Much-loved Broadstairs ice cream parlour Morelli’s Gelato (est 1937) will open a restaurant in Covent Garden Market next week. The gelateria, still in Morelli hands after five generations, has been selling its wares in Harrods for a decade but this will be its first standalone London site. The restaurant will launch on Sunday 21 December, […]
A kickstarter-funded café from YouTube cupcake queen, Jemma Wilson, opens today (16 December) in growing restaurant hub, Kingly Court. Located just off Carnaby Street, the complex already houses the like of Pizza Pilgrims, Wright Brothers and Señor Ceviche, with more to come in the New Year. This week Kingly Court’s newest tenant is Crumbs & […]
A new Japanese fusion spot will takeover the handsome Georgian building on Fulham Road that briefly housed the “truly dreadful” Eighty-Six and before that the long-standing Cactus Blue. Zinnia opens on Thursday 18 December serving an all-day menu of bento boxes, sushi and cakes and pastries, plus an evening à la carte. The interior, always […]
Throughout December and January Harden’s readers can treat themselves to a free mezze plate at Fitzrovia’s new Levantine restaurant, Ceru. Just a stone’s throw from Oxford Street on Rathbone Place, it is a perfectly located spot for a pick me up, a bite of lunch or dinner with friends during those stressful Christmas and New Year shopping […]
To get you in the Christmas spirit, Harden’s has teamed up with Lanes of London to bring you the chance to win a champagne afternoon tea for two with a merry little twist. Available throughout December, the Festive Afternoon Tea comes with a selection of dainty finger sandwiches and traditional buttermilk scones, served with clotted cream and […]
Enjoy a relaxing mini-break this winter at the fabulous Stoke Place hotel in Buckinghamshire for half price. Harden’s readers can get a 50% discount on the best available bed and breakfast rate from 12 December 2014 to 31 March 2015 when having dinner in Seasons restaurant. The stylish new dining room, on the hotel’s ground […]
London’s love affair with all things Peruvian (perhaps it is Paddington fever?) continues as the people behind Bravas announce plans to open a second St Katherine Docks restaurant – this time a Japanese/Peruvian fusion place. Bal Thind and Victor Garvey (who launched their Spanish tapas joint Bravas earlier this year) will open Amaru on 5 […]
Danny Meyer’s Covent Garden venture Shake Shack divides critics, but love it or loathe it we’re getting another one. The NYC restaurateur’s Union Square Hospitality Group plan to launch a second London site in mid-2015, this time in Stratford’s expansive Westfield shopping centre. His marketeers say this Shack “will build on the success of the […]
Messrs Bancroft and Haworth’s fabulous Langho manor house, Northcote, will celebrate its 30th birthday in January together with the 15th year of its annual gastronomic event, Obsession. If you’re obsessed with food the gourmet evenings, running from Friday 23 January – Saturday 7 February, could be the place for you. The starry roll call of […]
