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. […]
We’ve teamed up with the good people of Twizoo to announce the top 5 trending restaurants on Twitter each week in London. Twizoo is an app that gives restaurant recommendations based on what people are saying on Twitter, and analyses over 50,000 incoming tweets per week to determine which restaurants are attracting the most buzz. […]
This summer Soho will welcome a new fast casual eatery, straight out of the mercados of Peru. Butifarra; a noun; [butiˈfarÉ™], named after the popular Peruvian street snack (a bread roll with slow-cooked meat and salsa), will serve authentic sandwiches and ceviche alongside ‘Cevushi’ – a ceviche-sushi hybrid. Creator Ali Malik will work closely with family-run Peruvian supplier Andes Export […]
The folks behind London’s Salt Yard Group (Opera Tavern, Salt Yard, Dehesa, Ember Yard) are the latest restaurateurs to snap up a space in Haymarket’s upcoming St James’s Market development. Venetian-inspired restaurant Veneta will sit alongside venues from Duck & Waffle and NYC’s Nordic fine dining establishment Aquavit. Veneta will boast 110-covers, combining classic bar-counter seating, […]
It’s been a long time coming (we first caught wind of Bone Daddies‘ plans for an outpost in Shoreditch last summer!) but now one of the capital’s hippest chains has finally announced an opening date. The purveyor of “addictive” noodles arrives at the new Bower development in Old Street on 20 June, next door to Ceviche’s east London […]
Sea Containers at Mondrian London on the South Bank will launch a Hamptons-inspired summer terrace overlooking the Thames on Monday 6 June. The al fresco dining space will vaunt a new seafood-led menu and lobster shack with takeaway dishes for riverside picnics. Situated on the Riverwalk in front of the Tom Dixon designed hotel, the terrace will will be […]
Mayfair’s long-standing purveyor of “great steaks” and acclaimed pies – the Guinea Grill – will open for Sunday lunch for the first time since WW2. The quaint pub, “in a back mews in the heart of posh London”, will start serving roasts from 12 June. Owned by Young’s, the Guinea Grill is now under the […]
A restaurant dedicated to the wonders of turkey will open (strangely enough) well before Christmas or Thanksgiving in summer 2016 in Shoreditch. Strut & Cluck, arriving on 21 June, will showcase its hero ingredient, free range turkey, with influences from Eastern Mediterranean home cooking as it arrives in Commercial Street. Turkey has a bit of a reputation […]
This winter, Manhattan’s perennially popular Nordic fine dining restaurant Aquavit (est. 1987), with an emphasis on tasting and prix fixe menus, will open a London outpost in Haymarket’s new St James’s Market development. It has been brought to the UK by Philip Hamilton, CEO and founder of Aquavit London, and will offer all-day dining, showcasing the contemporary Nordic […]
We’ve teamed up with the good people of Twizoo to announce the top 5 trending restaurants on Twitter each week in London. Twizoo is an app that gives restaurant recommendations based on what people are saying on Twitter, and analyses over 50,000 incoming tweets per week to determine which restaurants are attracting the most buzz. […]
