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Brixton’s Only Fools and Horses-style sea container restaurant which launched only weeks before lockdown will return on May 17 with a new supper club menu. Only Food and Courses, which serves weekly tasting menus inspired by the pop culture and culinary trends of the ’80s and ’90s, was founded by head chef Robbie Lorraine, formerly […]
A new restaurant inspired by the food of the eighties and nineties opened in Brixton before tier three took hold. Only Food and Courses, in a shipping container, and referencing the cult TV show, will reopen after restrictions are lifted, and will continue its attempts to serve high-end, quality food in a casual setting. The […]
The former supper club Chishuru has launched its first permanent site in Brixton Village, with the Nigerian-born chef Adejoké ‘Joké’ Bakare having won last year’s Brixton Kitchen competition, which was judged by peers Jackson Boxer and James Cochran, and baker Claire Ptak. Bakare will display classic and modern West African cuisine, and will be the […]
Smoke & Salt has announced the closure of its Brixton pop-up before opening its first bricks and mortar site in Tooting later this year. The final service at the lauded restaurant concept – Marina O’Loughlin called it “properly exciting” – which serves small plates centred on “modern dining/ancient techniques”, will be Saturday February 29. The […]
Smoke & Salt founders Remi Williams and Aaron Webster, who opened a small plates concept at Pop Brixton in June 2017, are launching a crowdfunding push to finance their first bricks and mortar site. The pair are hoping to open in Tooting, south west London, after seeing success and accolades running their temporary project in […]
A new Italian restaurant focused on the food of Tuscany has opened in a former pub in Brixton. Maremma, from Alice Staple and Dickie Bielenberg, has launched on Water Lane and takes inspiration from the “unspoilt coastal region of southern Tuscany, famed for its salumi, seafood, olive groves and vineyards”. Staple, formerly a private chef, […]
The Clink Restaurant at HMP High Down in Sutton, South London, is celebrating its tenth anniversary. The restaurant was founded a decade ago by the Clink Charity and is this month marking ten years of “breaking new ground” in helping to rehabilitate prisoners and prevent re-offending. Founder Al Crisci said at an event last week […]
Thunderbird Fried Chicken, an established London street food vendor, is to open its first permanent site. Founded by former racing car driver Matt Harris in 2017, the business has until now been operating out of Street Feast’s Dinerama and Giant Robot sites. Harris’ new Brixton spot will be split across two floors on the frenetic […]
Chef Simon Whiteside has announced a new solo enterprise – Roe, in London’s Pop Brixton. Whiteside co-founded fish and seafood restaurant Hook in Camden last year. The chef will open a new 32-cover restaurant south of the river on November 7. At Roe, the chef will again focus on sustainable seafood from the British and Irish […]
The Columbo Group – the folks behind Shoreditch and Camden’s Texan BBQ joints The Blues Kitchen – have just announced a third outpost coming to south London. The group has purchased the Electric Social in Brixton and will develop the site with a view to opening the restaurant and bar in autumn 2015. This will be the third […]
