Smithfield

Smithfield Market is about to see a major new influx of foodies this winter with the opening of the Museum of London in its new home. The reason? Well, there's going to be a restaurant, bar, cafe and rotating residency spot, all of which sound worth a look.

The museum's contract was won by catering company Green & Fortune, who have brought in chef Robin Gill and expert mixologist Ryan Chetiyawardana (aka Mr Lyan) to give some serious heft to the food and drink offering. They're also using top restaurant designers Russell Sage Studios to do the interiors. So, here's your guide

The current business climate for restaurants in London is brutal. And we're particularly sad to be reporting on the demise of one of the city's longer-standing restaurants, Club Gascon.

In an email sent to regulars last night, the restaurant's owners, Chef Pascal Aussignac and Vincent Labeyrie, said that it was "With both gratitude and a heavy heart, we share that Club Gascon will be closing its doors following dinner service on 28 March.

"From the very beginning, our approach to dining was driven by passion and creativity - offering guests the freedom to explore three to

Tasting menu restaurant in Smithfield

2/1/25 - updated with the opening date

If a restaurant takes as its influence the places a chef has lived and worked in, then in the case of chef Ricardo Younis Moreno you can expect a lively mix of Argentine, Mexican, and Peruvian flavors. Born in Argentina, with Italian and Lebanese heritage the chef has now landed in London where he's now working on bringing his restaurant Alfonsina to

Brilliant Basque food and great steaks a few minutes walk from Smithfield Market make Ibai worth crossing town for.

Cloth sees some very knowledgeable wine folk teaming up with a chef with an enviable CV, all in a properly historical City of London building. We went down to take a look.  

When you’re already running an exceptional wine bar and shop, the next step is surely to launch a restaurant. That’s the philosophy from the team at 56 West Smithfield wine bar who have just opened Origin City in West Smithfield.

Provenance is a big calling card here, with all the meat sourced from the

Given the current cost of living crisis we're all for a new wine bar that's bringing down the cost of drinking good wine.

This new Smithfield restaurant wants to give London diners a real experience for their money. We went to see how that plays out in reality.

We're always keen to hear about new wine bars opening in London. The arrival of 56 Smithfield in Farringdon couldn't be more handy in these cash-pressed times, particularly when you hear that this new spot is selling all the wines at their original, local winery prices. If you fancy drinking in, then just add a fiver as a corkage fee.

The folk behind it are the family who run organic vineyard Château De La

6/9/22 - Updated with the opening date

They've had success with Nest in Hackney and an even bigger hit with Fenn in Fulham, now the same team are heading eastwards again.

Johnnie Crowe, Luke Wasserman and Toby Neill are the people

It was a casualty of the various lockdowns but the good news is that, from today, the St John bacon sandwich is back. One of London's top ways to start the day has returned to the menu at St John Bread and Wine in Spitalfields and will be available for takeaway there every day of the week

But that's not all the good news we have from Fergus Henderson because they've also reverted the bar area at St John Smithfield back to

15/09/21 - updated with launch details and the menu

Since leaving the Polpo group, Russell Norman has been busy writing cookbooks, but we've all been wondering when he would make his return to restaurants. Well now we know - he's opening Trattoria Brutto. That comes from the phrase "brutto ma buono" meaning Ugly but good.

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There are bound to be a few sore heads in London today (including ours) following the riotous partying in Smithfield at St John restaurant last night.

Fergus Henderson and Trevor Gulliver threw one hell of a bash to celebrate both the restaurant's quarter-century anniversary and the launch of their new book, The Book of St John.

There were platters of pigs heads, Welsh rarebit, snails wrapped in bacon and buns of suckling pig and

An ex-Dairy head chef leads Lino, an all-day bar and restaurant beside St Bart's. We head down for a look.