An old Dalston boozer, the Marquis of Lansdowne, is to be reopened next week having been transformed into the Marquee Moon, a restaurant and ‘listening bar’ from the team behind nightclub The Cause. Stuart Glen and Eugene Wild, who also run Hackney Wick bar All My Friends and The Greyhound in Peckham, have renovated the […]
Pidgin in Hackney, one of the stars of the east London dining scene, is to close after nine years at the end of next week – and will be replaced by a new venture, Sesta, led by current head chef Drew Snaith and former manager Hannah Kowalski (pictured). Belying its diminutive size, Pidgin was hugely […]
The team behind Deptford’s Jerk Off BBQ have opened their first bricks-and-mortar bar-restaurant, Mauby in Brockley, following a successful crowdfunding campaign. Vowing to bring “a bit of Soho energy to Brockley”, the team has kicked off with an offer of cocktails, drinks and snacks, to be followed by a full menu taking in home-style Caribbean […]
A new Basque steakhouse has opened in the City specialising in dishes from the French side of the Basque country – and with long-term plans to showcase the first Galician Blond beef bred in the UK. Ibai, close to Smithfield Market, brings together former Chiltern Firehouse head chef Richard Foster (pictured centre) with Nemanja Borjanović […]
Jason Atherton has embarked on a dizzying reorganisation of his London restaurants that will see the closure of three ventures and the opening of at least five (depending on how you count them). The latest opening to be announced is Mary’s, a grill-led restaurant that will take over the Mayfair premises of Pollen Street Social […]
Jazz saxophonist and entrepreneur YolanDa Brown is to open her restaurant and music venue Soul Mama in Stratford this September. Originally slated for Islington, Soul Mama is set in the Gantry hotel, opposite Westfield, and will offer a menu inspired by Caribbean, African and South American cooking. The project is funded by a Kickstarter campaign […]
The Barbary is to open a new flagship on Westbourne Grove in Notting Hill in September. Inspired by the cooking of North Africa, the original was launched by Zoë and Layo Paskin in Neal’s Yard, Covent Garden, eight years ago, and was followed by The Barbary Next Door. The new venue, formerly the Maddox Gallery, is […]
Des Gunewardena has announced plans to open a multifaceted restaurant and bar next year at Olympia, the Victorian exhibition halls in west London currently undergoing a five-year upgrade costing £1.3bn. The announcement comes as Des, a former partner in D&D London, opens the first ventures of his new company D3 Collective – Engel and Jang, […]
Mercato Metropolitano (MM) Ilford will finally open next month – five years after first being announced. The wood-framed structure (pictured above during the construction) set in a disused car park in the town’s ‘cultural quarter’ offers street-food entrepreneurs the opportunity to showcase their cooking in a communal food hall – and is part of the regeneration of […]
A Japanese restaurant that has made a big splash in Taiwan and mainland China will open its first UK site in Soho’s Wardour Street next month. Kanpai Classic specialises in yakinuku, with customers cooking meat and vegetables themselves on a table-top grill. The grilling options will be led by a choice of 10 cuts of […]
