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Meatballs restaurant opens at Farringdon's Quality Chop House

Information: 26 August 2011

Hot Dinners were fans of the marvellously old-fashioned Quality Chop House on Farringdon Road with its frontage proudly declaring 'Progressive Working Class Caterers' and retro British food so we...

Knightsbridge Rib Room re-opens with £19 set menu

Information: 25 August 2011

Fifty years on from the day it first opened, the Rib Room at the Jumeirah Carlton Tower Hotel in Knightsbridge is getting ready to reopen with one hell of a facelift. Designer Martin Brudnizki -...

Icreamists open gay ice-cream pop-up in Covent Garden

Information: 24 August 2011

If you can’t afford the airfare to NY to try out the rather fabulous wares of The Big Gay Ice-cream Truck (as Hot Dinners did earlier this summer) then an alternative is at hand. The Ice-creamists, who...

Frank's Cafe hosts Rivington Grill pop-up

Information: 22 August 2011

As the Young Turks pop-up takes place this week, Frank's Cafe and Campari Bar in Peckham is already preparing for its next event. The Rivington Grill, Simon Wadham's Shoreditch and Greenwich...

Owners of Terroirs & Brawn to open Soif in Battersea

Information: 22 August 2011

As revealed by Bloomberg's Richard Vines on Twitter today, the folks behind uber-popular Terroirs (off the Strand) and Brawn (Columbia Road) are to open their third branch, this time venturing south...

Talking to Jun Tanaka about Street Kitchen in the City, Battersea and more...

Information: 22 August 2011

Jun Tanaka is famed from appearances on Satruday Kitchen and as Head Chef of Pearl restaurant in Holborn. But it's the success of the Street Kitchen initiative with Mark Jankel that has recently...

Is Russell Norman already planning another restaurant?

Information: 19 August 2011

Possibly one of the most prolific restaurateurs in London at the moment, Russell Norman (the man behind Polpo, Polpetto, Spuntino and Da Polpo) is already thinking about what's next. In an interview with...

Wareing, Locatelli, Hermé, Darroze and more to appear at Quintessentially Epicure

Information: 18 August 2011

Looking for a higher class of foodie event? Then Quintessentially Epicure could be for you. Taking place in London's famed Hurlingham Club, the event runs over two days on the 9th-10th September and...

Top UK chefs to take over Fortnum & Mason for the London Restaurant Festival

Information: 17 August 2011

One of the highlights of last year's London Restaurant Festival was 10-10-10, when chefs from outside London paired with London's best all over town. It was an ideal opportunity for those who fear...

James Ramsden throws London's first supperclub for children

Information: 16 August 2011

The very idea of taking children to restaurants is enough to make some people froth at the mouth. Trouble is, how do you teach kids to try new things and behave well in restaurants if you don't...

Young Turks take over Frank's Cafe for their next event

Information: 14 August 2011

Having been a storming success in Canary Wharf, the Young Turks (James Lowe and Isaac McHale) have announced their next event. They'll be taking over the Peckham pop-up Frank's Cafe and Campari Bar (on...

New Goodman steakhouse confirmed for Canary Wharf

Information: 12 August 2011

Meat lovers in Canary Wharf have reason to be of good cheer. Following on from the hugely successful Goodman City opening, the steakhouse is confirmed to be heading even further east to Canary...

Good Food Guide 2012 awards rate Pollen Street Social above Heston's Dinner

Information: 11 August 2011

In a world where what people tweet and blog about what they've eaten just minutes after a restaurant opens its doors, a printed guide has to do what it can to reclaim the headlines and the Good Food...

Hawksmoor at Home book has kimchi burger and lobster roll recipes

Information: 11 August 2011

Details were announced today on what sort of content we could expect from the upcoming Hawksmoor cookery book. Hawksmoor at Home which will be published on 13 October sounds like a must-read for any...

Trying out Michelin-starred frozen food at the N-Ice pop-up

Information: 10 August 2011

An instant paradox: the cold interior decor and a very warm welcome at Monday’s opening of the frozen food pop-up restaurant N-Ice was a somewhat bizarre summertime journey into an ambient winter...

Gordon Ramsay opening multiple Las Vegas restaurants

Information: 10 August 2011

Back in December we reported that Gordon Ramsay had plans to open a steakhouse in Las Vegas. Those plans are still underway - he'll be opening in the space currently occupied by Les Artistes at the...

London's restaurants defying riot fears to stay open

Information: 09 August 2011

While we're not suggesting if you live in an area where police are advising you to go (and stay) home that you shouldn't follow their advice, there are probably some Londoners out there who don't...

Michelin-starred Ledbury restaurant attacked by rioters

Information: 09 August 2011

Michelin-starred restaurant The Ledbury became a focus of the wrong kind of attention last night when it was targeted by looters during the riots in London. The first news that something had...

Cinnamon Square popping up in Devonshire Square

Information: 09 August 2011

Following hard on the heels of Street Kitchen which has been wooing diners with its innovative lunch dishes over on Finsbury Avenue Square, we now hear that Cinnamon Square is taking to the streets...

New parking laws in central London to add to cost of dinner out

Information: 08 August 2011

The cost of eating out in some parts of London, if you're the type who likes to drive rather than take London transport, has risen significantly after Westminster Council voted last week to change...

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