Billing itself as London’s first ‘Happy Café’, The Canvas in Shoreditch has relaunched as a place for city dwellers to ‘seek comfort’ (as well as yoga classes, documentary screenings, courses, workshops… and even food). Originally founded by Ruth Rogers in October last year, The Canvas has teamed up with Action for Happiness charity to host events and […]
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. […]
Everybody loves noodles. They’re slurp-tastic and slippery, healthy and filling, spicy and warming. Sure every once in a while you hit yourself in the eye with some hot broth, or look suspiciously like someone learning to eat for the first time as you ram that ramen into your mouth, but it’s all worth it. March […]
Yet another gourmet burger brand is pitching up in the capital, arriving in Fitzrovia’s Percy Street straight from Paris on 10 March. With the other existing branches of Big Fernand being in Lille and Lyons, London must have seemed an obvious next step. To celebrate the launch the restaurant will hand out 100 free hamburgés daily to the most […]
A well executed pie is not only a thing of great beauty, but a British staple, so it seems only right to sing this humble dish’s praises. Next week 2-8 March the country celebrates British Pie Week, seven days dedicated to flaky pastry, meaty fillings and lashings of good gravy. Here are our top five […]
Street food van Bleecker Street Burger – considered by many meat aficionados to be London’s top burger bar – has launched its first permanent site in Old Spitalfields Market. The team behind the food truck opened the restaurant today (Thursday 26 February), giving away 400 limited edition t-shirts to the first customers. Try their double aged beef […]
More American dude food in London as a second outpost of fried chicken specialist Joe’s Southern Kitchen comes to Kentish Town. Brand owners, Maxwell’s Restaurant Group, have confirmed that the site will open on 30 March. Like the Covent Garden original, the new restaurant will serve fried chicken, mac ‘n’ cheese, and cocktails. Breakfast and […]
Pop-up maestro Carl Clarke has found a permanent home at Chick ‘n’ Sours, a new fried chicken restaurant opening in Dalston in April. Serving a short menu of ‘reimagined fried chicken’ this achingly hip operation uses only free-range, herb-fed fried chicken (natch) from Pilmoore Grange Farm in Yorkshire and dishes up ‘whimsical sides’, alongside sour […]
Restaurateur Alan Yau’s creative vision hasn’t always seen his restaurant concepts flourish (think Naamyaa Cafe last year and Anda before that). But one brainchild that’s done him proud over the years is Busaba Eathai, a stealthily expanding group of vibey Thai spots, tipped by our reporters as “a great cheap eat”. Hot on the heels of its […]
Exciting news for anyone who loves pancakes (so, pretty much everyone), it’s Shrove Tuesday (17 February)! Last year we had to wait until March for our flippin’ pancakes but with an early Easter on the horizon Pancake Day has been pushed up the calendar too. In honour of this most delicious day we’ve rounded up […]
