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French bistro Petit Pois, famed for its enormous bowls of chocolate mousse and ultra-Gallic delivery, has closed. The traditional restaurant opened in Hoxton in summer 2016 and went on to consistently impress diners. If anything, Petis Pois improved with time, with reporters noting “Delicious French food in a small space” and dishes which were “so, […]
The Barclay brothers are rumoured to be in negotiations to sell the Ritz to a private investment group from Saudi Arabia. According to the Financial Times, the Barclays could sell the famous London hotel to Sidra Capital, a financial group based in Jeddah. Sidra is one of a number of firms to express an interest […]
The Manchester-based Italian restaurant group Tre Ciccio has been placed in administration. The group operated three restaurants in Altrincham, Bramhall, and Ramsbottom, but the Bramhall site closed shortly before creditors were brought in. However, while there is much uncertainty, the remaining two venues are – as of Friday – continuing to trade while the financial […]
The Regent Street & St James’s Food Waste Pledge by The Crown Estate has announced a successful first six months. Some of London’s leading restaurants, including Hawksmoor and Cafe Murano, have committed to cut down on food waste since signing up to the scheme. Twelve restaurants have now pledged to reduce waste by 25 per […]
Pastaio in the Westfield shopping centre has opened. Stevie Parle’s second restaurant of the same name launched to some excitement on Wednesday night, with a giant tiramisu presented and musician Professor Green in chef whites cooking pasta at the pass. It follows Parle’s first pasta joint, which launched in Soho two years ago. Reporters talked […]
Balham favourite Lamberts has closed after 17 years. The restaurant, set up by Joe Lambert in the 1990s, has been for almost two decades a consistent performer in the south west London neighbourhood, impressing locals and visitors alike. Just last year Lamberts scored five stars in all categories, and was hailed “A culinary beacon in […]
Harden’s weekly update of where the critics are eating, recommending and avoiding, for the week ending 19 January 2020. Paradise, London W1 Marina O’Loughlin for The Sunday Times booked for a return visit to Paradise immediately after her first, and even “felt so evangelical about the place” that she posted on Instagram about the mutton […]
Following on from Fallow’s recent residency success at Carousel, Marylebone, the sustainability focused dining team will embark on a two-month residency at all-day café, restaurant and wine bar Crispin this month. From January 7 to March 7, Fallow will serve dishes such as ribbed corn with kombu salt, hen kofta yakitori with house Sriracha, and […]
Chef James Cochran will celebrate Burns Night at 12:51 in Islington with a five-course tasting menu drawing on his Scottish roots. Cochran’s menu includes two drinks, a Boulevardier cocktail and, later, a Scotch, and begins with treacle cured salmon with smoked cod’s roe, which is garnished with apple, radish, mustard, cress on rye. The menu […]
Celebrated chef Michael Caines is to take over The Cove at Maenport, a beach front restaurant just outside Falmouth, Cornwall. The restaurant will re-launch with Caines in charge in March this year, following a light refurbishment The restaurant will offer a “relaxed and informal approach to dining”, serving morning coffee, lunch, afternoon snacks and dinner, […]
