Chef Merlin Labron-Johnson has launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise funds so his high-achieving but tiny Somerset restaurant, Osip, can move into new, much larger premises. The new Osip will be a “country auberge” offering accommodation as well as meals, set in a restored historical building in the countryside a few miles from the current […]
Chef-entrepreneur Gary Usher, who has used record-breaking Kickstarter campaigns to fund the expansion of his northwestern group Elite Bistros, has turned to crowdsourcing in a new direction – this time to find a new name for his Liverpool restaurant, Wreckfish. In a video posted on X (formerly known as Twitter), Gary has appealed for suggestions to […]
Here’s our regular round-up of what the nation’s restaurant critics were writing about in the week up to 24th September 2023. The Observer “A hotbed of vegetable-love.” Jay Rayner reviewed Tendril, a vegan restaurant that “has put down roots in meaty Mayfair and is doing smart things with great produce”, creating “something distinctive, clever and […]
The much-travelled and highly rated zero-waste restaurant Native is on the move again, having announced the closure of its berth at luxury retailer Browns’ Mayfair flagship store after just over two years. Imogen Davis and Ivan Tisdall-Downes (pictured) broke the “sad and unexpected” news in an Instagram post, saying they would now be hosting a […]
Ana Gonçalves and Zijun Meng, the chef couple behind the long-running East-meets-West project TATA Eatery , will open their new restaurant Solis in Battersea on October 4 – and this time it is Iberia meets Uruguay. The 80-cover venue is the final addition to the Arcade Battersea food hall, which opened this summer in the former […]
Rosso, the glossy Manchester Italian restaurant co-owned by former footballer Rio Ferdinand, has closed down after 14 years. Its management said it was “the right time to go at the height of our popularity“. Well-known for its inevitable celebrity clientele, Rosso won wider renown in the city for its illuminated Valentine’s Day and Christmas decorations […]
Harden’s have 5 copies of THE INSTANT COFFEE SHOP: HOW TO OPEN A CAFÉ IN A WEEK to give away to the first 5 readers to respond. Please send your name and address to editorial@hardens.com. Part how-to book, part memoir and part overview of the global coffee-shop boom, The Instant Coffee Shop tells you all […]
A new West African restaurant is to open next month in a railway arch next to Borough Market. Akara is Aji Akokomi’s more casual follow-up to his acclaimed Fitzrovia flagship, Akoko. The new venue is named after the crispy West African fritters made from black-eyed beans which will be served as starters, stuffed with prawns […]
Plans have been drawn up for an Indian hospitality venue on the edge of Manchester that would be Europe’s largest restaurant, with the capacity to seat up to 1,500 guests over four floors. Royal Nawaab, the company behind the project, already operates a 500-cover restaurant and banqueting suite in the iconic Art Deco Hoover Building, […]
There are numerous benefits to making sure your business is an active part of your local community, from improved visibility and brand image to a boost in customer numbers and easier recruitment and retention. In this article, The Sustainable Restaurant Association suggests just some of the many possible ways your restaurant can get involved. Sponsor […]
