New York restaurateur and nightclub owner Serge Becker has surprised everyone with a wholly new project which is going to open in Soho in February. La Bodega Negra will be a new Mexican restaurant project opening in a prime Soho location in February 2012.
For his first London opening, Becker has teamed Read more
We're loving the sound of an upcoming opening over in Broadway Market in March. Market Café will apparently "recreate the spirit of the classic Italian “formica” café of the 1950’s". It's a labour of love for Hugo Warner, one of the founding members of Benugo.
Our latest round up of restaurant critics - with new reviews for The Delaunay, Granger & Co, Duck Soup, Aurelia, Soif, Mishkin's, Alyn Williams at the Westbury, Pizarro, Burger & Lobster, Novikov, 34, Bread Street Kitchen and more...
London may be all about street truck burgers and independents like Lucky Chip and MEATLiquor, but it seems as though the larger burger chains also want to get in on the action. Just this week we've seen two stories that show that the big boys are trying to win fans with more upmarket/oddball burger Read more
Wine magazine Decanter has just had its annual restaurant awards and given Bermondsey spot Zucca its top accolade. Zucca picked up the Decanter/Laurent-Perrier Restaurant of the Year award because, as their writer Brian St Pierre explains; ''The food is uncluttered and comforting, cliché-free Italian, a Read more
Harden's have just released their UK restaurant 'survey' today - they're not calling it a guide anymore - which features a list of the five London restaurants their contributors reckon to be the best all-round restaurants in town.
The top 5 (with last year's place in brackets) are as follows: 1. Le Read more
After opening Le Cafe Anglais at Whiteleys back in 2007 and following it up with the launch of its Oyster Bar in 2010, where could Rowley Leigh go next to extend his west London empire? The answer, it seems, was on his doorstep as Leigh has just announced he's going Read more
January is traditionally a month for restaurants to come up with cut-price menus and special discounts, so we're pleased to see that Richard Corrigan is trying something new on London's diners. For January he's teaming up with Atul Kochhar to put on a special Spice menu at his Mayfair restaurant.
Last summer, London's shack/trailer food scene really took off - but there was one trailer that ruled them all. The Pitt Cue Co. trailer under the Hungerford Bridge had huge queues from day one and quickly became a summer favourite on the South Bank.
Now the folks behing Pitt Cue have moved on into Read more
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