less central, it will also (crucially) […]
During our usually damp summers we Brits have braved many adverse weather conditions in the hope of lighting the barbecue and enjoying a good burger. And it looks as though tomorrow’s National Burger Day (27 August) will be no different. Events to mark this auspicious day include Mr Hyde’s CAR-B-Q at Battersea Powerstation – in a […]
Rick Stein is to open a seafood restaurant in landlocked Winchester. The 70-cover establishment, expected to open its doors this autumn, will focus on ‘fresh fish, simply cooked.’ Stein’s first UK opening outside Cornwall appears to be something of a family project. Stein’s business partner is his former wife Jill, and the pair’s three sons […]
Shoreditch’s Vietnamese restaurant and takeaway, Kêu, will open its second London site in Soho on 15 September. The street food bar, serving up banh mi (filled baguettes), noodle bowls and buns, will take over 9 Poland Street, once home to the Burlington Café. The menu includes classic banh mi like mortadella, pork floss, house chicken liver […]
Globally popular ramen bar, Ippudo – which already has sites in Japan, Sydney, Singapore, Hong Kong and New York – is finally to open its first European outpost. No prizes for guessing where they’ve decided to launch this new flagship restaurant – London (obvs). Ippudo St Giles will offer Londoners signature dishes like Shiromaru Classic, a traditional white […]
The Goodman group recently received much press about its latest prix fixe restaurant Beast (pictured) – a decadent affair charging £75 a head for king crab and steak – a concept you probably won’t find outside of London. Their lower profile, but no less successful brand, Burger & Lobster on the other hand seems tailor-made […]
London’s oldest fish and chip shop (they claim) – Rock & Sole Plaice – has its sights set on major expansion with three new London sites planned and outposts being considered in Manchester, Birmingham and even the Middle East. Four shops are expected over the next five years, initially in Soho, London Bridge and St […]
New Tom’s – the successor to Tom Conran’s long-standing Notting Hill deli – has launched an evening bar and bistro. Head chef Tom Straker intends to make use of some ultramodern techniques (presumably picked up during his time at Heston’s Dinner) to create the new dinner menu. Dishes include: spiced hake, split beans, white peach and […]
Tom Kerridge is to open a second gastroboozer in the picturesque Buckinghamshire town of Marlow this November. His new venture, to be named The Coach, will apparently be a ‘pared-down’ counterpart to his much-lauded Hand & Flowers (pictured). It will be an all-day dining affair with a much more affordable menu than his original gastropub (well, […]
