Restaurant Openings
Geales to open in Chelsea Green
Restaurateur and hotelier Mark Fuller will be opening a second branch of the Notting Hill favourite, Geales, on the 16th of September in Chelsea Green.
Busaba Eathai Old Street Launch
Busaba Eathai already serves up their own unique casual thai dining experience at their West End venues but now they've gone east, to Old Street.
Fire and Stone opens fifth restaurant
Fire & Stone, the restaurant known for their pizzas with a difference, is opening a fifth restaurant this week in London’s Old Spitalfields Market.
Pierre Hermé Chocolate Shop Coming To London
Pierre Hermé Opens First London Chocolate Shop full of chocolate treats and tasty cakes. Find out what's waiting for you inside!
Polpetto at The French House. Large goes little
Polpetto, little sibling of the ever-popular POLPO, will open on 23rd August 2010, located in Soho, above The French House on Dean Street.
Dishoom: London’s first Bombay Café
Dishoom (bless you!) aims to bring cool Bombay living to Covent Garden this July. Inspired by the disappearing old cafés that were an important part of life in India’s commercial capital throughout the last century.
Restaurateurs behind Texture launch 28-50 Wine Workshop & Kitchen
28-50 Wine Workshop & Kitchen is the latest venture from Xavier Rousset and Agnar Sverrisson, the restaurateurs behind the award-winning Michelin-starred restaurant Texture. Launching in early June 2010 in the City, it aims to deliver an exceptional variety of wines at excellent prices alongside simple, classic French food.
The Milroy, now open for plebs like us
The Milroy restaurant, is at No.5 Hamilton Place. Previously it was a bit select, only members of Les Ambassadeurs Club got in, but now The Milroy isalso be open to non-members for lunch. It's a rare chance to experience a part of London’s oldest private members club.
Tom Aiken turns up at Somerset House
The well-known River Terrace Café at Somerset House has been completely re-designed to become Tom’s Terrace when it opens on 29 April. Underneath a futuristic canopy diners will enjoy protection from the London summer whilst enjoying stunning views of the river Thames.
The Mall Tavern - The Perritt Brothers’ Notting Hill Gate launch
The Mall Tavern is a brand new gastropub in the heart of Notting Hill Gate. Owners Jonathan and Andy Perritt have teamed up with Chef Jesse Dunford Wood, a rising star on the London dining scene
Not so grim up north - Albert Roux to open Chez Roux at Greywalls
He's a grand figure even tho compact of stature. Legendary French chef, Albert Roux will open Chez Roux at Greywalls, the classic country house hotel located just forty minutes from Edinburgh. The restaurant opens in May as part of Greywalls’ opening in the Spring.
Uk's first speciality cheese restaurant opens in chelsea
L'Art Du Fromage, a unique new gastronomic experience for London diners has just opened in Langton Street off London's Kings Road.Cheese is an ingredient in most of the dishes on the menu (there is even cheese ice cream!) and including seasonal varieties, L'Art Du Fromage expect to be offering up to 200 different cheeses throughout the year
Wimbledon welcomes Carluccio
I like old Carluccio, I like his passion and I like his food and I share his love of wild mushrooms. In fact it’s thanks to his books on mushroom collection and cooking that I have safely foraged these last few years. Well the now the grand old man of Italian cooking has moved into Wimbledon where ladies who lunch are thick on the ground.
Whenever ...Notting Hill itsu to open in March
itsu is opening its largest ever restaurant in Notting Hill, during the second week of March. This fourth restaurant will offer shoppers, local professionals and visitors to nearby Portobello market - itsu’s trademark quality, healthy Japanese menu.
Charlotte's Bistro Turnham Green, a sister to Charlotte's Place
Charlotte’s Bistro, a new restaurant from the team behind popular Ealing Common stalwart, Charlotte’s Place, has just opened at 6 Turnham Green Terrace,
'And it was all yellow' - Profile Soho opens
'And it was all yellow'– Profile Soho is a retro bar • diner • café the colour of a Colman's Mustard pot - yellow against black gloss. This slice of New York nostalgia fuses American charm with modern design for an all-day dining experience. Positioned on Wardour Street and with a new menu for 2010, this 95-cover restaurant serves stateside classics. From all-day breakfasts to dishes such as meatloaf, mac ‘n’ cheese and Mexican chilli dogs.
Boyd’s Brasserie & Bar launches off Trafalgar Square.
Built in 1887 as part of a 500-room ‘grand hotel’, the elegant and classical space, once named The Marble Hall, again opens its doors to the public having been occupied by the Crown since 1940.
Zilli Green to open in February
Food lovers rejoice, on February 14th, Aldo Zilli will open his new vegetarian restaurant, in Soho, an area that is of course a byword for healthy living. Ever since he went on Celebrity Fit Club (next watch out for Celebrity Mingers Club) Aldo's been on a bit of a health kick and has even written a rather good book to help us all get a bit lighter.
Barrica Brings Barcelona to London’s West End
Visitors to Goodge Street (number 62) in the West End are invited to try a true tapas bar experience following the opening of Barrica. With the look and feel of an authentic Spanish tapas bar, Barrica is a venue where people can feel just as comfortable having a coffee, a beer, a glass of sherry or a sit down meal with wine.
Caponata launches in Camden
Just a short hop from Camden High Street, in Delancey Street, this new Osteria and Restaurant launched on the 2nd December to the sounds of lively band music while invited guests quaffed wines or beers and nibbled on interesting canapés. It was a fun evening that did justice to this new eatery, which occupies the site of the old Cafe Delancey.
