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    Sports bar with seriously good food set to open in Islington
    June 17, 2022June 17, 2022 HardensBytes

    Chef James Cochran is to open a sports bar next month with a menu built around his signature buttermilk fried chicken. Valderrama’s – named after the big-haired Colombian footballer Carlos, a cult hero in the 1980s and 90s – is within walking distance of James’s highly rated Islington restaurant 12:51. The bar represents a permanent […]

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    James Cochran launches £35 five-course tasting menu at 1251 restaurant
    March 22, 2019March 22, 2019 HardensBytes

    James Cochran is to launch a five-course tasting menu at his Islington restaurant 1251. Cochran, 2018’s ‘Champion of Champions’ on the Great British Menu, launched 1251 last year in a spot previously occupied by the esteemed Chinese Laundry. He did so after receiving strong reviews at his eponymous E3 restaurant, which he left following a […]

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    2018 is off to a bad start for London restaurant scene
    January 18, 2018January 23, 2018 HardensBytes

    Last year Harden’s asked the question: “Has London’s dining scene reached tipping point?” after recording a decrease in the capital’s openings and increase in closures in our most recent guide. If the start of this year is any indication of what’s to come in 2018, then the answer may well be an emphatic yes. This […]

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