London is to get its first Creole bar and kitchen, Bayou, courtesy of Chris Singham (the restaurateur behind Simply Fish). The restaurant, inspired by Singham’s travels through the American south, will open in Camden’s Inverness Street on 10 July. Creole cuisine is an exotic mix of French, Spanish, African, Italian and southern American influences. As […]
Vietnamese restaurant group Pho is growing apace with the addition of another site in the City, this time in the One New Change shopping centre near St Paul’s, also home to Jamie’s Barbecoa and Gordo’s Bread Street Kitchen. Opening on the former site of a Caffe Concerto, it will be the company’s twelfth premises and […]
Jamie Barber, the man behind Brazilian BBQ group Cabana and Hush Brasseries (pictured), has secured a £5 million cash injection to help expand both businesses. Cabana, which already has five London sites, will get the lion’s share (£3m) to help it grow nationally, with three further openings by the end of the year, including a site […]
The people behind Zoilo and Casa Malevo have launched what they call ‘London’s first Argentine butcher and wine merchant’. Abasto, nestled in the cosy area estate agents call Connaught Village, also includes a dining room for 16 people and an events space for masterclasses. Abasto follows several other recent restaurant openings which have a decidedly multi-purpose feel. There’s […]
A new Portuguese piri piri chicken restaurant, Fire and Feathers, has opened today on Fulham Road. Founded by first-time restaurateur Harry Deighton, Fire and Feathers is London’s latest pop-up-goes-perm (following a temporary residency last year at the Earl of Portobello, Westbourne Park). The restaurant, which will has an interior designed by 44th Hill (who also decked out […]
A crowd-funded start-up hoping to bring oysters back to the masses has taken its unique proposition on the road in a double decker bus. The Bloody Oyster – fresh from a shuck-cessful run of pop-up events around town – will be found parked beside the River Thames this summer, as part of the Southbank’s Festival […]
Fancy some Brazilian food during this World Cup? Harden’s has teamed up with Luiz Hara (AKA The London Foodie), a Brazilian-born blogger, to bring you a list of the best places to get a taste of the real thing without leaving London. Although it does seem that there’s still scope for some really consistent Brazilian […]
