A modern French bistro with a focus on affordability opens in the leafy southwest London borough of Richmond this month. Chef John McClements, who ran the local Ma Cuisine group for three decades, has come out of retirement to launch the project. Mignonette is just five minutes’ walk from Richmond station on the Kew Road, […]
Chef Anthony Demetre is opening a new bistro in the former bar of his Pall Mall restaurant Wild Honey, in the heart of London’s West End. Billed as the main restaurant’s ‘little sister’, Bistrot at Wild Honey is inspired by the Parisian bistronomy movement, which promises a cheaper and more casual alternative to fine dining. […]
Chef Jackson Boxer is to open a new French bistro called Henri in Covent Garden’s Henrietta Hotel this spring. The new venture is a collaboration with the Paris-based Experimental Group, with whom he opened a highly rated restaurant at Cowley Manor in the Cotswolds last year. He also runs Brunswick House and Orasay in London. […]
A new bistro inspired by the cuisine of rural France has opened in Borough Market from the team behind Soho’s Ducksoup – with an ex-St John chef at the stoves. Camille has taken over the former site of Sons + Daughters sandwich shop, with room for 32 guests inside and more outside on the terrace. This […]
A new neighbourhood bistro with a focus on natural wines is to open in Horsforth on the edge of Leeds next month. Bavette is the first joint venture from Yorkshire-born chef Sandy Jarvis and his husband, sommelier Clement Cousin (left & right in picture), who met 12 years ago working at London restaurant Terroirs. Sandy […]
High-profile Bristol chef Freddy Bird and his wife Nessa are to open a new restaurant in the city’s Georgian enclave of Clifton tomorrow. 1 York Place is named after its address, and takes over the premises occupied by Italian restaurant Rosemarino for 13 years until its closure in July. The Birds also run Little French, […]
Bar du Champagne, a new bar and bistro that promises fizz at accessible prices backed up by a menu of nibbles to share and comfort food, has opened in Covent Garden. The new venue is from Liana Kazaryan, who ran the former Avobar on the same Henrietta Street premises, and is designed with a retro […]
Veteran chef Rowley Leigh is making a comeback at the age of 73 with a three-month pop-up bistro called Chez Rowley, which opens next month in Notting Hill. He describes the venture as “a bistro with nostalgic dishes and classic technique at its heart designed to be enjoyed family style. The true show stopper, poulet […]
The team behind highly regarded central London trio Portland, Clipstone and the Quality Chop House are to open what promises to be a smart French bistro in Goodge Street, Fitzrovia. 64 Goodge Street will launch at the height of les vacances on 7 August under group executive head chef Stuart Andrew, a key member of […]
A pair of chefs with impressive kitchen credentials have teamed up to open a tiny venture in Mayfair inspired by the new wave of bistros in Paris. Launching in May, Neo Bistro will accommodate just 25 diners, with banquette tables that can be reserved and counter seats for walk-ins. Following the Parisian lead, it will offer a daily changing […]
