The world really does seem to want to be in London at the moment. The chefs behind Machneyuda – the restaurant bloggers apparently proclaim “Jerusalem’s coolest” – will open their first establishment here, on 20 May. Yossi Elad, Uri Navon and Asaf Granit are set to launch The Palomar on the former site of Spice […]
A new Greek street food restaurant, 21 Bateman Street, has just opened in the heart of Soho. The menu heavily features souvlaki – skewered lamb, chicken pork or veg – cooked over charcoal, as well as other Greek classics like tzatziki, pitta, olives and baked feta. The tiny, 22-cover restaurant, which offers take-away as well as […]
In a rare ‘exchange’ match, Cornwall’s Nathan Outlaw and Soho’s Pitt Cue Co. have organised two reciprocal one-night pop-ups. London goes to Rock (18 May) Chefs Tom Adams and Tom Swanny will leave their Newburgh Street home and head to the Cornish town of Rock, for a one-off BBQ. There are only 40 places at the ticketed […]
Bea Vo, creator of bakery chain Bea’s of Bloomsbury, plans to launch a new stand alone concept in Soho this June. Stax Carnaby in Kingly Court, just off, (you guessed it) Carnaby Street, will be a 40-cover restaurant open for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Serving a selection of breakfast classics like fluffy buttermilk pancakes, French toast […]
If you haven’t got the megabuck-backing of a Russian oligarch – or of one of the existing restaurant empires – then one of the best ways to get your foot in the door of your own establishment seems to be to start at street level. The latest ‘street-food-vendors-turned-pop-up-operators-turned-restaurateurs’ are the people behind Breddos – winners […]
Foxcroft & Ginger, Soho, launches its second outpost, in Whitechapel, today (3 April). The new 70-cover restaurant occupies the former site of Wickham’s department store in Mile End Road, which – as all readers will doubtless know – was once regarded as the ‘Harrod’s of the East’. Foxcroft & Ginger’s new operation includes a 24-hour […]
