In the well-heeled environs of Mayfair, just around the corner from Claridge’s, a new socially-conscious restaurant project supporting social mobility. Spring Workshop, is an all-day café and evening bar, but it is also a community hub offering apprenticeships and work experience (irrespective of background), literacy events and a coffee training scheme for homeless people. Open […]
What better way to enjoy the summer sun than with a picnic? Well, with a free picnic courtesy of PAUL and Harden’s of course! We’ve teamed up with the fifth generation, family run artisan cafés to offer one lucky reader the chance to win a fabulous hamper for two. Perfect for a long lunch break […]
Further evidence that health food-focused restaurants are making inroads in London (which now surely has had its fill of burger bars) as Farm Girl opens in Notting Hill. The Antipodean-style café arrived in Portobello Road in June, just north of the area’s iconic market. And it sounds like founder Rose Mann, who grew up on a […]
Billing itself as London’s first ‘Happy Café’, The Canvas in Shoreditch has relaunched as a place for city dwellers to ‘seek comfort’ (as well as yoga classes, documentary screenings, courses, workshops… and even food). Originally founded by Ruth Rogers in October last year, The Canvas has teamed up with Action for Happiness charity to host events and […]
Twenty-four hour dining is still surprisingly rare in London, but more all-night bars and restaurants have been springing up of late. Polo Bar, a round-the-clock spot near Liverpool Street, is the latest place to smarten up its act. After a major refurb, the establishment has unveiled two new floors with an all-night café and ‘secret’ […]
