From the owners of Manicomio in Chelsea and St Paul’s (known for their “glorious al fresco seating” but perhaps not their culinary prowess) comes an ambitious-sounding new Italian restaurant near Spitalfields Market. Canto Corvino opened this week in the City’s labyrinthine backstreets on Artillery Lane. This week only (21-27 September) there will be a 50% off food […]

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Upmarket sushi spot, Roka, which now has restaurants in Canary Wharf, Fitzrovia and Mayfair, will open a more casual offering this autumn in the form of the Shochu Kanteen. Located below Roka Charlotte Street (pictured), the underground Shochu Lounge will launch this informal canteen in celebration of its 10th birthday on 15 September. Open for […]

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Pop-up-goes-permanent – it’s a familiar story these days. But what about ‘permanent-restaurant-not-opening-on-schedule-launches-pop-up-to-keep-its-dream-alive’? Granted, it’s not quite as catchy, but it transpires that that is indeed why chef Scott Hallsworth decided to open a temporary version of his Japanese izakaya (pub), Kurobuta, in October last year. It turns out that before Kurobuta’s arrival last week at its […]

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