Italian burger brand Ham Holy Burger is to open its first UK outlet in a new ‘social space’ this week at the flagship John Lewis store in Oxford Street. Ham Holy Burger has four sites in its homeland (in Milan and Rome). Launching alongside the burger bar is a restaurant from the company’s sister pizza brand, […]
Skye Gyngell – formerly of the Petersham Nurseries Café – is to open her first solo London venture ‘Spring’ on 14 October. The 100-cover restaurant, set within Somerset House’s ‘New Wing’, will occupy an elegant 18th century dining room that hasn’t been open to the public for 150 years. Attached to the restaurant will be a parlour serving ices […]
A French import that’s been pleasing Londoners with its pâtisserie and café au lait since 2000, Paul has unveiled an all-day brasserie In Covent Garden. Le Restaurant de Paul is the company’s first foray into full-on dining and opened on 15 July. The menu features brasserie favourites such as coq au vin and confit de canard alongside […]
Harrod’s main restaurant, the venerable Georgian, has had a complete redesign. This “rendezvous of fashion and luxury”, perched on the Knightsbridge institution’s fourth floor, has been serving Afternoon Tea to well-heeled shoppers since 1913. As of 25 July it will do so in a more contemporary setting, which, we are told, blends classicism and modernism. […]
No-one could accuse the people behind roaming restaurant Platterform of not paying their dues. After three years of hosting pop-ups on rooftops (in sometimes Arctic conditions) they have finally secured a permanent home at Hackney Empire. Platterform plan to introduce their mix of food, drink, music and immersive events to the area, with nights like […]
The plan for world domination continues. Word reaches us that Jamie Oliver is to launch a second Barbecoa, opening in St James’s next year. And with nearly twice the capacity of the St Paul’s original, which most people already think is pretty enormous. Size seems to be a bit of a theme at this new […]
Twenty-four hour dining is still surprisingly rare in London, but more all-night bars and restaurants have been springing up of late. Polo Bar, a round-the-clock spot near Liverpool Street, is the latest place to smarten up its act. After a major refurb, the establishment has unveiled two new floors with an all-night café and ‘secret’ […]
Gosh, London really must be running out of prime property – new restaurant WC opened not just underground, but also on the site of a former public toilet. Founders Andy Bell and Jayke Mangion have been toiling away for two years to save this derelict 100-year-old listed loo at Clapham Common tube station, which has reopened as […]
A new café/bar/restaurant offering ‘eclectic modern European cuisine with an Asian twist’ has just opened in Shoreditch. Penkul & Banks, serving tapas and sharing plates (what else?), takes its name from two furniture craftsmen whose Victorian workshops were sited at 77 Curtain Road. Of course more recently the site was home to a manly-menued place […]
Not one but two America’s top exports – Martinis and burgers – are to headline the menu at a new Mayfair diner. Chucs Bar & Grill, in Dover Street, will stand next to (English) entrepreneur Charles Finch’s Chucs Dive & Mountain Shop. The intimate 25-seater restaurant will be open for breakfast, lunch and dinner, serving up burgers, salads, […]
