Baker Street will the home to the flagship branch of CHIK’N, an ethical fried chicken restaurant that’ll be open all day.
As you may know, we're pretty partial to Shake Shack so we'll be heading down there later this month for the UK launch of the Chick’n Shack. Launched last year in the states, the Shack's chicken sarnie sounds worth trying for anyone who likes their fried chicken.
If you're after the details - it's 100% British chicken breast, slow-cooked in a buttermilk marinade, hand-dipped into Shack-made batter, coated with seasoned flour and crisp-fried. It's then topped
...2 days. 8 Traders. 1 Bucket. If that doesn't tell you almost EVERTHING you need to know about Kerb's upcoming fried chicken event, then let us elaborate further.
Taking place on 5 and 6 May in King's Cross eight chicken traders will showcase their fried fare.
Tickets are £25 (early bird - geddit - are already sold out) and for that you get a portion of fried chicken from each Bucket List trader, plus a complimentary drink of choice.
Here's
...Now THAT's a burger. News has just reached us of this very special burger going on the menu at Chick n Sours for the whole of March. It's the Macho Nacho Burger and is "fried thigh, Chengdu chicken, kimchee cheese, Vietnamese pickles". Plus, profits from the £12 burger will go to the Cook for Syria fund. So you might want to start planning when you're popping down for one now.
The Macho Nacho Burger is on the menu at
...17/2/17 - Updated with soft launch details
Hot on the heels of all the new places opening in Camden Market comes news that Bea Vo will be opening her next restaurant in that neck of the woods. Famous Flames will be her third spot, after Stax and Boondocks. As the name suggests, it's all about the flame grill and will be serving up flame grilled burgers and fried wings.
The new restaurant on Kentish Town Road, will have fifteen
...What: Burger & Beyond and Other Side Fried
In a nutshell: Burgers meet fried chicken in Soho
Summing it all up: The two street food vendors are teaming up for a three-month residency at Dirty Harry’s Soho on Wardour Street, where there’ll be toppings like pancetta bacon, crispy chicken skin and tarragon mayo.
We've previously talked about the very welcome Zelman Drinks, from the people behind Zelman Meats and Goodman, that's set up shop right outside the entrance to Finsbury Park station. And now we've found out what they'll be serving with those drinks as chicken masters Spit and Roast are taking
...Good news for fans of LeCoq’s rotisserie roasted chicken - the Islington brasserie is reinventing itself as a full-time rotisserie restaurant.
Hibernation season is still quite a ways off yet, but for fans of LeCoq it might be time to embrace the elasticated waistband already. Previously only available on Sundays, their golden (spit) roast dinners, including their Sutton Hoo chickens, will soon be available to
...23/9/16 - updated with soft launch details.
A late night chicken shop and bar is coming to Brixton this September. Opening on Coldharbour Lane, Fancy Funkin Chicken (yes, it really is called that) will serve a range of southern American fried chicken dishes along with a dedicated cocktail menu and will host a range of DJs every weekend.
It's got some pretty impressive backers too. The new venture is a collaborative effort from
...Updated 7/9/16 with opening date and launch offer
If you've had a fried chicken craving while shopping in Westfield Stratford, then this could be just the thing for you. Bird are opening their fourth restaurant there - on the first-floor food court area (taking over the spot from Chip and Fish). There, you can expect their usual buttermilk fried chicken, chicken burgers as well as the pictured chicken and waffles. And expect their
...A Hot Dinners exclusive
Even before we tried their amazing fried chicken at this year's Taste of London, there was a lot of buzz around Irish duo Garrett and Emer Fitzgerald of Butchies. So it's not at all suprising, just very pleasing, to learn that the street food duo are about to open their first bricks and mortar place.
The new Butchies' Hatch will open in Camden Market this month - expect it to build on the huge following
...Opening in Soho today is London's latest chicken shop - the second restaurant from fledgling group Absurd Bird. The food's the same for anyone who knows their existing restaurant in Shoreditch- waffle cones with popcorn chicken, buffalo wings, jalapeno mac and cheese and really a whole lot of ethically sourced free-range chicken.
Cocktail lovers should head downstairs to their basement bar which they've done out like an old southern saloon with a cocktail
...Bit late to this (in that it opened three weeks ago) but in addition to having opened Cafe Monico last week, Soho House have also unveiled their latest Dirty Burger and Chicken Shop. The newest one is on the Holloway Road and - in a first for the group - features both restaurants in the one space. Handy if you can't decide whether it's
...There's roast chicken and then there's Hélène Darroze's roast chicken. The Michelin-starred chef has just launched a six-course roast chicken menu for two, Le Poulet du Dimanche, to be served in her restaurant at the Connaught on Sundays.
And it sounds like a cracking menu. You begin with an amuse bouche of confit egg yolk served with leek and smoked bacon, brioche croutons and parmigiano reggiano emulsion, served in a golden egg. This is followed by chicken
...Seems like there's life in the market for more chicken ventures in London. We hear that a new company, Absurd Bird, is opening two new restaurants in London this year.
The company is kicking off its chicken-focused takeover by launching in Spitalfields and Soho in March. It's essentially chicken combined with American deep south cooking. And they've teamed up with Fosse Meadows Farm and bought every single one of their
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