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    Fast-rising chef makes Theatreland debut
    August 25, 2023 HardensBytes

    Chef Niaz Caan has opened his first restaurant as patron at the age of 23 – at the Lyceum Theatre in the heart of the West End. The 120-capacity Paro is inspired by the cuisine of Calcutta and West Bengal. Niaz began his working life in Brick Lane at 14, where he rose to become executive […]

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    Asian-inspired restaurant and cocktail bar Pickled Fred launches in Shoreditch
    August 23, 2017August 23, 2017 HardensBytes

    Asian-inspired dishes and cocktails are on offer at Pickled Fred, a new Shoreditch spot off Brick Lane opening on 30 August. As the name suggests, pickles and ferments will feature strongly on both the food and the cocktail menus. The 50-cover restaurant and bar will open for dinner and weekend lunch from Wednesday 6 September at 61 […]

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    London’s top 10 American-inspired BBQ joints
    June 28, 2017June 30, 2017 HardensBytes

    London’s appetite for stoking ‘cues and smoking meats remains undiminished by time or the increasing abundance of BBQ joints in the capital. Just this week Neil Rankin announced temper City, and the last 12 months have seen the launch of MeatUp in Wandsworth, temper Soho, The Stoke House at Victoria’s Nova development, Texas Joe’s Slow […]

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    Discover this week’s top 5 trending London restaurants
    June 23, 2016June 23, 2016 HardensBytes

    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. […]

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    Restaurant refuses service to diners wearing shoes without socks
    April 1, 2016April 1, 2016 HardensBytes

    In a move seemingly likely to enrage hipsters across East London, a new eatery has banned diners who turn up wearing shoes but no socks. Olof Prail, owner of Fool Proof in an converted former haberdashery off Brick Lane, said he’s sick of customers complaining about cold ankles, when they sit down at one of […]

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    Thomasina Miers to open second DF/Mexico
    September 2, 2015September 2, 2015 HardensBytes

    Queen of Mexican street food and Wahaca founder Thomasina Miers is to open a second outpost of her DF/Mexico brand on Tottenham Court Road on 17 September. It is part of the Tottenham Court Walk development which also boasts a Hotel Chocolat alongside various fashion shops like Zara and Primark. The 130-cover restaurant launches almost […]

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    The Porridge Cafe pops-up in Shoreditch
    February 12, 2015May 8, 2015 HardensBytes

    When the Belfast-born brothers behind Cereal Killer Cafe opened their shop on Brick Lane last year they had to defend themselves against the country’s media as the duo inadvertently became poster boys for the pros and cons urban gentrification. We’re sure the Porridge Cafe pop-up is hoping for a different outcome when they launch in Shoreditch’s Paul Street on […]

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    US and Mexican food culture meets in a bun
    July 27, 2014July 29, 2014 HardensBytes

    From the team behind Wahaca, the bright and buzzy Mexican street food chain, comes an all new venture to Brick Lane’s Old Truman Brewery. Well, we say all new, the concept is still very much centred on Mexican food, but with a (now commonplace) American twist. The US influences at DF/Mexico, which opened on 24 […]

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