This year, Fitzrovia’s “quality” but decidedly “old-fashioned” Indian restaurant Gaylord celebrates its 50th anniversary. This enduring venue was first opened in 1966 by then owner P.L. Lamba (who himself has just celebrated his 97th birthday). In recognition of Gaylord introducing its signature Chicken Tikka Masala all those years ago, they will be offering a special 1966 menu […]
Calling all rosé fans (and Molly Ringwald fans of course!) we’ve got a fantastic competition prize up for grabs. Harden’s has teamed up with Fitzrovia’s new café-cum-artisan-food-store, The Larder, to offer one lucky reader the chance to win two tickets to their ‘Pretty in Pink’ wine evening. Enjoy a wine flight of rosé; from a classic […]
Carl Clarke has secured a second site for his “fun and buzzy” little fried chicken specialist Chick ‘n’ Sours, which opened on Dalston’s main drag last year. The new Seven Dials venue will open in mid-September and have a short, punchy menu of free-range herb-fed fried chicken alongside the restaurant’s trademark sour cocktails – an “excellent […]
Celebrate the summer season with the FT Weekend Laurent-Perrier Rosé Summer Menu at Vivek Singh’s “seriously brilliant” Cinnamon Club, in association with Taste of London 2016. Enjoy three courses and a glass of Laurent-Perrier Cuvée Rosé Brut NV Champagne in this impressive dining space (now even more handsome thanks to last year’s £1m refurb) at £50 per person. Housed […]
Marcus Wareing has announced Chantelle Nicholson as chef-patron of Tredwell’s, his group’s more casual offering in the heart of Theatreland. Since opening in Covent Garden in 2014, the restaurant has not had an easy ride from press or from Harden’s reporters who say it’s “a let-down after such high hopes” – “nearly so good… but somehow just […]
Here’s a prize that readers can really get their (ahem) claws into. We’ve teamed up with crab specialists CLAW to offer one lucky reader (and three of their friends!) the chance to win burgers and beers at the pop-up’s latest residency – The Hat & Tun pub in Farringdon. The prize includes one CLAW burger […]
Richard Caring continues to expand his most bankable brand, The Ivy, with two more casual café offerings. The first Ivy Café launched on the former site of Union Café (RIP) in Marylebone last year. The latest spin-off, in Wimbledon Village, opened today (1 June), with a site due in St John’s Wood on 22 June. The […]
It’s been a long time coming (we first caught wind of Bone Daddies‘ plans for an outpost in Shoreditch last summer!) but now one of the capital’s hippest chains has finally announced an opening date. The purveyor of “addictive” noodles arrives at the new Bower development in Old Street on 20 June, next door to Ceviche’s east London […]
You know summer has arrived when your inbox is full of press releases announcing the launch of new al fresco dining spots. (Look out for Sea Container’s seafood and champagne terrace at the Mondrian – opening 6 June). And what better way is there to while away the long summer nights, or the (hopefully) scorching […]
Tom Sellers, the chef behind two Sunday Times top 100 restaurants (Story in Bermondsey and the Lickfold Inn in West Sussex), has launched a new venture in South Ken today (19 May). Restaurant Ours takes over the former site of The Collection (RIP) on Brompton Road. Accessed by a dramatic 30-metre ‘catwalk’ entrance, which was originally […]
