Chef Jackson Boxer is to close his acclaimed seafood specialist Orasay at the end of the month with a last service on New Year’s Eve. He will reopen the Notting Hill venue a week later under a new guise as Dove. Inspired by the Hebridean island from which it takes its name, Orasay has won […]
Provençal bistro Socca in Mayfair has closed down suddenly, in what is an unusual backward step for its co-founders Samyukta Nair and Claude Bosi – separately, two of London’s most prolific restaurateurs in recent years. The pair announced the move without any notice on Saturday (30 November), saying “It is with a very heavy heart that […]
Enoteca Turi, the long-running Italian restaurant with a famous wine list, has closed down quietly a year after the retirement of founders Giuseppe and Pamela Turi. The Turis launched the restaurant in Putney in 1990, transferring it successfully to Pimlico in 2015. Their personal touch – and Giuseppe’s encyclopaedic knowing of Italian wines – combined to […]
Mitch Tonks (right in picture) is taking over the site of Mark Hix’s (left) Oyster and Fish House in Lyme Regis, which he will relaunch next year as part of his growing Rockfish group. Mark will close the restaurant after 16 years on 7 December. He lost his London restaurant empire during the Covid pandemic, […]
Leytonstone’s legendary Thai canteen Singburi has closed for a “sabbatical” of at least two months, to allow the family behind it to take stock after a quarter of century’s hard work. Described in the 2024 Harden’s guide as “wildly popular” for the “fabulous and authentic” dishes listed daily on a blackboard menu, the tiny cash-only […]
Chef Dan Ashmore has closed his Edinburgh live-fire restaurant ASKR after just six months and will take up a post as executive chef at the Schloss Roxburghe spa hotel, near Kelso in the Borders, later this month. Backed by the Dean Banks group, for which he was restaurant director, Dan opened ASKR – apparently an old […]
Casa restaurant in Bristol, successor to the famous Casamia from Peter Sanchez-Iglesias, has closed ‘until further notice’– without any explanation. A notice posted on the restaurant’s website this week reads: “At this moment, we are closed for future bookings. If you’re looking to book a restaurant, please check out our sister restaurant, Paco Tapas. “All vouchers […]
Simon Wood (pictured) announced the shock closure of his acclaimed Manchester restaurant WOOD earlier this week, closely followed by Michael O’Hare confirming the closure of Psycho Sandbar in Leeds – which had only been open for seven months after replacing his famous The Man Behind The Curtain. Michael said he was proud of what he had […]
One of the capital’s most popular fish and seafood restaurant concepts of the past decade, London Shell Co, is to abandon its distinctive floating barges, switching focus to dry land. The Grand Duchess static barge moored in Paddington Basin will run its last service tomorrow (28 September), while the Prince Regent will make its final […]
As one Manchester institution, Simon Rimmer’s Greens vegetarian restaurant, announced its closure this week, another would-be Manc institution took flight – Louis (see photograph), billed as a “love letter” to Italian-American dining, complete with live jazz and a ‘no-phones’ policy. Greens announced its closure with a post saying, “It is with deep regret that the board […]
