An eco-conscious rooftop restaurant serving north Italian-inspired cuisine opens to the public this week at a private members’ club in the heart of Covent Garden. Rucola, which has an open terrace and an all-weather pergola, is on the fifth floor of The Yards development in The Conduit, a gathering of “radical realist change-makers” launched in […]
Manteca, the Italian nose-to-tail restaurant that came to prominence in the past three years with short-term residencies in Heddon Street, Mayfair, and Great Marlborough Street, Soho, opens at its first permanent site in Shoreditch next week. Chefs Chris Leach and David Carter do their own butchery and have a glass salumeria on-site where they dry-cure […]
⦿ The Guardian’s Marina O’Loughlin reviewed Trump Turnberry 6/10 in Ayrshire, where she arrived with “prejudices fully erect” and is told in a whisper, “We’re not allowed to talk politics.” “Yes, there’s a lot to loathe. I hate that the hotel celebrates Scottishness in a way only a tourist can love: charming doormen waft you indoors […]
Tim Siadatan and Jordan Freida follow-up the “dreamily authentic” Trullo just off Highbury Corner with another Italian venture, this time in the decidedly more central environs of Borough Market. Padella will serve a variety of quite keenly priced pasta dishes, including some of Trullo’s ‘greatest hits’. The restaurant opens on 29 March with a 50% off […]
Hackney’s railway arches, already home to the lauded Thai residency Som Saa, is about to get another tenant that’s sure to have further foodies flocking to London Fields. Il Cudega, an Italian deli and wine bar showcasing the flavours of the Lombardy region, will open in September, just a stone’s throw from the burgeoning restaurant scene […]
Handily located St James’s Italian, Franco’s, has reopened after a major refurb. The “efficient” Jermyn Street cafe, which first opened in 1946, has acquired new rich interiors designed by Philip Hooper with vintage photography and mirrored walls. On the menu: Baccala scaloppini with soft polenta & morel mushrooms; pappardelle with purple broccoli, mussels & chilli and […]
Yet another Italian restaurateur pitches up in Mayfair (hot on the heels of Antonio Mellino’s Quattro Passi and Giovanni “Johnny” Micaulis’s Assunta Madre). Andrea Reitano has opened a casual Italian dining spot, Caffe Rei, on Hay Hill later this year with dishes inspired by his ‘Nonna’ and ingredients flown in every day from the motherland. […]
Hot on the heels of Caterina55, another Italian restaurant Scarpetta has launched in the City this month. Now open in Cannon Street, the casual dining spot offers ‘artisan pasta’ to eat in and takeaway for the busy City bunch working around Bank. Founded by Uberto Jasson D’Oria and Patrick Philion, Scarpetta offers a range of fresh pastas […]
With the Scottish independence referendum imminent, who knows what the future may hold? Perhaps the next time we travel to visit our northern neighbours we will need to go armed with passports? Edinburgh is a particular highlight for those who love eating out, being the best-provided dining conurbation outside the Smoke. So just in case […]
An old Peckham cash and carry has been transformed into the new home for Italian pop-up Forza Win. Until now the temporary restaurant could be found roaming the length and breadth of London, serving up its rustic three course meals.Forza Win, which has been popping up since 2011, has now taken up residence at the […]
