Northcote – or Northcote Manor as it was once called – has long been celebrated as probably the best restaurant in the North West. Indeed, it’s the only North Western restaurant-with-rooms (excluding the Lakes, obviously) with a real reputation outside the region. After a year or renovations, the dining room has just been given an […]

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Another burger chain on a mission to plant its flag all over London. Isn’t that market as saturated as the fat in the patties it peddles? Perhaps not. Burger Craft – a little chain that started out life in the Green Man pub, Paddington – has already grown to three locations and a fourth will open […]

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After food critics in Manchester proved they know their oven from their elbow, it’s the turn of the capital’s restaurant reviewers to do the same. Bill Knott of the Financial Times, Tracey MacLeod from the Independent and The Guardian’s Jay Rayner will all take part in the London leg of Too Many Critics, a series of events […]

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How would you (and a friend) like to discover the subtleties of Cab Sav, Merlot and Sauvignon Blanc at an exclusive wine tasting course? Courtesy of 28-50 Wine Workshop & Kitchen, one lucky Harden’s reader and their guest can attend the restaurant’s London wine school with sommelier Ronan Sayburn. In addition to expert instruction, you […]

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We all know breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Brunch on the other hand is a lazy, leisurely feast, king of hangover cures, waster of Saturday and Sunday mornings. But we love them both, for so many reasons…eggs, Bloody Mary, sourdough bread, mimosas, bacon… we could go on. So whether your next […]

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Recent news that 64 Degrees, Brighton, has plans to bring its particular brand of ‘social dining’ to the capital got us thinking more generally about what’s happening in London-on-Sea. So, this week, we shine a spotlight on Brighton……   NEWS 64 Degrees Possibly the most exciting restaurant ever to hit Brighton, according to Marina O’Laughlin, 64 Degrees […]

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Knightsbridge, revisited We take a trip to the newly relaunched Toto’s and find the service is just a little off.   Grace Dent finds she can’t quite stomach Hackney’s Cat & Mutton “It has the feel of a Spaghetti Western bar-cum-brothel, there’s no reservations and the food arrives in no particular order.”   Primeur brings […]

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A contemporary-style update of a traditional Knightsbridge Italian; a good quality, if pricey, all-rounder, where service can sometimes seem jarringly formal. In a city without much in the way of living restaurant history, ‘Chelsea Italian’ is one of the few styles you could write a whole book about. In fact, someone did – it’s called […]

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