Borough Yards

  • Test Driving Akara - deep-fried delights in Borough Yards

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    West African restaurant Akara is the follow up to Akoko and sees the team focusing in on deep-fried snacks and a not inconsiderable amount of heat. We head down to Borough Yards to check it out.  

  • Akara comes to Borough Yards from the man behind Akoko

    akara restaurant in Borough Yards

    9/10/23 - Updated with the opening date

    The man behind Fitzrovia's Akoko, Aji Akokomi, is getting ready to open his next West African restaurant - Akara in Borough Yards. 

    An akara is a crispy savoury fritter made from black eye bean and you'll be seeing those on the menu here, all with different fillings. They include carabinero prawns & vatapa, hand-dived scallops, ox

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  • Bancone picks Borough Yards for its third pasta restaurant

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    On the cusp of celebrating their fifth birthday, the folks at Bancone are also getting ready to open their third restaurant.

    They're the latest to join the procession of restaurants opening in Borough Yards. The space itself is a huge railway arch and it's going to have an open kitchen, plus a large mezzanine space upstairs that can be hired out for private parties.

    In addition to all the usual Bancone

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  • Test Driving Barrafina Borough Yards - same brilliant tapas but this one's good for groups too

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    Just around the corner from Borough Market, you'll find the latest Barrafina, and this one is particularly good if you're dining as a group. We took a stool up at the marble counter to give their specials a go.

  • Barrafina brings their Spanish tapas to Borough Yards

    Barrafina brings their Spanish tapas to Borough Yards

    They've already launched Bar Daskal and Parrillan at Borough Yards now the Harts Group are onto their final launch there, a new Barrafina.

  • Test Driving Parrillan Borough Yards - the next evolution of the Spanish grill restaurant

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    After success at King's Cross, The Harts Group have opened a second Parrillan at Borough Yards - bigger than before and with an indoor restaurant too. We went down to try it out.  

  • Bar Daskal is a Spanish wine bar in Borough Yards from the Barrafina team

    Bar Daskal is a Spanish wine bar in Borough Yards from the Barrafina team

    The openings at Borough Yards, the new development close to Borough Market are continuing apace - and that includes three new openings from the same people, the Harts Group. They're planning to open both a Barrafina and a Parrillan - but also a new Spanish wine bar, Bar Daskal.

    We see it as something of a sibling to their The Drop wine bar at King's Cross. It has a list that's

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  • Vinoteca's new Borough Yards opening will be a wine bar with views

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    Updated 10/2/22 with opening date

    As new food hub Borough Yards gets ready to open, details have been trickling in about what to expect from the various bars and restaurants opening there. Now we're hearing about the Vinoteca that will launch there with what sounds like a striking design.

    The two-storey wine bar, shop and restaurant will feature a ground floor zinc-topped bar, perfect for pulling up

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