The Hawksmoor group has suffered its first public reverse with the announcement that the Stoke Newington branch of its Foxlow spinoff will close for business on January 14. The closure comes just weeks before the main Hawksmoor brand is scheduled to open its eighth branch in the prestigious location of Borough Market in Southwark. Founders Huw Gott and […]

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The steak boom shows no sign of running out of sizzle, with Hawksmoor announcing a sixth London branch at Southwark’s Borough Market to open in February. There is also a branch in Manchester. The new restaurant will accommodate 140 diners on two floors in a former Victorian hop warehouse later used by a fruit importer and […]

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This summer Red’s True Barbecue bucked the trend of southern restaurants heading to Manchester (Hawksmoor, Iberica, Burger & Lobster etc) by bringing a northern-only operation to the big smoke. Now this chain of US-inspired, dude food emporia has announced the acquisition of another new site, opening in Liverpool in November. The building, on Hanover Street, a former […]

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