Florentine comfort food concept Dez Amore opens its first permanent restaurant next week, on a corner site in Chelsea with a retro-modern look inspired by Italy in the 1970s. Launched by two friends from Florence, Leonardo Masi and Simone Parentini (pictured), Dez Amore lays claim to a ‘double soul’ that combines traditional Italian cooking with […]
The Byron burger chain, which sold for £100 million 10 years ago, has been bought out of administration for £856,000 under a deal which sees nine of its branches closed down. Launched in 2007 by restaurant consultant Tom Byng from an original Kensington branch, the chain was an early champion in the ‘better burger’ stakes […]
The Butcher, a high-end European burger brand based in Amsterdam, has opened its first UK branch in Manchester. Billed as an “haute couture” take on the fast-food favourite, it launched this week at the new Urban Playground in the Arndale Centre. The brand has an ambitious mission statement to live up to, declaring: “The Butcher […]
The rise of the meat-free burger continues apace, with two hitherto red-blooded burger operations opening specialist vegan outlets in London since the New Year. Honest Burgers, now a sizeable chain with about 40 branches across England, has unveiled V Honest in Garrick Street, Covent Garden, to showcase the popular vegan options it has already developed, […]
Struggling burger chain Byron Burger has received a £10 million cash boost from existing investors as it looks to rejuvenate the brand. The investment follows a company voluntary agreement (CVA) last year which saw the group close 19 branches. Byron also saw a £34.5m injection from private equity firm Three Hills Capital Partners, which became […]
Cut + Grind in King’s Cross is offering 50% off all food from the entire menu 2-31 January when you sign up to their newsletter. On top of this, the burger bar will be kick-starting 2018 with two new specials – the ‘Vice’ and ‘Virtue’ burgers. The Vice Burger, £10 (discounted by 50% for January) […]
Do we really need an excuse to scarf down a juicy patty with our favourite toppings (preferably in a brioche bun of course)? Probably not, but we’ve got one anyway: 24 August is National Burger Day. With this illustrious occasion looming in our calendars, it seems particularly apposite to take a look at where to […]
MEATliquor, the rock’n’roll burger chain, is opening its 12th site inside the revamped Queens ice rink in Queensway on May 5. Queens Skate Bowl is the only ice rink in central London, and also has 12 bowling lanes. MEATliquor is moving in after a nine-month refurb, and includes a diner seating 80 and a large bar area […]
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. […]
Queen of cupcakes and afternoon tea Bea Vo (Bea’s of Bloomsbury) branched out into American diner fare last year when she opened Stax in Carnaby Street’s Kingly Court. Now the restaurateur has announced a second US-inspired burger and diner joint Boondocks, slated to arrive this spring just behind Moorfields Eye Hospital in Shoreditch. The new […]
