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 […]
Here’s a novel idea that will appeal to those with a hipster sensibility – a vintage tricycle that’s been converted into a mobile drinking den. Bar on a Bike will launch at Foodies Festival’s Feast event (Battersea Park. 15-17 August) with a selection of long drinks and cocktails to tickle revellers’ taste buds. The vintage tricycle, which […]
Spiaggia, a new beach-themed Italian restaurant complete with sun-loungers and seaside cocktails, is coming to the Fulham Road. Not to the bit sometimes called ‘The Beach’, however, but rather to the more downmarket environs of Fulham Broadway. It seems a pity that it is not opening opening till late September/early October. Perhaps owner Mish Haddad […]
The Frescobaldi family – who have produced some of Tuscany’s finest vintages, since 1308 they claim – will open their first restaurant and wine bar outside of Italy this autumn. No prizes for guessing where they have chosen for their foray into foreign territory – it’s London, of course, and more specifically Mayfair. Dei Frescobaldi […]
What is happening to Dim Sum chain Ping Pong? Their restaurants seem to be closing at a steady pace. First Patty & Bun took over their outlet by Liverpool Street station, then Opso was founded on the site of their Marylebone branch and now we hear that the chain’s premises in Eastcastle Street near Oxford […]
Can food really be art? Shuttlecock Inc hopes to deliver a spirited case for the defence in the form of Carousel – a new interactive space opening this August in Marylebone. The self-style ‘foodie nomads’ (pop-up dining operatives to the rest of us) will open a three storey interactive and immersive restaurant/gallery which delves not […]
