The people behind Zoilo and Casa Malevo have launched what they call ‘London’s first Argentine butcher and wine merchant’. Abasto, nestled in the cosy area estate agents call Connaught Village, also includes a dining room for 16 people and an events space for masterclasses. Abasto follows several other recent restaurant openings which have a decidedly multi-purpose feel. There’s […]
A grand old theatre pub that had fallen on hard times has been rescued and revived by the Renaissance Pub group. The Latchmere in Battersea has now reopened after extensive refurbishment to the bar, dining room, garden and upstairs theatre. It is the seventh site purchased by Renaissance Pubs, who seem to be doing their […]
A new Portuguese piri piri chicken restaurant, Fire and Feathers, has opened today on Fulham Road. Founded by first-time restaurateur Harry Deighton, Fire and Feathers is London’s latest pop-up-goes-perm (following a temporary residency last year at the Earl of Portobello, Westbourne Park). The restaurant, which will has an interior designed by 44th Hill (who also decked out […]
A crowd-funded start-up hoping to bring oysters back to the masses has taken its unique proposition on the road in a double decker bus. The Bloody Oyster – fresh from a shuck-cessful run of pop-up events around town – will be found parked beside the River Thames this summer, as part of the Southbank’s Festival […]
Another slice of Americana is set to hit our shores in the form of US pizza chain, Project Pie. And where has this company chosen to plant its first European restaurant? Why Dundee of course! But Project Pie isn’t stopping there, Scottish domination is on the agenda with five more sites planned over the next […]
Shoreditch haunt, The Jones Family Project, has a plethora of pop-ups on this month. Go retro at Stage Set Table, a 1970s dining room complete with a Formica cocktail bar, terrible artwork and raffia clad Chianti bottles. Updated versions of 1970s classics – such as cheese and pineapple skewers, prawn cocktail, sole Veronique and Black Forest Gateau – will […]
Hip-hotelier par excellence Andre Balazs has announced plans to open one of his oh-so-trendy Standard hotels in, er, King’s Cross. Balazs’s recent Marylebone opening, Chiltern Firehouse (pictured), has been a runaway success, with the restaurant (under chef Nuno Mendes) appearing now to be THE unchallenged celebrity hangout. The new hotel will be the first in the Standard […]
Although London now has a dining scene to rival any major city, we do often – too often, some might say – still take our cuisine cues from New York. So kudos to London’s Shuttlecock Inc, and their “immersive theatre and dining experience”, for turning the tables and taking their pop-up concept, Mile High, all […]
Kishmish may have languished in relative obscurity for half a century, but now the Fulham Indian has taken on a chef from what was until recently one of London’s most distinguished modern subcontinentals, Zaika. Dishes on the new menu include: Tawa Fish (pan-seared hake fish with smoked aubergine salsa and curried oil), Achari Ostrich (ostrich tikka infused with […]
It all seems to be happening in Clapton at the moment. Last week, Yard Sale Pizza launched in Lower Clapton Street, just after Eat 17 had announced plans for a burger bar and convenience store in Chatsworth Road. Now Verden has opened on the site of the old Cricketers Pub in E5’s Clarence Road. Specialising in meat, cheese […]
