This month all kinds of foodie-related events are happening round town. From the swankiest supper clubs to the cheapest street food, we bring you the pop-up lowdown… Want to spread the word about YOUR pop-up? Email us. TOAST @ The Lockhart 20 October £65pp Is your knowledge of the Deep South limited to the […]
It would appear that London’s original US diner chain, Ed’s Easy Diner, has got big plans to bring its style of ’50s kitsch to the length and breadth of the country… the UK, that is. The group, which currently has five sites London and another 26 in England and Wales, has secured a new £14 […]
In what is turning into a real life game of Monopoly, one where your starting capital needs to be oligarch billions rather than £200 for passing Go, Mayfair’s desirable restaurant sites are being snapped up by Russia’s elite. The string of Russian-backed restaurants now inhabiting the priciest heart of W1 include Novikov, Goodman, Rextail, Burger/Lobster and, most […]
Burger joint Haché will launch its fifth London site this Christmas, with a 70-cover operation in Balham. The small group – which outstrips its larger rivals for quality, according to our annual survey – already has sites in Camden (pictured), Chelsea, Clapham and Shoreditch. Haché’s latest restaurant will occupy the former home of Meze Kitchen and will […]
Gordon Ramsay will launch his first ‘heart-of-the-West-End’ operation, Heddon Street Kitchen, on 10 November. Modelled on City outpost Bread Street Kitchen – not, it must be said, much favoured by Harden’s reporters – it will be located on the former site of a Living Room bar and restaurant, just off Regent Street. Heddon Street, the Gordon […]
Finally, a report that’s topped the ‘rumours and hearsay’ section on our Coming Soon page since February has been verified. Yotam Ottolenghi is definitely to open a City-fringe outpost of his Ottolenghi cafés. This will be the restaurateur’s fifth café/deli, with sites already in Islington, Notting Hill, Kensington and Knightsbridge, as well as his Nopi […]
Get yourself ready to celebrate Diwali this month with a little help from Harden’s and celebrated chef Vivek Singh, the restaurateur behind The Cinnamon Club. We’re offering one lucky reader the chance to win a signed copy of Vivek’s latest cookbook, Spice at Home, which is stacked with recipes to help you create a fabulous […]
The first review of Tredwell’s is in and it aint good Marcus Wareing’s latest venture isn’t incompetent, it’s just cynical, says the Standard’s David Sexton. Complete overhaul at the Compleat Angler Atul Kochhar, of Mayfair’s Benares, takes over the Riverside restaurant (formerly Aubergine). Grace Dent finds rather delicate portions at Kirazu Smaller, fiddly […]
Marlow’s once-celebrated Compleat Angler hotel is to launch a new restaurant. And it’s Indian. The chef is Atul Kochhar, of Mayfair’s Benares – one of the Indian chefs credited with elevating the food of the subcontinent to true fine dining status. He will take over the former Riverside restaurant which until last year traded as Aubergine. Aubergine’s less formal […]
Serendipitously coinciding with Oktoberfest, the latest Herman ze German outpost opens in Fitzrovia’s Charlotte Street next week. This is the chain’s third London site. The original opened just off the Strand in 2010, followed by a second shop in Soho, in 2013. Herman ze German serves up traditional sausages, but offers gluten and lactose-free Bratwurst, Chilli […]
