Brasserie Blanc’s sister business, The White Brasserie Company (nul points for imagination there), has embarked on an aggressive scheme to open 20 gastropubs in the next three years. The Hare in Old Redding, Harrow, is the first of three openings planned this year, the others being The British Queen in Orpington (expected later this month) and […]
First-time restaurateur Miguel Caffarena, formerly of Soho’s Bodega Negra, has headed west to open an Asian-influenced tapas bar. Toro Gordo (the Fat Bull) arrived in Hammersmith’s King Street this week and as a special introductory offer Harden’s readers will receive 30 per cent off food throughout the month of August. Just quote ‘Harden’s’ when you […]
Another restaurant that screams ‘scalable concept’ is set to launch in the City later this year. Pull’d – specialising in slow-cooked meats – is hoping to tap into London’s ongoing love affair with all things carnivorous. The all-day dining concept will open its first site in Cannon Street this autumn, with up to five more […]
A Middle Eastern company with restaurants in Beirut and Dubai is planning to open its first UK outpost, just off Sloane Street, this September. Salmontini Le Resto will open in Pont Street on the site of The Palm, an overpriced ‘early-wave’ US steakhouse. Joe Bassili and Hussni Ajlani founded Salmontini in Beirut in 2001. The pair […]
After the surprise decision to close his eponymous Chelsea flagship restaurant at the beginning of the year, pending possible relocation to Mayfair, Tom Aikens has announced plans for expansion. The chef is to open his fifth Tom’s Kitchen restaurant in St Katherine’s Dock this month. The 130-cover establishment will serve up spicy crab cakes and seven […]
Ms Maschler is unimpressed by Sinabro The Evening Standard’s critic awards just two stars to this Battersea Rise newcomer. Fields coming to Clapham Common New café from the duo behind Balham’s much-loved M1LK. Dalston’s hipster hangout doesn’t pass muster for Zoe Williams East London’s White Rabbit gets a dismal one star in the […]
Upmarket sushi spot, Roka, which now has restaurants in Canary Wharf, Fitzrovia and Mayfair, will open a more casual offering this autumn in the form of the Shochu Kanteen. Located below Roka Charlotte Street (pictured), the underground Shochu Lounge will launch this informal canteen in celebration of its 10th birthday on 15 September. Open for […]
Paul Ainsworth – the chef and restaurateur whose fish is considered by Harden’s reporters to be the best in Padstow – is to open his first hotel next spring, reports Caterer & Hotelkeeper. The six-bedroom Padstow Townhouse will add to Ainsworth’s coastal empire, which he runs alongside his wife, Emma. It will open on the […]
There appears to be some sort of epidemic breaking out in the City – something to do with pasta, chianti and air dried hams. News reaches us that a third Italian restaurant has opened in London’s financial this month. First Caterina55 (4 July) , then Scarpetta (7 July) and now La Tagliata has appeared in Sandy’s […]
Fulham’s popular pre-footie gastropub, The Butcher’s Hook (pictured), is expanding its horizons with the launch of a second site in Hammersmith next month. Owner Gus Evans will open his latest venture on 11 August, in the former Ravenscourt Park premises of that cute little boozer The Thatched House (RIP). In the kitchen is John Stanyer, formerly […]
