The first concerted spell of sunshine this summer has brought a flurry of Australian-style café activity to London, led by the launch of Sydney favourite the Rusty Rabbit in Notting Hill. Opening in Westbourne Grove later this month, the Rusty Rabbit is promising to bring its full brunch menu, which includes sweet potato and corn […]
The Lake District’s Sharrow Bay Hotel is to relaunch next year under new ownership, with highly-rated restaurant Allium transferring from nearby Askham Hall. Opened in 1948, Sharrow Bay was famous as Britain’s first country-house hotel, but has been closed since 2020. The hotel, which overlooks Ullswater, was run for 50 years by Brian Sack and […]
Our round-up of what the nation’s restaurant critics were writing about in the week up to 28th July 2024 Evening Standard Henri, Covent Garden David Ellis headed to what he calculated was Jackson Boxer’s sixth restaurant on the go, “a Paris-inspired bistro — wanting to be ooh la la, va va voom On-ree, not claret-at-the-golf-club […]
Former Kerridge’s head chef Nick Beardshaw is to open his first restaurant as patron next month – Starling, in Esher on London’s southwestern fringe. He will be joined in the venture by manager James Shaw, a former assistant head sommelier at Restaurant Gordon Ramsay. The 40-cover venue on Esher High Street will have a straightforward menu […]
Chef Anthony Raffo and manager Marie Danzanvilliers are to leave Farringdon restaurant Anglo after four and a half years. The couple plan to take a break before revealing details of their next move. Under their stewardship, the tiny 20-seater rose to number 33 in the Harden’s 100 list of top UK restaurants, and number 11 […]
Leeds chef Liz Cottam is to close her ambitious and highly rated restaurant Home at the end of September as tough economic conditions continue to weigh heavily on the industry. New government figures show hospitality insolvencies rose by 20% in the 12 months to May, effecting 3,752 businesses. Liz founded Home in 2017 on Kirkgate […]
A campaign has been launched to save Boxpark Shoreditch from closure when its lease expires at the end of this summer. Hailed as “the world’s first pop-up mall” when it launched in 2011, the venue pioneered the use of shipping containers as instant mini restaurants and brought new confidence and energy to the capital’s street-food […]
Lakeland chef Ryan Blackburn is closing his Ambleside restaurant Kysty tonight – but will open two new venues in town next month. He launched Kysty, a more casual version of his flagship The Old Stamp House, six years ago, but the lease was up for renewal and he decided to rejig his operations. Both new venues […]
Our round-up of what the nation’s restaurant critics were writing about in the week up to 21st July 2024 Evening Standard Lucia, Hackney Wick Jimi Famurewa brushed aside the social-media hype attending so many launches to draw attention to a new Mexican spot in east London whose Instagram account has yet to post a single […]
Former River Cottage chef Sam Lomas (centre in picture) is to open his first restaurant in September, taking over the site previously occupied by highly rated Osip in Bruton, Somerset. Called Briar, the restaurant is a partnership with Claudia and Aled Rees (left & right in picture), who opened their boutique hotel Number One Bruton […]
