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L'Etranger to expand next door with Meursault lounge bar and dining room
Written by Gavin Hanly   
Friday, 16 December 2011
L'Etranger to expand next door with Meursault lounge bar and dining room

L'Etranger restaurant in Kensington is to expand next door with a new lounge bar and dining room, called Meursault.

The new place, which takes its name from a Burgundy wine (and also the lead character in Camus's L'Etranger), will be split into two with a lounge bar that will offer molecular cocktails Read more

 
Christmas at Downton DVD launches with Edwardian canapes
Written by Catherine Hanly   
Friday, 16 December 2011
Christmas at Downton DVD launches with Edwardian canapes

'Tis the season for parties, and we loved the idea behind the one last night to publicise the imminent release of Christmas at Downton on DVD. The PR folks got Hus Vedat, Executive Chef at Westminster's St Ermin's Hotel to come up with a range of Downton-inspired canapes.

Having scoffed the lot, Read more

 
Foodie treats at Circus 11 Christmas market in Shoreditch
Written by Catherine Hanly   
Thursday, 15 December 2011
Foodie treats at Circus 11 Christmas market in Shoreditch

To add to our growing list of Christmas markets around London with a decided food bent, we've just heard about Circus 11 which launched yesterday in Shoreditch and will run until 18 December. It's ostensibly a fashion market, held at the Tram Shed, but in addition to a lot of lovely clothes there are Read more

 
Dstrkt restaurant and club opens on Piccadilly's Rupert Street
Written by Catherine Hanly   
Wednesday, 14 December 2011
Dstrkt restaurant and club opens on Piccadilly's Rupert Street

There’s stealth openings and then there’s uber-stealth openings. This week a massive new development opens just off Piccadilly with almost no advance word. Dstrkt is a £25 million restaurant, bar and club space which – despite having a name that reminds us of The Onion story about Clinton deploying vowels Read more

 
St John restaurant teams up with Secret Cinema to launch Secret Restaurant
Written by Catherine Hanly   
Wednesday, 14 December 2011
St John restaurant teams up with Secret Cinema to launch Secret Restaurant

Oh now this is interesting. The Secret Cinema has been around for a while in London, popping up in different venues, with the film (and venue) you're about to see only being revealed on the night. But now they're throwing food into the equation with the launch of Secret Restaurant.

What makes this Read more

 
Russell Norman's "sort of" Jewish deli - we check out Mishkin's
Written by Gavin Hanly   
Wednesday, 14 December 2011
Russell Norman's

What can you tell us about Mishkin's?

It's the latest in Russell Norman's slowly burgeoning Soho/Covent Garden empire, following in the footsteps of Polpo, Polpetto, Da Polpo and Spuntino. While it retains many of the features of its predecessors (counter dining, sharing plates, and a bare-brick Lower Read more

 
London's street food markets plan Christmas festivities
Written by Catherine Hanly   
Tuesday, 13 December 2011
London's street food markets plan Christmas festivities

This weekend looks to be the perfect one for street food lovers. Not only is Friday the last day of Dalston's insanely successful The Long Table, but over in Kings Cross Eat St are planning a rather festive weekend of it.

For KXmas, each of their traders is going to be putting on a Christmas menu, Read more

 
Mark Hix opens Hix Belgravia with a new Mark's Bar
Written by Gavin Hanly   
Monday, 12 December 2011
Mark Hix opens Hix Belgravia with a new Mark's Bar

28/1/12 - Updated with menu info.

Rumours of a new Mark Hix restaurant have been in the mix for a while (and been on our Coming Soon page for a couple of months) but today official word has come down today about the launch of Hix Belgravia.

Opening on February 1 2012 in the Thompson Belgraves Hotel, Read more

 
Restaurant review charts - week ending 11 December
Written by Gavin Hanly   
Sunday, 11 December 2011
Restaurant review charts - week ending 11 December Gastroblog | Page 7 - Hot Dinners

Our latest round up of restaurant critics - with new reviews for The Delaunay, Chakra, Copita, Young Turks, Riding House Cafe, Granger & Co, Duck Soup, Union Jacks, Aurelia, Soif, Mishkin's, 10 Cases and more...

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