A rooftop bar with 360-degree views across the City is to open next month in the former House of Fraser department store in King William Street, close to the Monument and London Bridge – a building long earmarked for a new City branch of The Wolseley. Wagtail, from Maven Leisure, will also feature a downstairs terrace […]
Get your game face on! It’s time once again for The Glorious Grouse Race at the City’s estimable home of “very good game” – The Jugged Hare. Taking place on the Glorious Twelfth (that’s Saturday 12 August for those who don’t religiously follow gaming seasons) the race aims to get the season’s grouse from field […]
Lovers of game will know that the season for grouse is not far away, kicking off on the Glorious Twelfth. This August restaurants in London which pride themselves on impeccably sourced British produce are serving up a symphony of special menus dedicated to this richly-flavoured bird. Here are our picks for the best places to […]
Here’s a prize that readers can really get their (ahem) claws into. We’ve teamed up with crab specialists CLAW to offer one lucky reader (and three of their friends!) the chance to win burgers and beers at the pop-up’s latest residency – The Hat & Tun pub in Farringdon. The prize includes one CLAW burger […]
The Brew (group) One bun to eat-in: £3 Four to take-away: £4 Looking for a luxury hot cross bun this Easter? From 16 March until the end of the month, Brew in Putney, Wandsworth, Wimbledon, Clapham and Chiswick will be selling these goodies to eat in or take-away. Freshly made on site every day by Brew’s hellfire bakers. […]
Fans of The Botanist on Sloane Square now have a hang-out in the City – though it may not offer the same “great people (Made in Chelsea stars) watching” experience as the original. The ETM Group venue is one of many new residents at the Broadgate Circle development behind Liverpool Street station. The new Botanist […]
The City’s latest re-development behemoth, Broadgate Circle, has opened behind Liverpool Street station, bringing with it 11 new dining destinations. And the revitalised line-up is better than one might expect – fewer of the usual, ubiquitous chains that often take up residency in these restaurant arcades. Hakkasan Group has chosen Broadgate Circle for the second site […]
The ETM Group (the mushrooming gastropub empire behind The Gun, The Jugged Hare and The Botanist) has reopened one of Ealing’s most popular pubs, the Ealing Park Tavern. The boozer reopened this week after an extensive refurb, with a 60-cover restaurant, bar, private function rooms, and walled garden. Ealing Park Tavern first opened in 1728 when […]
A crowd-funded start-up hoping to bring oysters back to the masses has taken its unique proposition on the road in a double decker bus. The Bloody Oyster – fresh from a shuck-cessful run of pop-up events around town – will be found parked beside the River Thames this summer, as part of the Southbank’s Festival […]
