Get the steak, frites and malbec offer at Heliot Steak House for just £19 at the weekend
Brixton
- Rotisserie chicken and pork belly is on the menu at Chuck's in Brixton
Over in Brixton two seasoned restaurateurs are teaming up for what sounds like a very promising rotisserie restaurant. They're Kieran Monteiro (previously Boma) and Sam Mousawi (who ran the Park Road Kitchen Group in Battersea) and their new place, Chuck's, brings rotisserie chicken and pork to Brixton Village at pretty decent prices.
Set inside Brixton Village Market,
... - Other Side Fried in Brixton is becoming wagyu burger spot Buster's
The London restaurant scene is notoriously fickle and what's hot one day can be past its best the next. When that happens you need to be ready to pivot and that's what Matt Harris & Tommy Kempton, the duo behind chicken shop Other Side Fried (and Ploussard) have done. They're in the middle of turning their Brixton place into a burger restaurant. But not any burger restaurant - this one's going to be serving up
... - New Brixton wine bar Vining Street Wine Club promises 'wine without the bullshit'
South West London wine lovers who are looking for a nice bar and bottle shop in their neighbourhood should make a note of the arrival of the Vining Street Wine Club in Brixton. It's the latest opening from the same team as the Crystal Palace Wine Club, who say they're "committed to breaking down the pretentiousness of the wine industry". Their slogan actually is "Wine without the bullshit".
To that end, they'll be
... - Lee Westcott is popping up at Bottle + Rye in Brixton
His time at Birch in Croydon was cut short, but Lee Westcott is staying in London for his next two ventures. He's apparently on the hunt for an East London pub but before that happens, he's setting up shop in Robin and Sarah Gill's Bottle + Rye in Brixton for a six-week
... - Veg & Tings Caribbean vegetarian restaurant in Brixton is next up from Brian Danclair
He already has Fish, Wings & Tings and Danclair's Kitchen, and now Brian Danclair is getting ready to open his third restaurant in Brixton - Veg & Tings.
As you might expect from the name, this is a similar affair to Fish, Wings & Tings but with the focus on Caribbean vegetarian food. On the menu you can expect doubles - street food from
... - Ruben's Reubens lands a three-month residency in Brixton Village
He's been popping up in various places over town, including most recently Robin Gill's Rye by the Water in Brentford, but now Ruben Dawnay's Ruben's Reubens is back. As with Rye by the Water, he's once again teaming up with Gill, and this time it's a three-month residency in Brixton Village.
Ruben entered the Brixton Kitchen competition when he was first starting out (a competition
... - Wine bar Finch heads to Brixton Village, specialising in English Wines
Updated 27/10/23 with opening date and launch offer
The people of Brixton Village have a new reason to celebrate, they’re about to get a brand-new wine bar, and one that champions English wines, no less.
It’s called Finch and while it will feature a curated selection of world wines, they’ll be focusing on small and experimental winemakers, whether you fancy a
... - SideChick mixes cocktails and American soul food in an old Brixton pie and mash shop
A new cocktail bar is coming to Brixton that looks like it will be well worth your attention.
It all comes from April Jackson, owner of Wood and Water and who you might have seen on The Apprentice and more TV besides. She's previously opened bars with partner Lee Tan in Pop Brixton, but this is their first permanent cocktail
... - Alhaji Suya get ready to open in Brixton
Brixton residents who love their suya, and those who haven't had the pleasure yet, should look out for a new West African takeaway business opening their way very soon.
Alhaji Suya is getting ready to open their fourth London store, beside Brixton station, to add to their other locations in Peckham, Greenwich and Walworth. Their new place will be a kiosk in an alleyway linking Brixton Station Road and Atlantic
... - Black Bear Burger are starting steak nights in Brixton
They're already going carving a name for themselves in the hugely competitive London burger scene but Black Bear Burger aren't sitting on their laurels. This week they're gearing up to launch a new weekly Thursday Steak Night at their Brixton restaurant.
On the menu will be a rotating offer of different cuts - bavette will always be on - and they'll be using the grass-fed dry-aged British beef that
... - Club Mexicana head to South London picking Brixton for their vegan tacos
Given the huge popularity of their other restaurants, it's a pretty safe bet that Club Mexicana's first south London restaurant will be a big hit when it opens in Brixton this autumn. You'll find the group's latest restaurant on Market Row where the 35-seat spot will be serving up the vegan tacos and cocktails they've built up a reputation for.
On the menu in Brixton will be a mix of signature dishes - like the Tofish and
... - Electric Brixton gears up for its first ever Oktoberfest
Electric Brixton is going to look very different this October as they get ready for their first-ever Oktoberfest.
They'll be bringing in lots of wooden tables to cover the floor, putting up the Oktoberfest bunting and filling the place with German food and lots and lots of beer by the stein (coming from Spaten, Löwenbräu & Becks). Bavarian street food will be on the
... - Bando Belly reopens after Peckham fire, in new Pop Brixton location
Rising from the ashes, Bando Belly is back. If you were a fan of their deep-fried Oreos and ‘the Buff Ting’ (a twice-fried chicken burger), you’d be aware of a tragic fuse-box-related fire that destroyed their Peckham outlet in May 2022. Well, let your fried-food fantasies free again, they’ll be opening in Pop Brixton, thanks to a successful fundraising campaign, loyal local communities
... - Brixton's Ritzy cinema gets its own En Root vegan cafe
South London's plant-based group En Root is heading to Brixton. The brainchild of South Londoners Nish Modasia and his cousin Harshil Modasia, who also have places in Peckham and Clapham, the new cafe is being touted as the first vegan cafe to open in a UK cinema.
If you haven't been to one before, En Root focus on what they describe as an Indian fusion menu, inspired by Nish's Gujarati
... - Test Driving Bottle + Rye - a Parisian-style wine bar in the heart of Brixton
Robin and Sarah Gill, who are the people behind Darby's The Dairy and more, have transformed a corner of Brixton into a small Parisian-style wine bar. We went down for a look.
