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Fulham Shore restaurant owners and operators is to open its 18th The Real Greek with a new site in Tower Bridge. The group, which also has emerging pizza powerhouse Franco Manco in its armoury, has been defying a tricky and widespread downturn in the casual dining sector, joining the likes of Dishoom and Rosa’s Thai […]
The team behind Italian favourites Padella and Trullo look to be opening a new site in Shoreditch. A licence application, proposed under the Padella name, has been submitted to Hackney Council. A notice has been attached to a premises on Phipp Street, as one eagle-eyed diner shared on Twitter. Tim Siadatan and Jordan Frieda opened […]
The Balham Food Festival is once again kicking off with the Balham Banquet on Sunday 24 September between 11a m-5 pm on Hildreth Street and Bedford Hill Place, showcasing the vibrant local food offering. In its third year the Balham Banquet offers a funday for all, attracted over 1,500 local residents and visitors last year. With […]
To celebrate the launch of their second site at Belgravia’s Nova Food development, Ahi Poké will offer 50% off every customer’s total bill for the entire opening day on 17 July. This will include their signature bowls, along with their summer collaboration bowl with Caroline Receveur. As with the original Fitzrovia site, guests will also be […]
As we head into high summer all thoughts turn to Wimbledon. It’s not a suburb, fair to say, which would ever have found fame with its cuisine, but over the years things have improved with the addition of The White Onion (from the folks behind The French Table), The Ivy Café, Dip & Flip and Franco Manca. Although notably […]
Sourced Market this week became the first food business to open in the vast Nova restaurant-and-retail development opposite Victoria station. A further 16 restaurants and pop-up kiosks are due to open from early next year in the lower floors of the £250million Land Securities development, which also contains offices and luxury flats. There will be outdoor seating for 700 […]
From Adam White (the man behind Fitzrovia’s popular brunch spot Riding House Café and Village East in Bermondsey) comes a vast new café in Victoria’s Nova development. The 330-cover venue is spread over two floors with a raised private dining room and outdoor seating area, accommodating 90, with an al-fresco bar. Rail House Café will […]
A further three dining destinations have been announced for Belgravia’s new restaurant hub Nova, which will garnish the restaurant wasteland around Victoria station with no fewer than 18 eateries next year. And we’re not talking about any old chains either. Barbecoa, Franco Manca and Daisy Green will join restaurants from Jason Atherton, D&D London and Will Ricker […]
Queen of Mexican street food and Wahaca founder Thomasina Miers is to open a second outpost of her DF/Mexico brand on Tottenham Court Road on 17 September. It is part of the Tottenham Court Walk development which also boasts a Hotel Chocolat alongside various fashion shops like Zara and Primark. The 130-cover restaurant launches almost […]
The ranks of growing City restaurant hub Broadgate Circle continue to swell with the addition of an NYC-inspired, all-day seafood spot. Crab Tavern, specialising in – you guessed it! – crab, opened at this newly emerging dining destination beside Liverpool Street station in July. The 150-cover restaurant features bar, terrace and counter dining. Broadgate Circle already houses […]
