Open House, the new sister company to Cubitt House, will open its first restaurant – Percy & Founders – on 2 April. The new all-day dining spot, spearheaded by ex Murano head chef Diego Cardoso, launches in Fitzrovia’s Fitzroy Place development. Early birds can get 50% off food from Thursday 26 March to Wednesday 1 April 2015 […]
Drake & Morgan is set to launch its eighth site, The Refinery, in Fitzrovia this week. Officially opening on 13 March in Regent’s Place, the latest venue is a return to the name of Drake & Morgan’s first opening on Bankside. An all-day dining affair The Refinery includes a 108-cover restaurant, bar, deli and 56-seater outdoor terrace. […]
Yet another gourmet burger brand is pitching up in the capital, arriving in Fitzrovia’s Percy Street straight from Paris on 10 March. With the other existing branches of Big Fernand being in Lille and Lyons, London must have seemed an obvious next step. To celebrate the launch the restaurant will hand out 100 free hamburgés daily to the most […]
Some “can’t see what all the fuss is about”, others go nuts for its “game-changing cuisine” – one things for sure, Ollie Dabbous’s Fitzrovia flagship doesn’t produce any tepid responses from our reporters. And now, love it or loathe it, it may actually be possible to get a reservation at chef’s eponymous restaurant as it […]
Throughout December and January Harden’s readers can treat themselves to a free mezze plate at Fitzrovia’s new Levantine restaurant, Ceru. Just a stone’s throw from Oxford Street on Rathbone Place, it is a perfectly located spot for a pick me up, a bite of lunch or dinner with friends during those stressful Christmas and New Year shopping […]
Serendipitously coinciding with Oktoberfest, the latest Herman ze German outpost opens in Fitzrovia’s Charlotte Street next week. This is the chain’s third London site. The original opened just off the Strand in 2010, followed by a second shop in Soho, in 2013. Herman ze German serves up traditional sausages, but offers gluten and lactose-free Bratwurst, Chilli […]
The team behind popular Fitzrovia Peruvian Lima opens its second establishment Lima Floral in Covent Garden today (23 July). Peruvian chef Virgilio Martinez and his partners, Gabriel and Jose Luis Gonzalez, plan to reprise some old favourites from the Lima menu, as well as adding a few new dishes to their roster. Highlights include scallops with chia ceviche, Amazonian fish […]
French haute cuisine, the wellspring from which culinary magic seems to flow across the world, has been sidelined of late in favour of rusticity, simplicity and (let’s face it) dirty great burgers. But can the classics ever truly go out of style? Surely we all just need a gentle reminder of France’s culinary prowess? Well, […]
A new restaurant inside the British Film Institute (BFI) might not normally be something we’d write about, but the Stephen St Kitchen is being helmed by Mark Block – formerly head chef at Grain Store – so perhaps this is one to keep an eye on? From Benugo – the people behind Hyde Park’s Serpentine Bar […]
Flush with its success in Fitzrovia, Bonnie Gull Seafood Shack opened its branch in Exmouth Market today (22 April). Like the original operation (“small but perfectly formed”), the new outlet serves up the catch of the day, using only sustainable seafood. The menu, available to eat-in or take-away, includes oysters, cockles, smoked mussels and langoustines served […]
