Harden’s regular round-up of the restaurant critics’ meals, from the week ending 30 June 2019. Tayer + Elementary, London EC1 Jimi Famurewa for The Evening Standard is on a roll; last week he discovered Gezillig, and this week he was in east London at the the new split personality venue from celebrated mixologists Alex Kratena […]
St John Bakery will open a second site having seen success in Neal’s Yard. The bakery’s first singular outpost, in Covent Garden, has become an Instagram hit, largely thanks to Fergus Henderson‘s trademark doughnuts. Now, the group will launch another standalone unit in Fora, a co-working space on Borough High Street. The bakery won’t be […]
Levi Roots, of Reggae Reggae Sauce fame, has announced the closure of his East London BBQ restaurant. The one-time Dragons’ Den star, musician, TV chef, and cookbook author opened Levi Roots’ Caribbean Smokehouse in Westfield Stratford City shopping centre in 2015. But on Tuesday, he said on social media: “So sorry! Unfortunately I have to […]
Legendary Italian deli and restaurant Lina Stores is to open a second site in King’s Cross. The restaurant will launch in autumn and marks 75 years since the first delicatessen opened in Soho. It will be set up in one of King’s Cross’ last surviving heritage buildings, and will be an 100-cover outfit decorated in […]
Tamarind restaurant group removed three members of staff after they complained chef Karunesh Khanna was using Knorr chicken stock in vegetarian, vegan, and halal dishes, an employment tribunal heard. According to The Caterer, official documents revealed two assistant managers were made redundant after taking issue with the use of Knorr chicken stock powder in vegetarian […]
Hotel group Standard International has announced the launch of its first site outside of the US. The Standard, which will open in King’s Cross in July, will first feature a restaurant led by executive chef Adam Rawson, and a standalone bar with cocktails, craft beers and New York-style snacks. The all-day restaurant, Isla, will offer […]
Harden’s regular round-up of the restaurant critics’ roamings, from the week ending 23 June 2019. Darby’s, London SW11 Grace Dent for The Guardian was the first critic to beat a path to Battersea to sample “Robin and Sarah Gill’s new project” near the peculiarly placed new American embassy at Vauxhall (“a gargantuan, purpose-built, space-age fortress… […]
Chef-owner Anna Hansen has decided to depart the Modern Pantry after founding the restaurant ten years ago. Robert Mcleary, who joined shortly after it opened in 2008, and has acted as Head Chef for the last five years, will now become executive chef. While Hansen’s food is too “trendy” and “mediocre” for some reporters, The […]
Taste of London has returned for its 15th year, and will end its run this Sunday (23 June 2019). Rain didn’t dampen the launch night on Wednesday, and the queues were long. You might yet consider such long waits to get inside worthwhile, however, as an ample line up of bars and restaurants, including some […]
