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    Robert De Niro’s Covent Garden hotel project has been scrapped
    July 5, 2018July 6, 2018 HardensBytes

    Hollywood star Robert De Niro has shelved plans to open an 83-bedroom boutique hotel in London. There would have been two restaurants, a spa and a member’s club too. The Oscar-winning actor was due to open the hotel in busy Covent Garden after Westminster City Council granted planning permission for the development in 2016. We had expected […]

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    Joe Allen to leave its 40-year home for new digs on Burleigh Street
    June 1, 2017June 1, 2017 HardensBytes

    Theatreland’s stalwart American diner Joe Allen (a survivor of the ’70s) is to move lock, stock and wood panelling this summer. The restaurant and all its fixtures and fittings will take up a new home, just 25 metres down the road, in Burleigh Street, Covent Garden. Retaining the recognisable wood panelling, classic theatre posters and […]

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    Final curtain for Joe Allen?
    November 17, 2016November 17, 2016 HardensBytes

    Joe Allen, one of the longest-running productions in Theatreland, may be facing the final curtain. Never exactly a foodie hotspot – in fact most famous for its off-menu burger – this 1977 recreation of a famous, brick-lined, NYC Theatreland linchpin (off Times Square) has long earned its keep by being “a great place to meet […]

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    Harden's 100 Top UK Restaurants

    1. Fraiche, Oxton 2. The Five Fields, London 3. Mana, Manchester 4. Restaurant Sat Bains, Nottingham 5. Moor Hall, Aughton 6. Hambleton Hall, Hambleton 7. The Ledbury, London 8. Bubbledogs, Kitchen Table, London 9. Core by Clare Smyth, London 10. Casamia, Bristol 11. Restaurant Nathan Outlaw, Port Isaac 12. L’Enclume, Cartmel 13. Umu, London 14. Waterside Inn, Bray 15. Belmond Le Manoir aux Quat’ Saisons, Great Milton 16. Etch, Brighton 17. Mãos, London 18. Endo at Rotunda, London 19. Adam Reid at The French, Manchester 20. Lumière, Cheltenham 21. The Araki, London 22. Texture, London 23. Hakkasan, London 24. Winteringham Fields, Winteringham 25. Orwells, Shiplake
    26. Sushi Tetsu, London 27. Amaya, London 28. Andrew Fairlie, Gleneagles Hotel, Auchterarder 29. Adam's, Birmingham 30. Little Fish Market, Brighton 31. Restaurant Martin Wishart, Edinburgh 32. Roganic, London 33. Le Cochon Aveugle, York 34. Gymkhana, London 35. Hipping Hall, Kirkby Lonsdale 36. Dastaan, Ewell 37. House of Tides, Newcastle upon Tyne 38. Sorrel, Dorking 39. Indian Accent, London 40. Morston Hall, Morston 41. The Peat Inn, Cupar 42. The Neptune, Old Hunstanton 43. Opheem, Birmingham 44. Artichoke, Amersham 45. Sosban & The Old Butcher's, Menai Bridge 46. Le Gavroche, London 47. La Dame de Pic London, London 48. Zuma, London 49. The Fordwich Arms, Fordwich 50. Lympstone Manor, Exmouth
    51. Lake Road Kitchen, Ambleside 52. Purnells, Birmingham 53. Roski, Liverpool 54. Paul Ainsworth at No. 6, Padstow 55. Raby Hunt, Summerhouse 56. The Whitebrook, Restaurant with Rooms, Whitebrook 57. Bohemia, Jersey 58. Stark, Broadstairs 59. La Petite Maison, London 60. 21212, Edinburgh 61. Alyn Williams, Westbury Hotel, London 62. Ikoyi, London 63. Ynyshir Restaurant and Rooms, Eglwys Fach 64. Hunan, London 65. A Wong, London 66. Roka, London 67. Chez Bruce, London 68. 1921 Angel Hill, Bury St Edmunds 69. Elystan Street, London 70. StreetXO, London 71. OOTY, London 72. Black Swan, Oldstead 73. Restaurant MCR, Manchester 74. Gravetye Manor, East Grinstead 75. Number One, Balmoral Hotel, Edinburgh
    76. Babur, London 77. The Blackbird, Bagnor 78. The Sportsman, Seasalter 79. Club Gascon, London 80. The Moorcock Inn, Sowerby Bridge 81. Northcote, Langho 82. Frog by Adam Handling, London 83. Midsummer House, Cambridge 84. Trinity, London 85. The Ninth London, London 86. Caractère, London 87. Skosh, York 88. Seven Park Place, London 89. Indian Essence, Petts Wood 90. La Trompette, London 91. Crab House Cafe, Weymouth 92. Joro, Sheffield 93. Kahani, London 94. Ormer Mayfair, Flemings Mayfair Hotel, London 95. The Box Tree, Ilkley 96. The Barbary, London 97. John's House, Mountsorrel 98. Pollen Street Social, London 99. The Small Holding, Goudhurst 100. Trishna, London

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