Seeing as it’s National Burger Day next week (27 August) we thought we would round up the highest rated burger joints, across the length and breadth of the country, from our 2015 guide. We’ve left London out of the mix entirely since readers surely can’t have failed to spot our article outlining the capital’s top 10 […]
We’ve teamed up with the good people of Twizoo to announce the top 5 trending restaurants on Twitter each week in London. Twizoo is an app that gives restaurant recommendations based on what people are saying on Twitter, and analyses over 50,000 incoming tweets per week to determine which restaurants are attracting the most buzz. Trending Restaurants 13 Aug […]
Hackney’s railway arches, already home to the lauded Thai residency Som Saa, is about to get another tenant that’s sure to have further foodies flocking to London Fields. Il Cudega, an Italian deli and wine bar showcasing the flavours of the Lombardy region, will open in September, just a stone’s throw from the burgeoning restaurant scene […]
The 200 Club @ The Factory on Tanner Street, Bermondsey 3-4 September Do you love the variety and surprise of a lengthy tasting menu, or loathe the endless parade of minuscule portions? If the former you’ll be salivating at the prospect of a new partnership between ‘culinary deviants’ Bompass & Parr and Bespoke Offers – a […]
Artists Residence in Pimlico has announced that Cambridge Street Café will replace the hotel’s short-lived London outpost of Brighton’s lauded 64 Degrees. The new venture will open on 24 August, say hotel founders Charlie Newey and Justin Salisbury, adding that the restaurant’s previous incarnation didn’t work out for “various reasons”. Chef Radek Nitkowski, previously of Dean […]
A chain of popular, modern tapas joints opened its sixth site a stone’s throw from London’s Victoria station this week. Ibérica has taken up residence in the Zig Zag Building alongside Martin William’s new M Restaurants venue – a restaurant, members’ club and wine store. It seems as though Belgravia will soon be rivalling the City’s Broadgate […]
No egg puns were used in the writing of AA Gill’s review of Egg Break in the Sunday Times, but no punches were pulled either. He hated the place, from the bottom of its ‘Fritzl memorial lounge’ basement to the top of its ‘counter-cultural, recycled, reclaimed, ironic’ name sign. And is this the least appetising […]
Renewed calls have been made this week by the Royal Society for Public Health to set up a smoking exclusion zone so that punters are unable to light up outside restaurants and pubs. Could this be a boon for non-smokers and a deterrent for the addicted, or will it be the final nail in the […]
Deriving its name from Aztec lore, 400 Rabbits, a sourdough pizza and beer spot coming soon Crystal Palace, reveres the god of fermentation and goddess of alcohol. Still baffled by the moniker? Allow us to explain… Thousands of years ago the Aztecs worshipped a god of fermentation and a goddess of alcohol. And according to […]
This summer Red’s True Barbecue bucked the trend of southern restaurants heading to Manchester (Hawksmoor, Iberica, Burger & Lobster etc) by bringing a northern-only operation to the big smoke. Now this chain of US-inspired, dude food emporia has announced the acquisition of another new site, opening in Liverpool in November. The building, on Hanover Street, a former […]