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- The Lightroom at King's Cross will have a bar and cafe by St John
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Regular visitors to The Bridge Theatre in London will know that, in addition to the fine shows being put on there, one of the big lures of the theatre is the fact that their cafe and bar is run by the folks at St John. That means great wines by the glass along with the joys of fresh madeleines being made to order while you're in the theatre boosting your cultural credentials.
So
... - King’s Cross station’s Great Northern Hotel relaunches its restaurant and bar, now called RAILS
If you’ve been looking for somewhere new to dine while waiting for a delayed train at King’s Cross, then the answer is here: RAILS. It’s the relaunch of former Plum + Spilt Milk, the restaurant within the Great Northern Hotel.
Frequent Eurostar travellers will be aware that the Great Northern Hotel opened in the final stages of the
- Longboys hit up Coal Drops Yard for their flagship doughnut store
You may have spotted their stall at the occasional market in Coal Drops Yard. Now doughnut folk Longboys are getting ready to open their biggest store and cafe there.
Former Hakkasan pastry chef Graham Hornigold will be serving up his finger doughnuts alongside gourmet soft serve ice cream, coffee from award-winning roasters Assembly and fresh sodas.
Inside there'll be 10 seats if you want to
... - The Cross is back in King's Cross - this time it's about eating, drinking and dancing
The Cross was HUGE back in the day. The nightclub, which was in the space that is now Coal Drops Yard, was one of London's most renowned back in the 90s - a really big deal. But with all the reconstruction of King's Cross, it finally closed its doors back in 2007.
Now it's coming back - albeit in a very different guise. THe Cross will take over what was
... - Brighton's Fatto a Mano come to King's Cross with Fatto Pizza & Beer
They're big in Brighton (and are also at Boxpark Shoreditch and Croydon). Now Fatto a Mano are coming to London with a permanent restaurant - Fatto Pizza & Beer in King's Cross.
First up are the Neapolitan pizzas. They include classics like
... - The Standard in King's Cross gets a new rooftop taco truck
London's rooftop bars are reopening for spring and one place that's adding something new to their roof is The Standard at King's Cross.
In charge of the food up there is Peter Sanchez-Iglesias of Decimo, the hotel's popular Mexican restaurant. He'll be bringing up a taco truck to the rooftop called Decimiño which will all be about tacos and Mexican small plates. That'll be
... - Caravan are opening a Brewbar at their North London roastery
Caravan have expanded to many parts of London, Canary Wharf being the most recent, but now they're adding something new to their main roastery just off Caledonian Road.
Until now, the roastery has been just that - roasting and supplying coffee to all their restaurants (and elsewhere)
... - The Korean Englishman's Korean Toast pop-up is back in King's Cross
Updated 10/3/22 with residency closing date:
If you missed it late last year (as we did), then you'll definitely want to catch one of the hottest pop-ups in town right now.
Korean Toast comes from the hugely popular Korean Englishman YouTube channel, a channel
... - The Standard adds Sweeties cocktail bar to its tenth floor
While there's already Decimo up on the tenth floor of The Standard hotel in King's Cross, they're about to get a neighbour up on the same floor with the launch of the hotel's new cocktail bar - Sweeties.
The new bar is aiming for "early 1970s Hollywood opulence" which is translating to lots of velvet sofas. mirrored tables and what they're referring to as "a six-foot antique phallic
... - Another Pantry brings food from London's best restaurants to King's Cross
A pop-up food store is coming to Coal Drops Yard for one week and it'll have an extremely impressive array of goods from some of the UK's best restaurants.
Another Pantry is the brainchild of food writer and photographer Safia Shakarchi, who has also just set up an online recipe platform with the same name. Here's what's coming to the shop:
- Merlin
- Test Driving Porte Noire - Idris Elba's wine bar in King's Cross
Idris Elba co-owns a wine bar in King's Cross. We went along to find out if it lived up to its star billing.
- Test Driving Booking Office 1869 - a big makeover and a Patrick Powell menu at St Pancras
Booking Office at St Pancras has transformed into Booking office 1869 with a whole new look and a new menu by Allegra's Patrick Powell. We take a look inside.
- Gas Station in King's Cross is a pub and beer garden from the people behind Mare St Market
Next up from the Barworks, the people behind Mare Street Market is Gas Station, taking over a prominent corner of King's Cross.
- Idris Elba is opening Porte Noire - a wine bar, restaurant and tasting room in King's Cross
Idris Elba is getting back into the bar business with a new launch in King's Cross. He already opened The Parrot in Aldwych - but this is quite a departure from that cocktail bar. This time he's teamed up with founder of Connaught Wine Cellars, David Farber, to create a bar and wine shop from Porte Noire (if you haven't heard of them, it's a wine and
... - BAO are doing breakfast for the first time, at Café BAO in King’s Cross
If you've ever really, REALLY fancied a bao for breakfast and have had to wait until BAO opened the doors on one of their restaurants at midday, then we have glad tidings for you.
From the August bank holiday, they'll be launching their first-ever breakfast offering. Head to Café BAO in King’s Cross for a weekend-only feast of Taiwanese breakfast specials. And, god, they sound good:
On the menu
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