A new all-day café, Fields – big sister to Balham’s much-loved M1LK – is coming to Clapham at the end of September. This latest offering from Julian Porter and Lauren Heaphy will open not far from Clapham Common, next to the skate park on Rookery Road. Bang on trend for eco-friendly foodies, Fields will have […]
Claude Bosi is off to join his brother Cedric for a bit of country air in the pair’s spiritual home – Ludlow. The quaint Shropshire town was firmly fixed on the foodie map back in 2000, thanks in large part to the success of Claude’s restaurant Hibiscus, which he moved to Mayfair – never entirely […]
For those who just can’t wait for MasterChef to start again next year, there’s a pop-up opening today (2 September) that will scratch your itch. Over the next five weeks, winners and finalists – old and new – will be running a temporary restaurant and bar at the Blue Fin building in Southwark. Tickets have already sold […]
Bones, Shoreditch’s bang on trend chicken and sharing plates spot, has closed. Ostensibly the restaurant has shut up shop in order to carry out a refurb, but murmurings from the foodie cognoscenti denote an air of wishful thinking on the part of the owners. Indeed their website www.ieatbones.com has already been taken offline. Although serving up-to-the-minute fashionable […]
Harden’s has teamed up with GOAT and Jack Daniels to bring you the chance to win a table for four at the Chelsea bar and restaurant’s speakeasy event: Fat Sam’s. As well as free entry to the Fulham Road night spot on Friday 18 September, the prize also includes a bottle of Honey Jack Daniels and two […]
Marylebone’s Canvas, which opened six months ago, has closed and relocated to the former site of Le Cercle. Chef/restaurateur Michael Riemenschneider will relaunch the restaurant on 2 September in Wilbraham Place, just off Sloane Square. The new Canvas will not only be bigger (60-80 covers instead of 20) and less central, it will also (crucially) […]
During our usually damp summers we Brits have braved many adverse weather conditions in the hope of lighting the barbecue and enjoying a good burger. And it looks as though tomorrow’s National Burger Day (27 August) will be no different. Events to mark this auspicious day include Mr Hyde’s CAR-B-Q at Battersea Powerstation – in a […]
Shoreditch’s Vietnamese restaurant and takeaway, Kêu, will open its second London site in Soho on 15 September. The street food bar, serving up banh mi (filled baguettes), noodle bowls and buns, will take over 9 Poland Street, once home to the Burlington Café. The menu includes classic banh mi like mortadella, pork floss, house chicken liver […]
Globally popular ramen bar, Ippudo – which already has sites in Japan, Sydney, Singapore, Hong Kong and New York – is finally to open its first European outpost. No prizes for guessing where they’ve decided to launch this new flagship restaurant – London (obvs). Ippudo St Giles will offer Londoners signature dishes like Shiromaru Classic, a traditional white […]
The Goodman group recently received much press about its latest prix fixe restaurant Beast (pictured) – a decadent affair charging £75 a head for king crab and steak – a concept you probably won’t find outside of London. Their lower profile, but no less successful brand, Burger & Lobster on the other hand seems tailor-made […]
