In The Sunday Times magazine this week, Dolly Alderton left a sweltering London for the Cotswolds, and reviewed The Bell, in Langford, expecting to cringe at a village that “fulfils the Cotswoldian prerequisite for chocolate box to the point of saccharine toothache”. But it turns out that she likes this picture-postcard Middle England almost as […]
The team behind The Clove Club is set to open a third restaurant in September. Two Lights will also be in East London, and will be headed up by The Clove Club’s American head chef Chase Lovecky. The venture will replace a restaurant called Amici Mei. Owner Isaac McHale provided a little more information on […]
Chef Tommy Banks, together with his family and their friend and restaurateur Matthew Lockwood, will open Roots in York this September. Roots, Banks’ second restaurant, has been hotly anticipated for some time. But we now know more about it. Unsurprisingly, the 28-year-old chef will continue to commit to seasonality and self-reliance: the farm-to-fork ideal that’s […]
The team behind Barrafina, Quo Vadis and El Pastor have announced news of a new wine bar and bistro. The Drop, which will open at Coal Drops Yard, King’s Cross in October, will be a wine-led venue, but will have a food offering despite a limited kitchen, with just two induction rings and an oven. Head […]
Spuntino, Russell Norman and Richard Beatty’s take on industrial Italian chic, will open its first airport site at Heathrow Terminal 3. Spuntino has signed an exclusive franchise partnership with TRG Concessions . It means the brand can open sites in UK airports. The first will arrive at Heathrow in December. Spuntino – which means ‘snack’ in Italian […]
Soho restaurant Bob Bob Ricard has introduced a handful of new vegan dishes. It’s added them to its existing menu so as to better provide for plant-based customers without ‘creating a complicated divide’. Executive head chef Eric Chavot insists his plates – devoid of prime rib, veal stock and French butter – maintain indulgent standards […]
One of London’s newest restaurants has closed – possibly indefinitely – apparently due to a rental dispute. Polish chef Damian Wawrzyniak has exclusively told Harden’s that his new Clapham restaurant JAN, which opened to much fanfare in June, had closed until further notice. Wawrzyniak, 38, runs House of Feasts in Peterborough and opened JAN with […]
An amusing side-note (well, actually, most of the article) in Giles Coren’s Times review of Brigadiers this week: a University of Glasgow student has completed a comparative dissertation on Coren’s reviewing style compared to another critic he doesn’t name (to be known as critic X, in order to keep the attention on himself). The insightful […]
Gaucho Group, which incorporates the cheaper Cau brand – both known for their Argentinian steaks and wines – has appointed administrators. The restaurant chain, which in London has more than a dozen Gaucho branches, and had CAU sites across the UK, appointed Deloitte to advise on Wednesday. On Thursday, Deloitte announced the company has closed all […]
The team behind Staith House in North Shields has opened a new restaurant in Newcastle. John and Kimberley Calton, along with chef and business partner James Laffan, have launched Route in the city centre – a ‘seasonal’ wine-led bistro. Harden’s reporters know Staith well. While lacking a sprinkling of ambience, MasterChef finalist John Calton’s upcycled, […]
