Ground-breaking Middle Eastern cafe-restaurant Honey & Co has found a new home in Bloomsbury, where it will reopen later this spring after 10 years in Fitzrovia. Husband-and-wife founders Sarit Packer and Itamar Svrulovich (pictured above) were forced into the move when their landlord declined to extend the lease on the Warren Street premises. The new […]
A new all-day British brasserie opens in London’s Theatreland next Wednesday. St Martin’s House occupies a site at the top of St Martin’s Lane near Seven Dials in Covent Garden, formerly occupied by Tredwell’s (RIP). The three-storey venue is open every day of the week and has a menu of classic British dishes including Cornish […]
The next month sees the opening of two ambitious new seafood restaurants in Glasgow, reflecting a nationwide shift in tastes towards fish and seafood. First out of the traps is Shucks, from the Charalambous brothers Paul and Chris (left and right in picture) with head chef Shaun Haggarty (centre) – the team behind Cal Bruich, Glasgow’s […]
Former Hampton Manor head chef Rob Palmer opens his ambitious first restaurant in Solihull on the outskirts of Birmingham next Friday, 18 March. Toffs by Rob Palmer will have an open kitchen and just 26 covers, including six at a bench overlooking the chefs at work. Rob grew up nearby in Castle Bromwich and has […]
Young Sheffield chef Reece Elliott launched his first venture today in a year-old cafe-bar and deli in his home city. Raffina by Reece Elliott will serve Italian-inspired meals from Wednesday to Saturday, while continuing to operate as an all-day cafe from Monday. Sheffield-born Reece, 24, has already made his mark on television, appearing on Junior […]
The top-knotted Real Madrid and Wales footballer and golf fanatic Gareth Bale is ready to tee off at new indoor golf and dining venue, Par 59, in a huge former nightclub in Cardiff next Friday, March 18. Named in reference to the elusive sub-60 round that elite golfers strive after, the operation will accommodate two […]
Deliveroo has quietly opened its first restaurant – an anonymous-looking pizzeria called Pizza Paradiso in Swiss Cottage, London – with the ostensible aim of delivering the company insights into how restaurants operate. The fast-growing meal-delivery operation was founded in London in 2013 and now operates internationally with backing from Amazon, which bought a 16% stake three […]
Albert’s Schloss, the Manchester-based mock-Bavarian castle devoted to beer, rib-sticking food and Alpine good times, is to open in Liverpool’s busy Bold Street, taking over Radiator House, a six-storey Art Deco former food market and gas showroom. Roy Ellis of Mission Mars says he plans to spend £3m on a complete refurbishment, with a view […]
South African-based affordable seafood brand Ocean Basket has opened its first UK branch in Bromley, southeast London, targeting the growing global appetite for fish and seafood. Peter ‘Fats’ Lazarides (pictured) and his brother George opened their first restaurant in Pretoria – more than 300 miles from the nearest coast – in 1995. There are now more […]
Chef Martin Blunos, who has beaten an idiosyncratic culinary path from Bath to Bangkok, has found an unexpected perch in London with the launch this week of Crystal Palace neighbourhood restaurant Tell Tale. Opened by Jamie Edwards and Arron Curtis, the duo behind Brixton’s Electric Social (RIP) and New Cross pizzeria Radio Delicious, Tell Tale […]
