Manzi’s, the long-promised seafood restaurant in Soho from The Wolseley Hospitality Group, finally has a launch date – next May, more than four years after it was first announced. Named after the much-loved family-operated restaurant in Leicester Square that ran for almost 80 years until 2006, the new Manzi’s will occupy two storeys with a large […]
The death was announced this week of Andrew Edmunds, whose self-named Lexington Street restaurant has been a favourite Soho destination for 37 years for people in the arts and the wine trade – and, famously, for those with romance in mind. Andrew pursued twin careers – each with singular success – as a restaurateur and also as […]
Soho’s legendary Groucho Club, a magnet for hell-raisers since Oliver Reed and Ken Russell (pictured) attended the opening party in 1985, has been acquired by the Artfarm hospitality group for a reported £40 million. Owned by Swiss art dealers Manuela and Iwan Wirth, Artfarm began as a museum café at the country offshoot of their […]
The de Visscher family will open a branch of The Seafood Bar in Soho, their first international outpost. The 190-cover restaurant will be in a Grade II-listed Georgian townhouse at 77 Dean Street in Soho and follows four sites in The Netherlands which are based in Amsterdam and Utrecht. The menu will include ‘fruits de […]
Soho’s iconic Italian hangout Vasco and Piero’s Pavilion has closed due to yet another of the rent disagreements that’s seeing restaurants close. Tragedy struck just days ago as news that this wonderful period piece became a victim of Covid-19 filtered through on social media. Apparently a deal with the landlord was not possible and it’s […]
Following a £10m revamp to restore the site to its former glory, The Windmill Soho – one an icon of sleazy old Soho – will reopen in June as an “exciting 350 capacity, spectacular dining concept and bar”. Even the old, lurid “TABLE DANCING” neon signs have been re-engineered, although they are now designed to fuel […]
Westminster City Council will bring back its popular alfresco dining scheme from April. It means restaurants will be provided with extra outdoor space from April, making up for lost space indoors brought about by social distancing measures. The measures increased space and helped boost revenues between July and October last year, in between lockdowns one […]
The hospitality veterans Gearoid Devaney MS and Xavier Rousset MS will launch on September 10 The Black Book, a new wine bar and restaurant on the site of the former members’ club Trade. Trade was established as a refuge for hospitality workers as a post-service hangout, but The Black Book will be open to all. […]
The campaign to pedestrianise Soho from July 4 until September has been given the green light by Westminster Council. It means 17 streets will be traffic-free from 5pm to allow restaurants – many of which are small and will be made even smaller, cover-wise, by social distancing measures – will be able to put tables […]
A campaign has been launched to pedestrianise Soho and allow restaurants to use outdoor seating. The Government has said restaurants should be able to reopen on July 4, but social distancing measures will be in place. This means many establishments will lose tables, and therefore custom (and staff), thereby reducing already slim profit margins. Many […]
