Casamia is to close for good this summer, with chef-proprietor Peter Sanchez-Iglesias (pictured) saying the avant-garde restaurant is no longer financially viable. A leading light of Bristol’s emergence as a gastronomic heavyweight, Casamia was rated the best in the country as recently as the 2019 edition of Harden’s Best UK Restaurants, and the high-profile closure […]
A new restaurant/deli is being launched on the Clerkenwell site previously occupied by Anna Hansen’s influential The Modern Pantry. Compton Restaurant opened this week for walk-ins as part of Clerkenwell Design Week, and opens fully on Thursday 16 June. Described as an “easy dining bistro”, the restaurant will serve a short modern menu with plenty […]
Chef Hylton Espey (pictured) and his wife Petronella will open their first restaurant, Culture, on Custom House Quay in Falmouth next month, with a hyper-seasonal menu focused on local ingredients sourced from people he knows. Hylton, a South African-born surfer, has made himself at home in Cornwall in his six years working at Rastella restaurant […]
Opera North is to open a destination restaurant at its new headquarters in Leeds city centre this summer. Kino will accommodate up to 100 covers on three floors, with an evolving line-up of local pop-ups and guest chef residencies. The restaurant is in the Howard Opera Centre in New Briggate and Harrison Street, which opened […]
Burnley FC may have been relegated from football’s Premier League this month, but the Lancashire mill town will soon have a premier league restaurant if a new “fine dining” venue lives up to its promise. Burnley Council has given a green light to plans to convert a disused Georgian pub, The Waterloo, into a 30-cover […]
Korean-American celebrity chef Akira Back is to make his European debut with a restaurant at the new Mandarin Oriental Mayfair hotel, which is scheduled to open in Hanover Square next winter. The chef made his name at the Yellowtail Japanese Restaurant & Lounge in Las Vegas, where his signature dish is tuna pizza, and also […]
Here’s our regular summary of what the national and local restaurant critics have been writing about in the week ending 22 May 2022. ***** The Observer “Every menu description conjures up an image of how happy you will be eating it. Not a single one lets you down.” Jay Rayner identified the “tribe” at Les […]
The Paris-based Experimental Group, owner of the Henrietta Hotel in Covent Garden, has acquired Cowley Manor spa-hotel in the Cotswolds – the group’s first UK property outside London. Local chef Dominic Hargreaves has been appointed with a brief to introduce an innovative menu for the restaurant and open-air cooking during the summer, while Experimental – which […]
A new motoring-themed restaurant opens in North Yorkshire today, with classic cars parked between the tables. The Arnage, named after a famous corner at the Le Mans racetrack, is part of The Motorist showroom and events space at Sherburn in Elmet, near Selby. The Motorist was founded by Simon Spinks, a fifth-generation bed and mattress […]
