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City workers at Bloomberg’s new European HQ will have their work cut out for them just trying to decide what to have for lunch. Bloomberg Arcade, slated to open in October at the media giant’s new offices in Queen Victoria Street, will vaunt 10 rather trendy-sounding restaurants curated by Bloomberg’s Richard Vines alongside the FT’s […]
The Allegory by Drake & Morgan is coming to the ‘Unsquare Mile’ this October – that’s the are where Shoreditch meets the City – in the new Principal Place development just off Worship Street. Be one of the first to sample their creative cocktails, craft beers, and dishes from the menu with 50% off food and drink […]
The Trafalgar Dining Rooms at London’s Trafalgar St. James Hotel has officially opened its doors. The menu gives Mediterranean cuisine a ‘London twist’, such as: Grilled stone bass with tomato, samphire and spring onion and chilli and garlic glazed chicken and puy lentil moussaka. At the bar you’ll find a range of cocktails and tea-tails (for those […]
When Grace Dent reviewed The Langham’s new ‘pub’ The Wigmore, she decided she never, ever wanted to go there again. We would hazard a guess that The Guardian’s Marina O’Loughlin would be quite happy to go back any time…“Silly? A bit. Delicious? Oh yes.” “Creative cocktails in their own weeny tankards… pies and roasts and toasties… reimagined […]
XU, the new Taiwanese venture from the trio behind BAO (Shing Tat Ching, Wai Ting Ching and Erchen Chang) – and, of course, their backers JKS Restaurants (the Sethi siblings behind Hoppers and Gymkhana) – is to launch two private dining Mahjong games rooms on 2 October. The rooms will be available to hire for eating, […]
Following a £1.8m crowdfunding campaign, Martin William’s M Restaurants brand has been rolled-out to the ‘burbs – a move, he says, has been driven in part by Brexit as well as commuter demand for decent dining on their doorsteps. The Twickenham branch of the restaurateur’s luxurious steak and seafood restaurants opened on 11 September. It […]
The inaugural, sell-out Harden’s invites dinner was hosted by Peter Harden and Michel, Emily and Giselle Roux at Mayfair’s temple of Gallic gastronomy, Le Gavroche, on Monday 18 September. The event celebrated the launch of Emily and Giselle’s cook book New French Table and was a truly family affair as even Monsieur Albert Roux himself put in an […]
This week Jay Rayner reviewed Notting Hill’s family-run Italian, Da Maria, in the Observer, remarking that it’s the kind of place that ‘keeps London human and, more to the point, humane’. A shame then that it may be demolished to make way for an expanded cinema foyer. You know who’s side Jay is on… “Da Maria […]
The Balham Food Festival is once again kicking off with the Balham Banquet on Sunday 24 September between 11a m-5 pm on Hildreth Street and Bedford Hill Place, showcasing the vibrant local food offering. In its third year the Balham Banquet offers a funday for all, attracted over 1,500 local residents and visitors last year. With […]
Titan of London power dining Jeremy King branded Brexit “stupid, short-sighted and xenophobic” during a Q&A session with Harden’s co-founder Peter Harden at the second annual London Restaurant Awards this week. The restaurateur – who, alongside his partner Chris Corbin, picked up the Lifetime Achievement Award at the ceremony on Monday 11 September – said […]
