A new French deli, bakery and ‘canteen’, Café François, is to open next week in Borough Yards, taking over the two-storey former Paul Smith shop on the edge of Borough Market. It is a spinoff from Maison François in St James’s, founded four years ago by François O’Neill and already established as a West End […]
Chef Selin Kiazim returns to the London food scene next week with the opening of Turkish restaurant Leydi in the new Hyde hotel near the Old Bailey in Farringdon – 18 months after the closure of her Shoreditch spot Oklava. Selin has vowed to “put Turkish food on the map” with the new venture, saying that […]
A new restaurant and bar with one of the most spectacular vistas in London’s West End opens on Monday. The appropriately named Kitty Hawk perches on top of the Page 8 Hotel in St Martin’s Place, with a bird’s-eye view over Trafalgar Square and Nelson’s Column. Kitty Hawk takes over a rooftop site with an […]
The brother-and-sister duo behind north London Nigerian tapas spot Chuku’s have revealed ambitious plans to spin the concept out on a national scale with half a million pounds in funding. Emeka (left in picture) and Ifeyinwa Frederick launched Chuku’s – billed as ‘London’s first Nigerian tapas restaurant’ – in Seven Sisters in 2020, after several years experimenting […]
Well-known Cheshire-based chef Aiden Byrne and his wife Sarah have launched a crowdfunding campaign to open an “intimate” fine-dining restaurant near their home in Knutsford. Due to launch in October, the restaurant will be called Li-Ly and will open for three lunches and four dinner services a week – “creating a work-life balance for us, our […]
A new restaurant opening in Moseley next month promises to serve the first authentic Afghan cuisine in Birmingham. Kabuli has taken over the former site of Greek-Cypriot souvlaki specialist Soufi, which closed after two years. Kabuli’s founder, Farhad Spinzar, was born and grew up in Kabul before moving to Birmingham in 2001. Missing his homeland, […]
The brothers behind Blanchette in Soho have opened a new live-fire grill restaurant in Kingly Court called Goldies. Yannis and Max Alary say: “Combining flame with sustainable local produce, our menu will provide dramatic and smoky sensations, with twists on classic dishes and our twice-fried Goldies frites.” While 10-year-old Blanchette – named after their mother […]
The highly rated pop-up AngloThai duo are to open their first bricks-and-mortar restaurant this autumn, having found a permanent space in Marylebone. AngloThai are Desiree and John Chantarasak, the latter a chef who combines ingredients ‘from a British landscape’ with ‘recipes rooted in Thailand’. Desiree runs a drinks list with a focus on natural and […]
Sustainable restaurant group Lussmanns is returning to London after more than 20 years with the opening of its latest venue this month, in Highgate. Founder Andrei Lussmann launched his original venture in Portobello Road in 2002, but has grown the group in the past two decades across Hertfordshire, with five branches in towns including Harpenden […]
Former Smithfield bar Oriole is reopening this month in Covent Garden with a significantly upgraded restaurant serving Latin American-influenced dishes – and live jazz music as an added extra. The operation has run as pop-up called Prelude this summer, and launches next week in its new home in St Martin’s Courtyard, Slingsby Place. Guests are […]
