What a short memory the food community in London seems to have. There has been a huge amount of press trumpeting the arrival of ‘London’s first dessert restaurant’ as Café Royal on Regent Street prepares to relaunch The Café in March as a venue for sweet treats only. Does nobody recall the Pudding Bar on […]
Anthony Demetre of Soho’s Arbutus has teamed up with Searcys once again (they successfully launched Urban Coterie at the Montcalm Hotel in Shoreditch last year). This time Demetre and Searcys have jazzed up the food offering at the Barbican Centre with a new Italian serving charcuterie alongside pasta dishes and suckling pig. Osteria, launched on 11 February 2016 […]
We’ve teamed up with Soho’s “quirky” speakeasy-style hideaway, Old Tom & English, to offer one lucky Harden’s reader (and their guest) the chance to win dinner for two. The prize includes four of the restaurant’s delicious small plates per person, and a glass of champagne on arrival. Enter Old Tom & English through its “discreet” […]
This week Wedge Issue Pizza + Beer introduces New York-style thin crust pizza and craft beer on Clerkenwell Road. Their pies are made with dough proofed for three days, and a sauce made solely from crushed sweet San Marzano tomatoes. Wedge Issue Pizza + Beer founders (and husband and wife) Darren Atwater and Martha Gall offer bespoke pizzas […]
Covent Garden’s “glamorous” – bar attached to the adjacent “doyenne of seafood restaurants” J. Sheekey – will host an all-female guest chef series this spring and summer, in association with Guardian Members. The first three chefs to take up residency in J.Sheekey Oyster Bar‘s kitchen will be Rosie Birkett, Olia Hercules and Anna Jones. Six women have […]
Dazzling City spot, Sushisamba, has announced it will open a second London location in early 2017 – taking over the (rather beautiful) former home of Brasserie Blanc in Covent Garden’s iconic Market Building. Sushisamba Covent Garden will occupy the Opera Terrace, which is located at the top of the Grade II-listed building, comprises a balcony […]
A new Southern US-inspired chicken specialist arrives in Spitalfields Market in March with plans to open a second outlet in Soho later this year. Absurd Bird hopes to launch further sites across the UK over the coming months. The restaurant has partnered with Fosse Meadows Farm, which is dedicated to traditional free range, slow farm rearing techniques and […]
A new Antipodean-inspired restaurant, Dickie Fitz, opened on the former site of The Newman Street Tavern (RIP) on 25 February. Set over two floors with 160 covers, Dickie Fitz will dish up Aussie-style weekend brunches, Sunday lunches and a Pacific-inspired all-day menu. Also expect Asian-infuenced cocktails and New World wine. On the menu: Steamed barramundi with dashi […]
Harden’s has teamed up with The Capital Hotel in Knightsbridge to offer one lucky reader (and their guest) the chance to win a whisky and cheese tasting experience for two at the Capital Bar. Sample an impressive range of Scotch whisky, expertly matched with a selection of British cheese. The winner will be guided through […]
Good grief but D&D London are really going for it at the moment! Not only did they launch the gargantuan 400-odd-cover German Gymnasium in King’s Cross last year, and install chef Francesco Mazzei at the newly refurbished Sartoria, but the group has just unveiled photos from its newest venture on the former site of Floridita […]
