Restaurateur Martin Kuczmarski is launching two new retro-inspired Italian venues in quick succession – Martino’s in Sloane Square, Chelsea and Dover Street Counter, a few doors down from his flagship off Piccadilly. In both cases Martin has followed the low-profile but high-impact process that proved such a success last year with Dover Street, one of the […]
A venue billed as the first new pub on the King’s Road in Chelsea for 100 years and named after a famous British naval victory 220 years ago has opened this week. The Trafalgar has taken over the ground floor and basement of a Grade II-listed Edwardian bank building, owned by the Cadogan Estate and […]
A high-end food market focusing on prime ingredients such as caviar and wagyu with separate European and Japanese dining counters opens next week on the King’s Road in Chelsea. Arthur’s Market is the brainchild of Artur Voloshin, the entrepreneur behind high-end Belgravia pub The Prince Arthur, which opened earlier this year with a fresh seafood […]
Classic Chelsea brasserie Le Colombier has announced it will cease trading at the end of the year, in a week which witnessed the closure of Pearly Queen in Shoreditch, Koyn in Mayfair and Café Below in the City. Lyon’s seafood specialist in Crouch End will also serve its final guests tomorrow (4 October) after six […]
Clare Smyth has announced plans to open a “luxury bistro” in Chelsea this autumn called Corenucopia – a play on her Notting Hill flagship, Core. The new venture will take over a site close to Sloane Square on Holbein Place, which was most recently occupied by Tabisco, a short-lived Italian steakhouse. Clare already has another big […]
Claude Bosi’s flagship restaurant Bibendum at landmark Michelin House in Brompton Cross has closed down suddenly following a breakdown in relations between the chef and the owners of the building, the Hamlyn and Conran families. The restaurant served its final meals on Sunday (25 August), while the downstairs Oyster Bar & Seafood Restaurant is to […]
Striking Chelsea restaurant Fantomas has shut abruptly after less than a year in operation, with the departure of its highly rated chef Chris Denney. The restaurant’s website said it has closed for “an exciting transformation. This autumn, we’re returning reimagined and ready for a new chapter.” For his part Chris, who made his name at […]
Paco Tapas in Bristol and the Angel in Dartmouth are among the prominent restaurants to announce their closure this week, with Tom Kerridge’s Butcher’s Tap & Grill in Chelsea and the two Chick’n’Sours sites in London also shutting up shop. The loss of Paco Tapas means Peter Sanchez-Iglesias (pictured) and his family no longer have […]
The Five Fields in Chelsea will serve its final meals this evening, in a week when the original Hakkasan in Hanway Place also announced its closure after 24 years. The Five Fields has been a consistent presence in the upper reaches of the Harden’s 100 list of the UK’s top restaurants in recent years, and […]
Chef Aaron Potter opens his debut restaurant, Wildflowers, today in Newson’s Yard, a former Pimlico timber yard converted into a new ‘design destination’. Billed as ‘Mediterranean-inspired’, with high-quality seasonal produce cooked over coals, Wildflowers has a separate wine bar upstairs serving cicchetti-style snacks. Most recently executive chef at Maria G’s, Aaron has previously worked for […]
