Our round-up of what the nation’s restaurant critics were writing about in the week up to 14th April 2024 The Evening Standard The Bear, Camberwell Jimi Famurewa was nonplussed by a revamped neighbourhood boozer that had been closed for six years before being rescued by Teddy Roberts and chef Joe Sharratt, formerly of Brixton hotspot […]
A new trattoria is opening in Earls Court next week promising a modern take on traditional Italian cuisine, with pizzas and pastas served at a communal central table. A Braccetto – meaning arm-in-arm or side-by-side – offers such contemporary flourishes as hand-crafted pasta, zero-waste pickled vegetables and organic wine. But more importantly, it is a testament to […]
Asma Khan has relaunched her Darjeeling Express as a pop-up in a Kensington pub while she looks for a new permanent site, having closed last month after less than two years in Covent Garden. The restaurant opened this week in its temporary siding at the Pembroke, almost next door to the Troubadour in the Old […]
Entrepreneurial chef Robin Gill has announced his latest venture – a neighbourhood restaurant set in a west London retirement community. Maria G’s, inspired by his time on the Amalfi coast near Naples, is scheduled to open in June in the Riverstone development in Warwick Lane, between Kensington and Earl’s Court. The Irish-born chef made his name […]
The Prince, a new project from the Pergola on the Roof team – incorporating two bars, four restaurants and outdoor space dedicated to a rotating roster of street food vendors – opens near Earl’s Court this month. The line-up includes Peckham’s famous Thai the Begging Bowl, the Gladwin brothers’ Chelsea farm-to-table venture Rabbit, burger purveyors […]
Historic Earl’s Court live music pub and restaurant the Troubadour has been put up for sale largely due to neighbours’ complaints about noise, according to Caterer & Hotelkeeper. This last redoubt of bohemianism in the SWs, rumoured to be the inspiration for Bob Dylan’s album of the same name, could reportedly sell for £225,000 for three leasehold properties […]
We feel, as do many of our reporters, that when it comes to the quest for great pizza there’s still no substitute for Franco Manca’s Brixton market original. But, that said, there’s certainly no shortage of eager customers flitting to their other outposts as the mushrooming Neopolitan chain announces further expansion with sites coming soon to […]
Earl’s Court institution Mr Wing has closed, after 28 years. Once regarded as perhaps London’s premiere upmarket Chinese restaurant, and a top spot for parties and romance, it had attracted relatively few survey reports in recent years. Many people seemed to feel that the old place simply hadn’t been the same since since its long-time […]
