Following a rather short-lived pop-up in Shoreditch’s Paul Street, the Porridge Café will reappear at Victoria Station this week. The temporary oats-only restaurant opens in conjunction with Transport for London (TfL) on Thursday 14 May. On the new menu: three summer breakfast porridges, two summer savoury porridges and two new summer grain salads. There will also […]
It seems as though Belgravia will soon be rivalling the City when it comes to new restaurant development.Hot on the heels of Broadgate Circle’s 11 extra eateries comes Nova which will garnish the restaurant wasteland around Victoria station with 18 dining spots in 2016. And we’re not talking about any old chains either. Among the […]
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. Trending […]
This week high rise City neighbours Sushisamba and Duck & Waffle have each created dishes to help benefit relief efforts in Nepal. From 5-11 May 50% of the proceeds from Sushisamba’s Nepal Relief Roll and Duck & Waffle’s Nepalese spiced lentil & confit duck will go to aid the victims of the earthquake. The Npal Relief […]
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 […]
