After six years trading in Bermondsey, family-run Vietnamese spot Caphe House is moving to a new, larger premises in Farringdon. It’s even got itself a new name – now going by Caphe Pho the restaurant will on on 26 May in Smithfield Street. Over the years the owners say they have sold more than 130,000 […]
Exmouth Market’s “porktastic” destination Blackfoot has had a makeover – complete with new name, menu and layout. Now renamed Blackfoot Bar & Backroom Dining, the restaurant’s front room retains its “greasy-spoon feel” but will be used as a casual bar serving cocktails, beers and ciders on tap and a selection of wines. At the back is […]
It’s no secret the capital has been going through a burger joint boom in recent years, and its showing no sign of stopping: Bleecker Street Burger opened its first permanent site and Haché expanded into Balham. With more choice than you could shake a bottle of ketchup at, docklands gastropub The Gun has sensibly decided to […]
Leading sommeliers from two of our survey’s most talked about restaurants have announced ‘An Unexpected Pairing’ – a duo of events designed to challenge preconceived ideas about what makes a great wine and a great sommelier. Sunaina Sethi, co-owner and wine buyer for Mayfair’s “sensationally subtle” Gymkhana, and Sandia Chang, co-owner and sommelier for Fitzrovia’s “phenomenal” Kitchen […]
Celeb chef du jour, Nuno Mendes, who closed Viajante last year and headed for Marylebone’s über hot Chiltern Firehouse (pictured), has opened a casual, new tavern in east London. Mendes, perhaps the first chef to put Bethnal Green on the culinary map with his tour-de-force restaurant at the Town Hall Hotel, launched Taberna do Mercado in […]
Surely it was only a matter of time before London’s most exclusive department store opened a lounge dedicated to gastronomy’s most expensive ingredient? Knightsbridge landmark Harrods has announced the launch of Italian truffle lounge Tartufi & Friends, on the lower ground floor of the world famous retailer. Tartufi & Friends is ‘entirely dedicated to the […]
The former site of Chutney Mary on King’s Road has been transformed into MW Eat’s newest venture – Masala Grill. Opening today (5 May), the restaurant is a more casual affair than its predecessor serving street food snacks alongside grilled fish and meat, curries, biryanis and thalis. The restaurant group will relocate its Chelsea stalwart […]
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. […]
Fitzrovia cocktail bar The Lucky Pig will launch its second venture in Fulham on 16 May. The new outpost will be more than just a drinking den, however, with chef Michael Mannion heading up the kitchen of its all-day restaurant. Mannion worked at such illustrious establishments as Le Manoir aux Quat’ Saisons and Claridge’s before tackling […]
One of the capital’s most respected Italian restaurants marks 25 years in business in May. Enoteca Turi, a fixture in our London guide since 1995, has been serving up “first-class regional cooking” plus “a massive selection of carefully chosen Italian wines” for a quarter of a century. To celebrate this rare milestone, Enoteca are offering Harden’s […]
