New York’s Caffè Dante has become a permanent fixture in Claridge’s as Dante Mayfair, following a successful residency last summer which was extended to the end of the year. It serves an all-day Italian-American menu including grills, seafood and cocktails in what was latterly the more formal Claridge’s Restaurant, operated most famously in recent times […]
A chef has been forced to close his debut venture, an ambitious sandwich shop on the edge of Manchester, after a single day’s trading after being overwhelmed by the sheer number of guests. Kieran O’Reilly launched Ruger Fjord in Lees near Oldham on Saturday, pitching it variously as a “focaccia lounge” and a “really good butty […]
Spencer Metzger (left in picture) opens his follow-up to the acclaimed Row on 5 next week – Chez Rose, a French bistro taking over the former premises of Little Social in Pollen Street, Mayfair. Like Row on 5, the new venue is part of Jason Atherton’s Social Restaurant Group. Jason (right in picture) shuttered Little Social […]
A bakery that morphs into a bistro and wine bar as day moves to night has opened in St John’s Wood High Street. No Forty Nine is from head chef Ella Williams (right – ex-Mountain and Crispin) and owner Jake Finn (left), who founded Cinder, a minute’s walk along the high street. Breakfast is served from […]
A rooftop food and entertainment venue featuring the largest retractable roof in UK hospitality and 12 independent kitchens opens in Newcastle city centre next week, on the upper storey of the former Debenham’s building in Eldon Square. Freight Island Newcastle – from the team behind Freight Island in Manchester – was due to launch last autumn but […]
Gary Maclean, Scotland’s National Chef, is to open a new restaurant called Kin in Edinburgh next week that celebrates the nation’s produce and culinary traditions. Seastoing 45 guests, Kin is part of The Roseate Edinburgh, a three-year-old boutique hotel converted from two Victorian townhouses on the capital’s West Side. Glasgow-born Gary made his name by […]
Prolific chef Jackson Boxer launched his latest restaurant this week – Vesper in Exmouth Market, which he bills as his “tribute to London”. The venture takes its name – and possibly its colour palette – from Venus, the evening star. It occupies the former site of Taqueria, whose Notting Hill sister restaurant Jackson helped relaunch as Taq in […]
Simpsons, the doyen of Birmingham restaurants, is to close after 32 years following the failure of founder Andreas Antona to find a buyer. Set in a listed Georgian villa in leafy Edgbaston, Simpsons has long set the standard for dining in the Midlands, its kitchen launching the careers of numerous successful chefs. Andreas put the […]
Appalachia, a restaurant inspired by cooking from the mountains of eastern USA, launches in Shoreditch next week – with former Smoking Goat head chef Ali Borer running the open kitchen. Set in a converted traditional pub near Old Street with a smart marble chef’s counter, Appalachia has replaced Counter 71, where chef Joe Laker served […]
New York celeb chef Jody Williams is opening a branch of her French-inspired Buvette in Covent Garden next week. She has taken over and extended the former St John Bakery in Neal’s Yard to create an 80-seat space that will be open from 8am every morning until 9pm (Sun-Wed) or 10pm (Thurs-Sat) – so not quite […]
