Pan-Asian restaurant Sticky Mango is taking over the prime Tower Bridge riverside premises of Cantina del Ponte, which closed down after 31 years earlier this month. The new Sticky Mango – a branch of the original near Waterloo station – is scheduled for a soft launch from 24 July, and is taking bookings from 2 August. Cantina […]
The team behind highly regarded central London trio Portland, Clipstone and the Quality Chop House are to open what promises to be a smart French bistro in Goodge Street, Fitzrovia. 64 Goodge Street will launch at the height of les vacances on 7 August under group executive head chef Stuart Andrew, a key member of […]
The Ethicurean, the influential sustainable food pioneer based in a garden on the edge of the Mendip Hills near Bristol, is to close down in October after 13 years, with its founders promising to “go out with a bang” this summer. They announced the decision in a statement saying: “After 13 incredible years, The Ethicurean […]
Dynamic Hong Kong restaurateur Syed Asim Hussain is showcasing two of his restaurants in London this summer, the boldly named Ho Lee Fook and the New Punjab Club, as a prelude to opening a permanent London venue next year. The pair will occupy consecutive residences at Carousel, the rotating guest-chef venue in Fitzrovia, in July and […]
Hyper-localist pioneer Isaac@ in Brighton is to close down this summer after eight years’ trading. The restaurant will serve its last meals on 26 August, offering a ‘best of’ menu for its last two months to long-time fans and first-timers who don’t want to miss the experience. This year’s Harden’s guide hails Isaac @ as […]
Cage fighter ‘Meatball Molly’ McCann is to open an Italian-inspired kitchen and deli in her native Liverpool next month. Polpetta – ‘meatball’ in Italian – will be in the Baltic Market street-food centre and serve classic Italian comfort food. Molly has made her name as one of Britain’s top women mixed martial artists, competing in the […]
Quirky North London Nigerian tapas bar Chuku’s has won an £8,000 grant and – possibly more valuable in the long term – endorsement from the world’s biggest name in entertainment, Beyoncé. The Tottenham restaurant was one of 10 London businesses chosen to receive a grant from the singer’s BeyGOOD foundation, which has pledged to donate $1 million […]
Sexy Fish, Richard Caring’s ultra-glitzy seafood venue in Mayfair, is to spawn an offshoot in Manchester this autumn – appropriately, perhaps, in a glass-fronted former Armani shop on Deansgate in Spinningfields. The venture’s website has announced: “With our high-end glamour, surrealist décor, and opulent culinary majesty inspired by the oceans of Asia, Sexy Fish will also […]
The team behind ‘tongue-tingling’ Thai restaurant Som Saa in Shoreditch are to open a new venture in Borough Market later this year. Kolae, which will accommodate 80 guests on three floors of an old coach house, will focus on grilled dishes including whole fish and marinated half chickens, cooked in the style of southern Thailand. […]
Amsterdam-based vegan ramen outfit Ramen Impossible makes its UK debut today, 16 June, in a summer-long pop-up at Mercato Metropolitano in London’s Elephant & Castle. Ramen is famously made with a meat-based broth, but Ramen Impossible’s founder, Japanese chef Atsushi Ishida, has developed an alternative using miso, cashew nuts and nutritional yeast. The brand only […]
