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Selfridges has once again collaborated with restaurateur Des McDonald to launch a new rooftop residency atop the iconic department store (previously McDonald’s Q Grill and Vintage Salt held the perch). The new offering will be a modern Italian restaurant, Il Tetto. Its year-long residency starts today (6 October), with an all-day dining menu promising classic […]
Summer has arrived on Oxford Street, with the seventh opening this month of the Roof Deck Restaurant on Selfridges’ roof – this year with a Californian theme. The open-air deck is lined by timber beams and tropical palms – and, with all due respect to London weather, there is a retractable roof to protect diners from rain […]
Restaurateur Des McDonald (of Vintage Salt and Q Grill fame) sets his sights outside of the capital for his latest venture – a modern Japanese izakaya opening at the top of the Park Regis in Birmingham. Rofuto will officially launch following a £3 million investment on 26 April with a 50% off food soft launch […]
Des McDonald’s pop-up project on the Roof at Selfridges, Oxford Street, will relaunch Forest Restaurant & Bar on 24 March with a new look and menu. Last year the restaurateur and London’s landmark department store transformed the outdoor space into an autumnal woodland version of Forest Restaurant & Bar, but its latest iteration will have a spring time […]
On 1 May Des McDonald will launch his third pop-up restaurant at Selfridges; On the Roof with Vintage Salt. Open for five months, Vintage Salt will kick off Selfridges’ ‘Great British Outdoors’ campaign. Inspired by a Cornish fishing village, the restaurant will have al fresco dining and plenty of nautical nods – including deck chairs and […]
Ex-Caprice group supremo Des McDonald has announced his long-awaited sequel to Islington’s popular Fish and Chip Shop. The eat-in and takeaway restaurant’s second site will open on 15 October in Dashwood House, Old Broad Street, in the City. For those who want a sneak peak there will be a 50 per cent off food soft launch […]
How times have changed, in the roaring ’20s, Selfridge’s rooftop was home to the all-girl gun club, now it will host the Q Grill pop-up. From this Friday (23 May) until the end of September, former Caprice head honcho Des McDonald’s new American BBQ concept will serve up an all-day dining experience far above the […]
Neapolitan or Sicilian? Everything you need to know about New York pizza (Eater) Ms Maschler left ‘happy as a clam’ by Camberwell Arms (Evening Standard) New look, (sort-of) new name: Marcus Wareing reopening at the Berkley as MARCUS (Harden’s) Chancellor knocks penny off a pint (BBC News) We say goodbye to some old-timer London restaurants […]
