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- Giz & Green with Night Tales take over the John Lewis Rooftop
It's been a while since the rooftop at John Lewis has been open - but it's coming back in style and with a new name. This summer, it's called Willows, and is being taken over by the people behind Night Tales who have brought in Gizzi Erskine and Professor Green to run the food.
Giz & Green's deep-pan sourdough and stuffed-crust pizzas were a hit at
- Bar La Rampa will bring Cuba to Fitzrovia (with a menu by TATA Eatery)
The people who brought London Casa Do Frango are now turning their attention to Cuba. Bar La Rampa will be dedicated to all things Cuban, aiming for an authentic evocation of the country. In charge of the menu are the people behind TA TA Eatery and, yes, there will be Cuban sandwiches.
- The Courtyard at Treehouse is the latest hotel forecourt to turn alfresco restaurant
Continuing our intermittent series on London hotels who have repurposed their entrances into alfresco restaurants (so far we've had The Dorchester and The Savoy), now the Treehouse Hotel London on Regent
... - Selfridges launch a festive Market on the Mews with street food, Christmas trees and more
Having been closed all over Black Friday weekend (not to mention the whole of the last month) London's stores are hoping to make up for lost time by enticing us into the West End when they reopen this week. For Selfridges' part, they're redesigning the mews market they first opened back in the summer, making it a very festive market indeed.
The market, which takes over Edwards Mews at the rear of the store, is
... - Selfridges is opening Hive, a honey concept restaurant
This new honey focused restaurant at Selfridges will feature talks by beekeepers and use honey from its own rooftop hives in the dishes.
- Selfridges' Brass Rail goes vegan with a salt beet sandwich
For over 40 years, the Brass Rail at Selfridges has been serving up one of London's great meaty sandwiches. Their salt beef reuben is legendary.
But changes are afoot. To tie in with the department store's new Project Earth sustainability push, they're temporarily rebranding this temple of meat as The Grass Rail - serving up a brand new vegan menu.
Available alongside the traditional menu, vegans will now be able to order a Salt
... - MM Caffe is an alfresco cafe from Mercato Mayfair, just off Oxford Street
They've already achieved a pretty impressive makeover of nearby Grade 1 listed St Mark's and now Mercato Metropolitano have gone outside to Brown Hart Gardens, the raised garden area just in front of the Beaumont Hotel (most recently the Bonnie Gill seafood shack). Their latest opening is
... - Selfridges are launching Market on the Mews street market off Oxford Street
It was one of the first big London stores to reopen its food department, and now Selfridges is getting in on the street market act. They're taking over the mews behind the Oxford Street store at weekends to create Market on the Mews.
The market will be what they're calling "a rotating edit of food, drink, magazines, plants, flowers bikes and furniture." It'll see the store take over Edwards Mews with a range of
... - Selfridges' Brass Rail restaurant reopens for takeaway
Following the reopening of Selfridges Food Hall two weeks ago, probably the most-asked question was, "But when is The Brass Rail reopening?"
The restaurant, which first opened way back in 1966, has been serving New York-style sarnies for over 50 years. So its many fans will be pleased to hear that it's now
... - Selfridges is reopening its food hall for the first time since lockdown
We've been reporting on restaurants and cafes reopening for delivery, but we're very heartened to be able to report the reopening of the Selfridges Food Hall today. It feels like one more step back towards normality, helping London prepare itself for when the lockdown is eventually lifted.
In an announcement this morning, the Oxford Street store said it was reopening to serve the local community. They'll also be making it easy
... - Selfridges now have a Veuve Clicquot Le Tram bar serving up champagne and cocktails
First, we had Claridge's launching their Loubi Express cocktail bar with just eight seats. Now Selfridges have unveiled their Veuve Clicquot Le Tram bar in time for the festive season.
The oh-so-Instagrammable bar has just 10 seats and will serve up Veuve Clicquot champagne and cocktails
... - Selfridges has a new boutique cinema serving afternoon tea in the bar
London has started getting a few new luxe cinemas where the food is a little more than nachos and popcorn. The latest to open is a cinema right in the heart of Selfridges on Oxford Street - but alas you can't take the food into the screening with you.
The Cinema at Selfridges is now open on their lower ground floor (there's a direct entrance from the street too) and has been created
... - Test Driving Market Hall West End - a new food and drink haven for Oxford Street shoppers
The latest Market Hall has landed just off Oxford Street. It's their largest food court yet - we went down for a first look.
- Market Hall West End on Oxford Street is London's biggest food court yet
The march of the food court continues with the latest Market Hall coming to Oxford Street. A huge site, this features 11 food traders, 4 bars and a roof terrace too. - Selfridges launches its huge new confectionary hall
There are quite a lot of changes happening all over Selfridges at the moment - and the latest is their confectionary department. If you've visited before, you'll have found quite the selection at the back of the shop - but now it's been brought right into the middle - waiting for you in a huge space as you take the escalators into the lower ground floor.
You'll be able to find plenty of chocolates down here from US
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