An extravagantly retro-designed Italian trattoria that originated in Paris has opened its first London branch, in the Hoxton hotel. Il Bambini Club is billed as ‘a vibrant escape filled with fresh pasta, pizza, and plenty of spritzes’, and is open from 7am for breakfast until 11pm. Founded by restaurant group Paris Society, it has venues […]
Highly rated Newcastle chef Kenny Atkinson makes his London debut next week with the opening of Solaya, a high-rise restaurant on the 25th floor of the art’otel in Hoxton. Kenny opened the House for Tides on Newcastle’s historic Quayside 11 years ago and followed up with the more refined Solstice next door, which was immediately […]
Well-known Hoxton pub the Macbeth is to reopen this month with a Portuguese-inspired menu from chef Jamie Allan, part of the team which revived the Plimsoll and Tollington’s in Finsbury Park. Jamie, who will run the pub with his friend Patrick Nolan, said the Macbeth represents “a beautiful opportunity to work in a part of […]
Monty’s Deli, an east London market stall inspired by a grandfather’s love of traditional Jewish food, will move into a permanent site in a former Hoxton bakery in April following a successful crowdfunding campaign. The business will operate as a cross between a deli and a restaurant, serving deli classics such as bagels and Reuben sandwiches by […]
A rule-breaking pizzeria bringing the values of the Slow Food movement to the ultimate Italian fast food opened in Hoxton Square this week. Radio Alice, named after an underground Bologna radio station shut down by the carabiniere in the 1970s, cooks the pizza base separately from the topping – apparently to “avoid incinerating the feisty […]
Argentine star chef Mauro Colagreco of Mirazur in Menton on the French Riviera will be cooking at the four-day Barullo festival of Argentinian culture in Hoxton later this month. His four-course dinner will include Antarctic king crab and Patagonian lamb, accompanied by wines from 40 Argentinian producers introduced by a sommelier team under Paz Levinson. Colagreco […]
Smokey Tails, the ‘Beats & Eats’ pop-up created by DJ Seth Troxler, Wilderness festival co- founder Jo Vidler and ‘flavour technician’ (whatever that may mean!) Jona Ahearne took up its first permanent residence, at Hoxton Square Bar and Kitchen on 22 April. And it must be going well so far because they’ve just announced a new lunch menu and picnic offering. […]
A spin-off of Exmouth Market’s “truly scrumptious” Moorish tapas bar Morito (itself a little sister to long-time Harden’s survey favourite Moro) arrives in Hackney Road in Hoxton on 11 May. The new site, just a stone’s throw from Columbia Road Flower Market, sees Moro head chef Marianna Love head-up the kitchen alongside founder Samuel Clark. It is […]
