Top pizza independent Santa Maria has opened a new branch in Kew, taking over the premises long occupied by Bruce Poole’s The Glasshouse. Santa Maria has expanded very slowly since its launch by Neapolitan-born founders in Ealing in 2010, with branches opening in Fulham, Fitzrovia and most recently Islington. Combining “top-quality ingredients and fabulous bases”, […]
The Glasshouse in Kew, one of London’s highest-rating neighbourhood restaurants of the past two decades, is to close down next month. There was no immediate explanation of the move, which was announced with a terse message on the restaurant’s website. It read: “It is with great sadness that we announce the closing of The Glasshouse […]
A new Islington restaurant on Upper Street will be entirely dedicated to sausages. X-Upper will “serve Europe’s finest gourmet sausages”, all of which will, apparently, be “curated by top chefs”. “Sausage is the new burger,” the PR spiel continues. If so, will X-Upper become the new MEATliquor? The restaurant, which is set to open in […]
