Johnny Boy’s, an all-day neighbourhood restaurant serving comfort food inspired by the multicultural communities of Southern Californian, opens today in Stoke Newington. Founder Julian Dennis, known in east London for his Chinese restaurant Facing Heaven and dive bar Easy 8 in London Fields, was born in Los Angeles to a Portuguese mother and Puerto Rican […]
A hotshot chef from the US West Coast has closed down his Michelin-starred San Francisco restaurant and transferred it to Edinburgh after falling in love with the Scottish capital on a family holiday. Rodney Wages has opened in Avery Edinburgh in St Stephens Street, taking over the basement site of former restaurant The Stockbridge, which […]
Victor Garvey’s highly rated Californian-style restaurant SOLA has closed for two months while builders transform the interior, doubling its capacity. The four-year-old venue in Dean Street, Soho – hailed in the 2023 Harden’s guide as “one of London’s finest gastronomic experiences” – is scheduled to reopen “in time for Thanksgiving”, which falls on Friday 24 November. The […]
