Cartel, a new taqueria and late-night tequila bar in Battersea, is the latest in the new wave of Mexican taco joints that is sweeping across London. Named in what seems a clear reference to the Mexican narco wars involving drug cartels that have cost 100,000 lives in the past 10 years, the venue must also be an early front-runner in the “poor taste […]

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A restaurant where you can literally eat like a squirrel? This summer, Charlie Gilkes and Duncan Stirling, (the chaps behind Inception Group venues; Mr Fogg’s and Bunga Bunga, etc) will open new healthy eating spot, Squirrel, in South Ken – a hangout which offers diners the chance to enjoy salads, grain bowls and porridge pots while sitting in a tree […]

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