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 Gantry, a new design-led hotel, opened in Stratford, east London, yesterday complete with an eye-catching restaurant and a ground-floor artisanal food market with deli and cafe. Union Social, its first-floor restaurant, has a cocktail bar and open kitchen to one side and floor-to-ceiling windows and a wraparound terrace to the other. The decor is […]
Steak restaurant Flank has announced a summer residency at The Print House in Stratford. The nose-to-tail concept, from chef Tom Griffiths, will feature an entirely new menu focused on BBQ cooking, and will launch on August 12. It will be Griffiths’ third site, adding to his existing two in Market Halls Victoria, and Old Spitalfields. […]
Levi Roots, of Reggae Reggae Sauce fame, has announced the closure of his East London BBQ restaurant. The one-time Dragons’ Den star, musician, TV chef, and cookbook author opened Levi Roots’ Caribbean Smokehouse in Westfield Stratford City shopping centre in 2015. But on Tuesday, he said on social media: “So sorry! Unfortunately I have to […]
Patrick Powell, former head chef at the Chiltern Firehouse, is to open a new restaurant at The Stratford Hotel, part of the mammoth Manhattan Loft Gardens development in Stratford. The venue, a ‘sky high’ fixture with views across East London and beyond, is one of many high-profile complexes – all including dining – on the […]
Hackney Wick watering hole the Hackney Pearl is heading further east to take up residence at a new rooftop venue overlooking the Olympic Park. The new venture – another one of those oxymoronic ‘permanent pop-ups’ – will see the Pearl ensconced at Roof East in Stratford, serving up street food, local beers, cocktails and wine. […]
