An East European chophouse will open next month in the crypt of St George’s Church in Hanover Square, a troubled site in Mayfair that has seen the departure of two previous restaurants in the past year. Elezar, which takes its name from the Hebrew eleazar meaning “God has helped”, is from a trio who share […]
Dishoom is to open its largest branch yet next week on the edge of Borough Market, having taken over two storeys in the west wing of the Hop Exchange, an extravagant Victorian edifice built as a hub for the brewing industry. Open for breakfast from 8am during the week (9am art weekends) until late, the […]
Chef Andrew Sheridan opens his latest venue today – a New York-inspired restaurant and cocktail bar in Liverpool’s Ropewalks area named Manhattan-style after the corner it sits on, Seel & Slater. The launch follows an astonishingly quick transformation of Gary Usher’s Wreck Bistro, which served its final meals last Sunday, having been acquired by Andrew’s Open […]
Covent Garden institution Christopher’s (pictured) has closed after 35 years, with Adam Byatt’s Bistro Union, Malaysian specialist Laksamania and Indian restaurant Black Salt in East Sheen also calling time at the end of September. In further closures, recent weeks have seen the company behind Belgravia’s 19 Motcomb Street placed in a creditors’ voluntary liquidation with […]
Gennaro Contaldo, best-known as Jamie Oliver’s mentor, has opened his latest restaurant near Piccadilly Circus – at the mature age of 77. Named Bolo after his signature Bolognese ragu, the 32-seat trattoria in Air Street serves a tight menu that revolves around seven pasta dishes – including the ‘Jamie’ (mezze maniche with sausage, Calabrian chilli bolo & […]
The Hispanophile Hart Brothers have closed their Borough Market grill restaurant Parrillan and will replace it with a Spanish-style neighbourhood bar or ‘cerveceria’ called Los Primos, where guests can enjoy a beer and a bite to eat for less than a tenner. Ice-cold Estrella Galicia will be sold by the caña – a small glass holding […]
Polish chef Marek Dziedzic is to showcase the cooking of his home country at his new County Durham restaurant Biedronka, meaning ‘ladybird’, which launches this Thursday (1 October). Marek is already well-known in the area as head chef at Scandinavian-influenced restaurant Hjem in nearby Wall, which closed down at the end of last year having […]
Live-fire restaurant group Temper is swerving away from the barbecue grill with its latest opening, a wine bar in Marylebone with the delightful name Temper Tantrums. The new venture launches next Wednesday (30 September) in the former Be At One bar in Wimpole Street, just off Oxford Street, and is said to be inspired by […]
A friendship between two matriarchs living on different continents has culminated decades later in the opening of a restaurant in Chiswick inspired by the regional cuisine of north Mexico. Mirtala was launched earlier this summer by Indian-born husband-and-wife duo Rishad and Benaisha Mehta, and is named after a Mexican friend of Rishad’s grandmother, Aloo. The […]
A glamorous Italian-style grill room and bar launches next week in Manchester’s Grade II listed former city library and registrar’s office off Deansgate. GiGi Gusto Griglia has taken over and transformed the former premises of Gusto, with an open kitchen and a central cocktail bar, Bar Elegenza, and aims to capture the ‘glamour, energy and […]
