Israeli celeb chef Eyal Shani launches the first of his two new restaurants on the edge of the City next month, following the Miznon stuffed pita specialists he opened in Soho and Notting Hill last year. Lilienblum, named after a street in Tel Aviv, opens on Friday 19 May in City Road, close to Old […]
Jason Atherton has slashed prices at his London restaurants to encourage customers to dine out more often, saying people were feeling “alienated” by price rises at a time of economic tightening. The cost of a three-course set lunch at Pollen Street Social (pictured below), his Mayfair flagship, is cut from £75 to £49.50 (or two […]
Mould-breaking chef Marc Wilkinson is shifting his restaurant Fraiche from Merseyside to a new rural location in Shropshire, where he will resume service this summer. He announced the move in a Facebook post, ending five years of uncertainty over the future of Fraiche. Marc – hailed as “a genius” in the 2023 Harden’s guide – opened the […]
Chef Richard Corrigan is to take over the National Portrait Gallery’s landmark rooftop restaurant, noted for its panoramic views over Trafalgar Square and the Houses of Parliament. The gallery has been closed for three years to allow for a £35million refit, and will reopen on June 22 with a grand new entrance. Meanwhile, the Australian […]
The ambitious Somerset restaurant 28 Market Place has closed down, just three years after opening. Occupying a group of 17th and 18th-century buildings in the historic market town of Somerton, the restaurant and its adjoining bakery and wine shop were founded by former Soho House and French Laundry director Ben Crofton and his wife Vanessa. […]
Imad’s Syrian Kitchen, the tiny West End restaurant founded by a refugee from war-torn Damascus, is expanding into bigger premises to offer a wider range of dishes. Imad Alarnab fled his home in 2015, leaving a flourishing restaurant business behind, and cooked for fellow refugees before rebuilding his career as a restaurateur in London. His […]
High-flying Nottingham restaurant Alchemilla has cut its staff, reduced its menu and issued a plea for customers to return as it struggles for survival in tough trading conditions. “We need you,” the restaurant said in an email. “The current economic crisis has taken a severe toll on our ability to stay afloat and continue creating […]
Chef Josh Overington and his wife Victoria are to open a new restaurant with rooms in North Yorkshire this summer, less than a year after closing their highly rated Le Cochon Aveugle in York. Mýse (which rhymes with cheese) is scheduled to open in June in the village of Hovingham, almost 20 miles north of […]
Kudu Collective, the South African-flavoured restaurant group based in southeast London, kicks off a reshuffle next week with the transfer of its Smokey Kudu cocktail bar to Chelsea – its first venture into west London. The 30-cover bar opens on Tuesday 12 April inside the RIXO vintage-inspired fashion store in the King’s Road, having vacated its […]
Jason Atherton and Tom Kerridge, two of the most successful British chefs of the past decade, are planning to open new restaurants in London. Jason’s Row on 5 is described as a “flagship” restaurant over two floors in a new building on Savile Row in Mayfair – just a short walk from Pollen Street Social, his […]
