A new restaurant called Canal opens next week from the team behind Crispin, Bar Crispin and Bistro Freddie, overlooking the Grand Union Canal in Westbourne Park. In the former HQ of the London Taxi Drivers’ Association, now the Mason & Frith hotel, the all-day restaurant promises to “celebrate the best of British and European produce […]
Ryan Jacovides is expanding his Pomus group in Kent with the launch of a new restaurant in Folkestone next month, just weeks after opening a mini-spinoff kiosk called Pom on Margate Harbour Arm. He opened the original Pomus in Margate a year ago. The new restaurant, wine bar and bottle shop has taken over the […]
The couple behind Cambridge’s high-flying Restaurant Twenty-Two are to open a more relaxed modern British bistro called Margaret’s nearby next week. Co-founders Alex Olivier and Sam Carter say the new venue will offer “uncomplicated dining with a casual yet considered menu that will move with the seasons”, using high-quality from the same local suppliers as […]
Belfast-based chef Lottie Noren has opened her first restaurant as founder, a European small-plates specialist called Beau in the city’s Cathedral Quarter, following her success as head chef at Edo. Lottie represented Northern Ireland in TV’s Great British Menu last year. Originally from the Lake District, she was inspired to become a chef by a […]
An ambitious new restaurant billed as the first open-kitchen chef’s table in Suffolk has opened in Bury St Edmunds, backed by Clove Club and Noble Rot investor Linda Keenan. Named Bellota – Spanish for acorn, key to the diet of Pata Negra pigs – the 20-cover venture is a collaboration with Spanish-born chef Ruben Aguilar […]
Chef Stevie Parle will next week open his first new restaurant for eight years – Town, on Drury Lane in Covent Garden, which he describes as “the biggest, most ambitious project I’ve ever done“. The restaurant will serve British ingredients cooked with Italian influences, and aims to change the way things are done in hospitality. […]
The team behind Notting Hill restaurant Dorian is opening a tiny sushi bar next week, in a former antiques shop directly across Talbot Road. Eel Sushi Bar will be a 10-seat spot only for walks, operating from midday to 10pm every day under the wonderfully named former Dinings chef Nicky Noodle. Access to Dorian’s cellar […]
A new Caviar Bar has opened at Harrods promising a “new level of indulgence”, where you can feast on 250g of Huso Huso Grand Cru Beluga caviar with a waffle, creme fraiche and finely chopped shallots for £1,940. The bar, run by Harrods itself, has replaced Jason Atherton’s Hot Dogs by Three Darlings, which has […]
An ambitious neighbourhood bar and bistro called Sonder opens in Cardiff on Easter Monday, in the venue on Canton’s Llandaff Road that operated as a cafe called Outpost until this month. The new restaurant is the brainchild of Jake Lewis, until recently executive chef of Pasture steakhouses in Cardiff, Bristol and Birmingham, with top Welsh […]
Lakeland chef Ryan Blackburn is closing his Ambleside restaurant Kysty tonight – but will open two new venues in town next month. He launched Kysty, a more casual version of his flagship The Old Stamp House, six years ago, but the lease was up for renewal and he decided to rejig his operations. Both new venues […]
