Smoke & Salt has announced the closure of its Brixton pop-up before opening its first bricks and mortar site in Tooting later this year. The final service at the lauded restaurant concept – Marina O’Loughlin called it “properly exciting” – which serves small plates centred on “modern dining/ancient techniques”, will be Saturday February 29. The […]
Smoke & Salt founders Remi Williams and Aaron Webster, who opened a small plates concept at Pop Brixton in June 2017, are launching a crowdfunding push to finance their first bricks and mortar site. The pair are hoping to open in Tooting, south west London, after seeing success and accolades running their temporary project in […]
London offers plenty of opportunity for al-fresco dining but when the good weather hits those tables fill up fast. To stand an outside chance of snagging a table in the sun this summer, take a look at some of the new terraces that have opened in the capital of late… If you want to see […]
Food-obsessed cousins Mark Kimber (left in photo) and Harry Smith are opening Plot, a bijou 15-seat restaurant, in a converted market stall inside historic Tooting Broadway Market on January 11. The pair both grew up in Tooting, and have hired chef Giles Estob to design a menu of small plates reflecting their interest in seasonal British produce. Meat will […]
⦿ Marina O’Loughlin of The Guardian reviewed Jikoni 7/10 in Marylebone, the first restaurant from “chic and beautiful” TV chef and writer Ravinder Bhogal, which she found “immensely girly“. “Jewel-coloured saris and handmade Indian tablecloths notwithstanding, the girliest element is the food, which is light years from the usual Brit curry machismo… You can’t escape the cuteness: […]
Soho House group launch a combined Chicken Shop and Dirty Burger in the East End today (21 May). There has been very little fanfare surrounding this venture, which opened in Mile End Road, Whitechapel. The restaurants’ first joint outpost, it was supposed to open in late April, but Soho House decided to postpone the launch […]