Fair Shot, the Covent Garden social enterprise coffee shop that helps young adults with learning difficulties, has geared up for the Christmas season with the offer of five hampers full of purpose as well as treats. Set in the new The Yards development, it is also perfectly positioned to rescue weary West End Christmas shoppers […]
Jamie Oliver has confirmed that his new Covent Garden restaurant will open in November under the name ‘Jamie Oliver at Catherine Street’. The launch marks the TV chef and writer’s return to the British restaurant scene after the collapse of his mini-empire four years ago – amid heavy hints that other openings will follow. The […]
Indian restaurateur Gobind Chona has opened his debut London venue Gura Gura, a pan-Asian bar and kitchen in the Yards development in Covent Garden. Set over two floors, Gura Gura presents his take on Japanese and Chinese cuisine, with excursions into Korea and Southeast Asia. The menu is built around sushi, dim sum and a […]
Just a month after Monty’s Deli announced the closure of its sterling sandwich shop in Hoxton, a new site has been revealed. Harden’s reporters will be pleased, given Monty’s is widely believed to be “hands-down the best place to get deli food in London”. The salt beef sandwich specialists are to take on a spot […]
It no longer matters whether you consider Great Queen Street a gastropub or a restaurant; whether you considered it a seasonal British trailblazer, or just a bit dull; because it is to close this month after 12 years in London’s West End. The restaurant was opened by chef Tom Norrington-Davies in 2007. He immediately established […]
The team behind Le Bab and Maison Bab are to launch Kebab Queen, an adventurous fine dining concept that will see the humble Middle Eastern dish explored and extended across a seven-course tasting menu. In April, Manu Canales, formerly a sous chef at La Gavroche, will open Kebab Queen below the group’s Maison Bab site […]
Covent Garden stalwart Asia de Cuba will close at the end of February to make way for a new concept. Amidst a gush of NYC-imported hype, the Chino-Latino restaurant opened at Ian Schrager’s St Martin’s Lane Hotel in 1999. Back in the day, few venues could equal the aching glam of its beautiful Eurotrashy crowd […]
Sleek City hangout SushiSamba is set to open a new 9,000 sq ft space in a landmark site in Covent Garden. The fusion restaurant, with its wizard combination of Latino flavours with Japanese culinary techniques and styles, will open on top of the Grade II-listed Market Building, with views over the back of the Royal […]
The owners of upmarket kebab restaurant Le Bab are to open a Maison Bab in Covent Garden next month (September). Upstairs, Maison Bab, situated opposite Temper, will be similar in style to the original, which has long boasted hefty queues on the top of Kingly Court on Carnaby. Reporters say the food is “superb” – […]
