Yet another slice of Americana arrives in London as legendary Chicago sandwich shop Potbelly opens its first European restaurant in Stratford’s Westfield shopping centre. A signature selection of deep-filled sandwiches are made to order at the counter, served with hand-dipped milkshakes, soft drinks, cookies and live music. Founded in the Windy City back in 1977, Potbelly […]
We’ve teamed up with the good people of Twizoo to announce the top 5 trending restaurants on Twitter each week in London. Twizoo is an app that gives restaurant recommendations based on what people are saying on Twitter, and analyses over 50,000 incoming tweets per week to determine which restaurants are attracting the most buzz. Trending Restaurants 30 July […]
[huge_it_slider id=”9″] Edinburgh is a particular highlight for those who love eating out, being the best-provided dining conurbation outside the Smoke. So just in case you’re planning a trip to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in August – we shine the spotlight on dining in Scotland’s capital… 21212, Edinburgh £93 Critics may find the menu a […]
Sam Harrison, the restaurateur behind Chiswick’s Sam’s Brasserie and Harrison’s in Balham, is in talks with Hawksmoor duo Will Beckett and Huw Gott to sell both sites (subject to a full consultation with staff). If the sale goes ahead both venues will close their doors on Sunday 30 August. Sam’s, a “consistently good neighbourhood brasserie”, […]
Dining in Seven Dials continues its upward trajectory, as the people behind long-time Soho favourite Bocca di Lupo follow in Marcus Wareing and Russell Norman’s footsteps to open a restaurant there. Jacob Kenedy and Victor Hugo, of the lauded tapas-style Italian, will launch their second London outpost, Vico, in late-August right next door to Norman’s Ape […]
AA Gill heads to Le Chabanais hoping to recapture the nouvelle cuisine magic he discovered at Roger Vergé’s Le Moulin de Mougins in Monte Carlo so many years ago. However this new venture, on Mayfair’s Mount Street, an offshoot of Le Chateaubriand in Paris, singularly fails to impress the Sunday Times’s critic-in-chief. “This is a […]
Claude Bosi has hired a former Le Gavroche chef to head up the kitchen at his low-key foodie temple Hibiscus in Mayfair. Francesco Dibenedetto began his culinary training at IPSSAR ‘A. Perotti’ (Professional Institute of State for Food and Wine) and has since had a variety of roles, including the Four Seasons Golf Club in Dubai, a place at […]
We all know the flapping, fluster and general furore that can precede planning a dinner party. Buying candles and napkins, checking you have enough champagne flutes and glasses, choosing the right wines to go with your menu – deciding on a menu in the first place. It is a complex and intricate business. A menu […]
We’ve teamed up with the good people of Twizoo to announce the top 5 trending restaurants on Twitter each week in London. Twizoo is an app that gives restaurant recommendations based on what people are saying on Twitter, and analyses over 50,000 incoming tweets per week to determine which restaurants are attracting the most buzz. Al fresco Trending Restaurants […]
Boutique luxury hotel Flemings Mayfair, which is currently undergoing a £14 million refurb’, has launched a new afternoon tea space The Drawing Room. This most British of dining institutions will be served in the newly decorated space daily between 12:30-5pm. From the traditional through to Chocolate Indulgence, or the hotel’s signature Ruinart Rosé Royal Afternoon Tea […]
