Sake No Hana, the smart Japanese restaurant occupying an unusual Grade II-listed Modernist building in St James’s, has been quietly closed down by its owners, the Hakkasan group, bringing to an end its 13-year run. Opened in 2008 by Jamie Barber of Mayfair’s Hush and his business partner Evgeny Lebedev, owner of the Evening Standard, […]
The famous Star at Harome in North Yorkshire was “reduced to ashes” after flames swept through its thatched roof on Wednesday night. The fire broke out soon after 10pm in the fourteenth-century building and was attended by nine fire engines, but there was little firefighters could do to prevent the flames spreading through much of […]
Former Apprentice contestant April Jackson has closed down her six-year-old Brixton café and rum bar Three Little Birds, replacing it with Wood & Water, which opens this evening (25 November) offering a more sophisticated menu of “British food with Jamaican soul”. This translates as modern British dishes punctuated with Jamaican touches – jerk glaze on […]
D&D London has launched hospitality Summer School, a paid training programme that aims to secure employment for people with little or no previous experience looking to enter the industry. The inaugural programme will take place during the week commencing July 5 and will see 30 participants take part. If successful, the initiative will be continued with further schools through the summer. D&D London, […]
Top Cuvée founders Brodie Meah and Max Venning have announced another new venture following their lockdown success at Shop Cuvée. With almost 200,000 bottles sold in the last year, a new site in Bethnal Green will open later this summer, featuring both a second bottle shop and a downstairs bar. Shop Cuvée in Bethnal Green will stock all […]
Chef James Knappett and Sandia Chang will reopen their Fitzrovia restaurant Kitchen Table on July 20, having undergone an extensive refurbishment to “expand and elevate” the site. Founded in 2012, Kitchen Table has long been loved by reporters, who describe it as “phenomenal”, “one of a kind”, and say it takes “gastronomy to a new […]
This summer, the chef Rohit Ghai (of Kutir fame, and who won a Michelin star for Jamavar within 8 months of opening) will return to Mayfair to launch Manthan, a new Indian restaurant specialising in “innovative sharing plates and cocktails”. So, there is room for more high-end Indian restaurants, then. Even on Maddox Street. Manthan, […]
The chef Adriana Cavita will open her first solo project in the UK this November, a traditional Mexican restaurant named Cavita in the heart of Marylebone Village. The team said Cavita will “encompass food traditions from all over Mexico, from the capital, where Adriana was born, across to Oaxaca and the Yucatan.” The 70-cover restaurant has an open […]
The perpetually struggling chain Prezzo has announced its latest drive to survive: more vegan options. A classic move for an Italian restaurant stuck in the ‘90s. Prezzo has teamed up with the plant-based meat company Jack & Bry and the partnership will see vegan pepperoni on pizzas across all 150 UK sites. Jack & Bry […]
Our weekly round-up of what the national and local restaurant critics are writing about, for the week ending 23 May 2021. The Evening Standard “Few restaurants embody the pandemic era spirit of perpetual adaptability like Ombra in Hackney.” For his first “back in the room” meal, the Evening Standard’s chief restaurant critic Jimi Famurewa reviewed […]
