Skye Gyngell – formerly of the Petersham Nurseries Café – is to open her first solo London venture ‘Spring’ on 14 October. The 100-cover restaurant, set within Somerset House’s ‘New Wing’, will occupy an elegant 18th century dining room that hasn’t been open to the public for 150 years. Attached to the restaurant will be a parlour serving ices […]
A French import that’s been pleasing Londoners with its pâtisserie and café au lait since 2000, Paul has unveiled an all-day brasserie In Covent Garden. Le Restaurant de Paul is the company’s first foray into full-on dining and opened on 15 July. The menu features brasserie favourites such as coq au vin and confit de canard alongside […]
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 […]
No-one could accuse the people behind roaming restaurant Platterform of not paying their dues. After three years of hosting pop-ups on rooftops (in sometimes Arctic conditions) they have finally secured a permanent home at Hackney Empire. Platterform plan to introduce their mix of food, drink, music and immersive events to the area, with nights like […]
The plan for world domination continues. Word reaches us that Jamie Oliver is to launch a second Barbecoa, opening in St James’s next year. And with nearly twice the capacity of the St Paul’s original, which most people already think is pretty enormous. Size seems to be a bit of a theme at this new […]
Ollie and Richard Gladwin, the brothers behind Notting Hill’s rip-roaringly successful “farm-to-plate” restaurant, The Shed, are planning to open a second venture. The pair have taken over Choys Chinese restaurant at 172 King’s Road in Chelsea, which will relaunch as Rabbit, a 48-cover venue focused on nose-to-tail cooking. The pint-sized original took over Kensington’s venerable Ark […]
Gosh, London really must be running out of prime property – new restaurant WC opened not just underground, but also on the site of a former public toilet. Founders Andy Bell and Jayke Mangion have been toiling away for two years to save this derelict 100-year-old listed loo at Clapham Common tube station, which has reopened as […]
A new café/bar/restaurant offering ‘eclectic modern European cuisine with an Asian twist’ has just opened in Shoreditch. Penkul & Banks, serving tapas and sharing plates (what else?), takes its name from two furniture craftsmen whose Victorian workshops were sited at 77 Curtain Road. Of course more recently the site was home to a manly-menued place […]
Not one but two America’s top exports – Martinis and burgers – are to headline the menu at a new Mayfair diner. Chucs Bar & Grill, in Dover Street, will stand next to (English) entrepreneur Charles Finch’s Chucs Dive & Mountain Shop. The intimate 25-seater restaurant will be open for breakfast, lunch and dinner, serving up burgers, salads, […]
A few lucky burger lovers have the chance to grab a freebie at the newly opened Burger Craft, at the White Ferry pub in Pimlico. In celebration of its launch, the restaurant is giving away 350 of their signature patty and bun, the Juicy Bastard, this week 7-13 July. The first 50 customers to walk […]
