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Restaurant group Hawksmoor has finally announced its plans to open its first site in New York. The 180-cover site is due to launch in 2019, and will occupy the United Charities Building in Manhattan. The move has been a long time coming. Co-founder Will Beckett said: “When we open in 2019, Hawksmoor New York will have […]
Richard Corrigan’s “opulent” fine dining HQ, Corrigan’s Mayfair, will add to its appeal with a new standalone bar launching in late June. Dickie’s Bar is a collaboration between the Irish chef, Gregory Buda from The Dead Rabbit, New York – voted the World’’s Best Bar (World’’s 50 Best, 2016) and Richard Ryan, founder of Drinksology. The […]
The mystery team behind rising star 108 Garage in Notting Hill – chef Chris Denney and owner Luca Longobardi – plan to launch another restaurant in New York in September, with further US openings to follow. Denney told The Times he is flying to New York every Saturday night and back to London for service on Tuesday while he sets […]
“Utterly brilliant steaks” and cocktails have helped Huw Gott and Will Beckett’s steak house chain Hawksmoor win cult status in London, and Manchester too. Now the duo have announced plans for a new flagship restaurant in New York’s World Trade Centre. Due to open late-2017. Always a contender for London’s best steaks and grills in our […]
This week the catering industry media was in a big flap about a new documentary series which is airing on Channel 4: Tricks of the Restaurant Trade. The first episode revealed the ‘shocking’ truth that restaurants give better tables to more attractive diners. Surely this is not really news? Beautiful people getting preferential treatment is […]
Famed late-night NYC hotspot Hotel Chantelle (popular with starlets and Hollywood types) will open its first international outpost in London, a stone’s throw from Selfridges. The restaurant will reportedly offer French-American fusion fare that combines ‘molecular gastronomy, comfort food and haute cuisine’. Sounds rather trend-chasing to us but perhaps they will be able to pull it off? […]
NYC steakhouse Smith & Wollensky is to open its first non-US operation in London on 17 June. The massive – 300-cover – restaurant will occupy the grandiose, art deco Adelphi Building in John Adam Street, near Charing Cross. This makes it possibly the first major non-hotel dining room to open south of the Strand since […]
He’s probably this country’s most consistent celebrity chef. From Pollen Street Social to (most recently) City Social, Jason Atherton’s restaurants are always a safe bet for “flavour popping” cuisine and “incredibly attentive” service, as far as our 2015 survey reporters are concerned. Today (13 May) the chef-turned-restaurateur steps across the Pond opening his first restaurant […]
He’s probably this country’s most consistent celebrity chef. From Pollen Street Social to (most recently) City Social, Jason Atherton’s restaurants are always a safe bet for “flavour popping” cuisine and “incredibly attentive” service, as far as our 2015 survey reporters are concerned. And now we hear that the chef-turned-restaurateur is to open his first restaurant […]
Did you know that the influences on Argentinean cuisine come from countries as diverse as Sweden, Italy, Germany, Spain and Wales? If not, prepare to be enlightened as Argentine tapas bar Zoilo plays host to a series of chefs who will guide diners through the country’s rich food history. On 27 & 28 November, former […]
