Rafael Cagali, the star chef behind Da Terra in Bethnal Green, has opened his first restaurant outside London – Maré in Hove (originally launched as Marea, from the Italian for ‘tide’, but rebranded to avoid confusion with another venue). Born in Brazil of Italian descent, Rafael combines his varied culinary influences to create a very distinctive […]
Victor Garvey at the Midland Grand shut down without warning this week, just five months after its heavily publicised launch, with the chef saying the closure was “due to circumstances beyond our control“. The dining room of the Victorian Gothic former railway hotel, now run as the St Pancras Renaissance Hotel, is regarded as one […]
A Spanish-inspired neighbourhood restaurant called Amari opens next week in Brighton, from the team behind Mexican spot Halisco. Chef Ian Swainson, previously of Amarillo in the city, will head the kitchen, with his partner Justyna Maria Ciurus, formerly of the Little Fish Market in Hove, running the front of house. They are backed by brothers […]
Well-travelled chef Greg Clarke and restaurant manager Matty Salvetti open their debut project together next week – El Bolillo, an ambitious new-wave taqueria in Hove. El Bolillo – Mexican street slang for ‘white boy’ – has taken over the site formerly occupied by Los Amigos and Pesca, and reflects Greg’s take on a cuisine that clearly […]
Dishoom is to open its latest branch next week – an all-day bar-café called Permit Room in Brighton, which officially launches on Wednesday 1 November, with a soft opening until then. It is the tenth branch of the chain which started out in London in 2010, but the first to be branded under a separate […]
A sustainable Japanese restaurant using seasonal Sussex ingredients called Fumi has opened in Brighton, from the team behind Wolfox roastery and cafés. The team also opened plant-based Japanese restaurant Kusaki nearby in 2021. Founder Fabio Lauro said: “At Fumi we want to bring everything that is good about the beautiful countryside of Sussex together with […]
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 […]
Well-known Brighton chefs Isaac Barlett-Copeland and Dave Marrow (right and left in photo) are to open a wood-fire restaurant called Embers in the seaside town’s historic Lanes in early April. Embers will focus on Sussex produce cooked in medieval-style in a metal cage suspended above a fire in the centre of the restaurant. Isaac has […]
Chef Aaron Dalton is launching a tasting-menu restaurant called Four inside his home in Worthing next month, in the hope that he can make it work on a permanent basis. A former head chef at London’s Smoking Goat who has also worked at Chez Bruce and Simon Rogan’s Fera, Aaron was planning before the pandemic […]
Well-known Brighton-based chef Dave Mothersill is opening the first restaurant under his own name next week. Furna, set in Georgian premises in New Road, launches on Wednesday (30 November), and will celebrate British produce. Originally from Yorkshire, Dave has worked in and around Brighton for two decades, namely for the Gingerman group and Razak Helalat’s […]
