Soho House group launch a combined Chicken Shop and Dirty Burger in the East End today (21 May). There has been very little fanfare surrounding this venture, which opened in Mile End Road, Whitechapel. The restaurants’ first joint outpost, it was supposed to open in late April, but Soho House decided to postpone the launch […]
The “lonely beacon of hope” that is Chapter One in the Kent village of Locksbottom may henceforth be a little less lonely. Chef patron Andy McLeish has launched a lunchtime brasserie to sit alongside his restaurant, which has been something of a landmark for two decades. The Brasserie serves lunch Monday-Saturday, 12pm-3pm, with no booking […]
At £72 a head (by our estimation), the Petersham Nurseries Café is far from being your average ‘cup-of-tea-and-a-scone’ venue, as found in most garden centres. For its 10th anniversary, however, proprietors the Boglione family are to open up its grounds, and the lawn of its adjoining country house hotel, for free. The garden party on Saturday […]
How times have changed, in the roaring ’20s, Selfridge’s rooftop was home to the all-girl gun club, now it will host the Q Grill pop-up. From this Friday (23 May) until the end of September, former Caprice head honcho Des McDonald’s new American BBQ concept will serve up an all-day dining experience far above the […]
Galvin-ising their position as one of the UK’s top restaurant groups, Galvin Restaurants will launch a seven-day festival of food and drink today (19 May). This is the second year that chefs Chris and Jeff Galvin have held the event, which features eating experiences at their outposts in London and Edinburgh. The festival continues until […]
This year the Sunday Times Rich List revealed that the UK has more billionaires than any other country in the world. And although no chefs or restaurateurs have joined that exclusive club just yet, Richard Caring isn’t far off with an estimated fortune of £800 million. Caring, the ‘Lex Luthor of Mayfair’, is the UK’s […]
The world really does seem to want to be in London at the moment. The chefs behind Machneyuda – the restaurant bloggers apparently proclaim “Jerusalem’s coolest” – will open their first establishment here, on 20 May. Yossi Elad, Uri Navon and Asaf Granit are set to launch The Palomar on the former site of Spice […]
In this week’s newsletter we’ve rounded up many of what, according to last year’s survey, are the best ‘restaurants-with-rooms’ in the country, so we’re delighted to be able to offer you the chance to win not just dinner for two, but a night’s stay too, at one of these fabulous destinations: One lucky Harden’s reader, […]
Next week marks the beginning of the Chelsea Flower Show, an event synonymous not only with beautiful (and sometimes not-so-beautiful) gardens but also with the début of the Great British Summer. Alan Titchmarsh may have been sidelined by the Beeb this year (in favour of Monty Don), but hopefully all other traditions will remain intact. […]
Wine, dine and then recline. It’s a perfect combination. After all, how often have each of us wished we weren’t facing a car ride or train journey home after a great meal? But ‘restaurants-with-rooms’ are more than just convenient, they are destinations. A way to get out of the city or to celebrate an occasion […]
