Selfridges has once again collaborated with restaurateur Des McDonald to launch a new rooftop residency atop the iconic department store (previously McDonald’s Q Grill and Vintage Salt held the perch). The new offering will be a modern Italian restaurant, Il Tetto. Its year-long residency starts today (6 October), with an all-day dining menu promising classic […]
Restaurateur Des McDonald (of Vintage Salt and Q Grill fame) sets his sights outside of the capital for his latest venture – a modern Japanese izakaya opening at the top of the Park Regis in Birmingham. Rofuto will officially launch following a £3 million investment on 26 April with a 50% off food soft launch […]
Des McDonald’s pop-up project on the Roof at Selfridges, Oxford Street, will relaunch Forest Restaurant & Bar on 24 March with a new look and menu. Last year the restaurateur and London’s landmark department store transformed the outdoor space into an autumnal woodland version of Forest Restaurant & Bar, but its latest iteration will have a spring time […]
LONDON Nautilus NW6 £41 “The matzo meal batter is so light and the fish always so über fresh” that it’s inevitably a delight to visit this “truly excellent” – if “basic and functional” – West Hampstead chippy. Golden Hind W1 £26 “A joy for lovers of fish ’n’ chips” – this “very basic” Marylebone institution’s […]
Now that the warm weather is finally here what better way to enjoy an al-fresco meal, or drink, than with a dazzling view? London has plenty of beautiful outdoor spaces but fresh-air vantage points from which to see the capital’s iconic skyline can be hard to find. From post work drinks and dinner in the […]
On 1 May Des McDonald will launch his third pop-up restaurant at Selfridges; On the Roof with Vintage Salt. Open for five months, Vintage Salt will kick off Selfridges’ ‘Great British Outdoors’ campaign. Inspired by a Cornish fishing village, the restaurant will have al fresco dining and plenty of nautical nods – including deck chairs and […]