Hollywood A-lister Mark Wahlberg hosted a celebrity-studded party to launch his first London burger restaurant last Saturday night. Wahlberg and family already has more than 30 Wahlburger branches in the US, which he set up with his two brothers, one of whom is a chef. This is the first branch outside of America. The actor’s […]
Shake Shack’s UK operation has posted a £7.7m loss in its end of year results for 2017. Diverse Dining, the UK brand operator for the US burger chain, saw loss before tax rise by £3.2m from the £4.5m loss reported in 2016. The top line is more encouraging than the bottom line however. Revenue more than […]
Gourmet Burger Kitchen owner Famous Brands has announced it will seek a Company Voluntary Arrangement (CVA), with a possible 17 restaurants sighted for closure. The brand has been struggling for some time and appointed accountants Grant Thornton to pursue the CVA towards the end of a year in which dozens of other groups opted for the […]
In the same week that one in five GBKs are to close, another street food pop-up has revealed plans to open its first bricks and mortar restaurant. Burger & Beyond (what else?) will open in Shoreditch (where else?) next month. The 75-cover restaurant will feature an expanded menu, working in new dishes to bolster the […]
Burger chain Gourmet Burger Kitchen has become the latest restaurant brand to face speculation as to its future. GBK, which is owned by South African company Famous Brands, is believed to have appointed Deloitte to help reduce rents at sites, and possibly close some locations, according to The Sunday Times. The move may result in a […]
Florentine, a new all-day dining restaurant and cocktail bar opposite Lambeth North tube station, has launched London’s biggest beef burger. Not for the faint-hearted, the Herculean Burger feeds 4-6 people, weighs 2kg, and is priced at £55. Created by head chef Ryan Matheson, the patty is made from 1kg of 100 per cent British beef from Derby […]
MEATliquor, the rock’n’roll burger chain, is opening its 12th site inside the revamped Queens ice rink in Queensway on May 5. Queens Skate Bowl is the only ice rink in central London, and also has 12 bowling lanes. MEATliquor is moving in after a nine-month refurb, and includes a diner seating 80 and a large bar area […]
Australian-style burger café Ben’s Canteen has raised more than £400,000 in a crowdfunding campaign towards an ambitious expansion programme from its Battersea base. Ben Walton opened the original café in 2011, adding a branch in nearby Earlsfield in 2015. The next phase begins with a high-profile branch at the new Battersea Power Station development in September, the […]
Here’s a prize that readers can really get their (ahem) claws into. We’ve teamed up with crab specialists CLAW to offer one lucky reader (and three of their friends!) the chance to win burgers and beers at the pop-up’s latest residency – The Hat & Tun pub in Farringdon. The prize includes one CLAW burger […]
Mushrooming dude food chain MEATLiquor – once memorably described by a Harden’s reporter as being “like a cross between a divey biker bar and a branch of Hollisters” – is to open a branch at Boxpark Croydon next year. Like Shoreditch’s Boxpark (a mix of retail outlets and restaurants), Croydon’s will be set within disused […]