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The team behind Lyon’s Seafood & Wine Bar in Crouch End will launch a new “modern warehouse brasserie and wine bar opening” in Hackney this June. Hackney Coterie will be the second venture from Anthony Lyon, whose nose-to-fin seafood restaurant in Crouch End has attracted local trade since 2019. The esteemed sommelier and Kikisake-shi master […]
Events man Auro Foxcroft, and Chris Gillard, previously executive chef at the St John Group, are soon to open Earth Kitchen, a new restaurant in Dalston. Earth Kitchen will be housed within a former art deco cinema foyer on Stoke Newington Road and comes as part of a wider space called Evolutionary Arts Hackney (once […]
A new craft brewery, bar and restaurant has opened at Hackney Central Arches. St John at Hackney Brewery (no relation to the original St John) is a “bustling hub of food and drink operators”, an announcement said, and is a new concept from co-founders Luke Scanlon, brewer Ryan Robbins, and a group of culinary partners, the main […]
It is oft remarked that we Brits love to queue, and when it comes to dining out in London sometimes that’s a necessity. According to recent research queues are governed by the rule of six – customers will only join a queue with less than six people and are only willing to wait six minutes. Restaurant-goers, […]
The average British family throws away 40 per cent of the bagged salad leaves they buy each year, so says waste advisory body Wrap. The findings were published on Wednesday by the supermarket giant Tesco, who shrewdly used the opportunity to unveil their own brand, sliding zip-lock salad bags. Clearly not enough people know this simple life hack […]
MasterCard’s Priceless Cities campaign is an epic and extraordinary way to explore London and other cultural hotspots across the globe. Perfect for curious spirits like Harden’s readers who love to venture out, Priceless Cities is now available in more than 40 destinations accessible from over 70 countries. And you can explore the capital with Priceless London experiences […]
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. […]
Monsieur Raymond Blanc presided over the Food Made Good Awards this week with typically French gusto, presenting his bon ami Jamie O with the Sustainability Hero Award, among many other accolades conferred upon green-thinking restaurateurs and suppliers. Held at the Royal Horticultural Society’s Lindley Hall on 22 March, the ceremony was by far the award’s […]
On Thursday, the world will raise a glass to St Patrick’s Day – a celebration of Ireland and its rich cultural history, but mostly a time when revellers drink too much Guinness. For those who would rather not spend 17 March down the pub, Harden’s has got some great suggestions on where in London you can […]
AA Gill is thoroughly unimpressed by Shaftesbury Avenue’s new Chinese hotpot restaurant Shuang Shuang – an “anxiety-inducing concept” where diners are asked to assemble their own soup from a conveyor belt of ingredients. It’s making The Sunday Times critic nostalgic for the days of turtle soup terrines, Michael Winner, and drinks trolleys… “This is by […]
