Gastroblog
Copenhagen's Sticks 'n' Sushi chain opens first London restaurant in Wimbedon
Written by Catherine Hanly   
Monday, 16 January 2012
Copenhagen's Sticks 'n' Sushi chain opens first London restaurant in Wimbedon

There's an interesting new opening coming up in Wimbledon - the first offshoot of popular Copenhagen chain Sticks 'n' Sushi is arriving mid-March. They currently have nine branches in Denmark and despite the odd-sounding name and the oddball tagline of 'a sushi restaurant even for those who don't like Read more

 
Richard Corrigan and Galvin Bros to launch restaurants in Harrods
Written by Catherine Hanly   
Monday, 16 January 2012
Richard Corrigan and Galvin Bros to launch restaurants in Harrods

Massive news over at Harrods today as the iconic Knightsbridge store scores a huge coup in getting three great chefs to join them.

The first new face is Richard Corrigan who will take over the Sea Grill in Harrod's Meat & Fish Hall and turn it into an outpost of his Piccadilly restuarant Bentley' Read more

 
Pierre Koffmann to run pop-up restaurant at Twickenham stadium
Written by Catherine Hanly   
Monday, 16 January 2012
Pierre Koffmann to run pop-up restaurant at Twickenham stadium

It's a little-known fact that stellar chef Pierre Koffmann is a total rugby nut - so much so, that he says the reason he first came to Britain was not to work but to watch France play England at Twickenham. So it makes total sense that he's agreed to run a pop-up restaurant at the stadium for international Read more

 
Flagship Le Cordon Bleu school opens in Bloomsbury with its own cafe
Written by Catherine Hanly   
Friday, 13 January 2012
Flagship Le Cordon Bleu school opens in Bloomsbury with its own cafe

If further proof were needed that London is the epicentre of the food world (well, we always knew that), it's the opening today of Le Cordon Bleu's flagship school...in central London. That means that the guardian of French culinary techniques believes that London is now a better place to open its biggest Read more

 
Marriott County Hall to open Gillray's Steakhouse and Bar
Written by Catherine Hanly   
Thursday, 12 January 2012
Marriott County Hall to open Gillray's Steakhouse and Bar

It's all go by the river this year. Just a day after we announced the details for the latest riverside Gastropub at Cannon St, than we hear about another riverside restaurant, this time an existing spot which is being given a new look.

The Marriott at County Hall certainly has the location right - Read more

 
Seafood and scotch eggs at The Oyster Shed by Cannon Street
Written by Catherine Hanly   
Wednesday, 11 January 2012

We're partial to both oysters and scotch eggs, so the menu at the soon-to-open The Oyster Shed in the City is calling to us siren-style. Situated on Angel Lane, just by Cannon St station, this new gastropub from Geronimo Inns will serve up seafood, stout, whiskies and cocktails with views over the Thames. Read more

 
Damon Albarn's beef with the musak at Nobu
Written by Catherine Hanly   
Wednesday, 11 January 2012
Damon Albarn's beef with the musak at Nobu

OK - we love this story by New York's Eater.com concerning two musicians and their reaction to the musak at London's Nobu.

Seems that the marvellously named rapper Theophilus London when he was last in town at Nobu with Gorillaz lead man Damon Albarn found himself witnessing a minor fracas between Read more

 
The wheels come off - we check out Pitt Cue Co in Soho
Written by Catherine Hanly   
Wednesday, 11 January 2012
The wheels come off - we check out Pitt Cue Co in Soho

What can you tell us about Pitt Cue Co?

The brainchild of Tom Adams and Jamie Berger, it sees the BBQ trailer folk who created a storm under the Hungerford Bridge last summer, transferring to bricks and mortar accommodation just off Carnaby St.

Where is it?

On the corner of Newburgh St and Ganton Read more

 
Meat People open Islington steakhouse on Essex Road
Written by Catherine Hanly   
Tuesday, 10 January 2012
Meat People open Islington steakhouse on Essex Road

For years it served up epic fried breakfasts as Alfredos, then it turned into a branch of the sausage franchise S&M, now the listed cafe at 4-6 Essex Road is sticking to its meaty origins and becoming Islington's first steakhouse. Run by the same people who own the Ladybird bar on Upper Street, Read more

 
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