In a TV commercial a few years back a grumpy old lady bitterly complained that her local bank branch had been turned into ‘a trendy wine bar’. Well here around Threadneedle Street there’s hardly a bank branch left that isn’t now a restaurant or bar and while Mint Leaf may be the only ‘Indian’ it is rather trendy.
The Britannia
This imposing Victorian pub is cavernous and it is not until you walk through the entrance that you get a feel for the scale of the place. With good quality, well cooked dishes at reasonable prices, The Britannia is certainly worth visiting.
The Meet & Wine club meet again – with VFM wine tasting
The Meat & Wine Co is delighted to announce that its recently launched wine club, The Meet & Wine Club, will be holding it’s third meeting Tuesday 1st September 2009. CALL MY BLUFF MR CHANCELLOR will be the evening’s theme.
Celebrate Oktoberfest in London – at the Bavarian Beerhouse!
Why go to Munich to experience the famous Oktoberfest? For the sixth year in a row, the Bavarian Beerhouse in London is organising its own Oktoberfest, featuring Bavarian-style fun, entertainment and live music. It may well involve sausages!
Heinz Beck to open restaurant at The Lanesborough September 2009
The dining equivalent of train spotters will be charging their digital cameras and powering up their Tweetdecks with the news that Heinz Beck is to open a new restaurant in the Lanesborough on Hyde Park Corner in September.
Back to the Sixties with Rolling Stones, John Lennon and Golden Harvest!
Golden Harvest will have a special menu “Back to the Sixties” from 27th of August until the end of September. Every Monday and Tuesday diners will be able to enjoy lunch and dinner from the menu which comprises of a choice of 40 dishes, all at just £2.50 per dish. Normally the same dishes at the restaurant costs upwards of £10.
Papillon Chelsea welcomes new head chef and brasserie menu
Chelsea restaurant Papillon re-launches this month with a new head chef, Tom Hempstead, and a new brasserie-style menu.
Steam Restaurant
There are a couple of things everyone should have local to them, a good curry house and a relaxed bar/restaurant. Until recently Wandsworth residents had The Chutney to satisfy the former, but since the demise of Dittos Bar & Restaurant nothing has come along to replace the latter. Now there’s Steam to give Wandsworth some puff.
Why smuggle food when you can Unearth it?
I once got searched at Madrid airport for guns, drugs, bombs, and knives etc, all the normal things that a middle-aged, clean shaven respectably dressed, Western European man is suspected of carrying, and the coppers lifted out of my onboard bag a 2kg bowling ball of cheese. ‘Oh dear, I’m in trouble now,’ I thought, but they simply put it to one side while they cheerfully stuck needles through my toothpaste tube. I felt like pointing out that a 2kg cheese would be a far better hiding place for a bomb or gun, but thought better of it.
Flex your Grey Matter at The Cadogan Arms
The new quiz nights at Tom & Ed Martin’s recently opened Cadogan Arms on the King’s Road have become the hot spot for trivia champions and Chelsea’s aspiring intelligentsia. Taking place every Monday evening, this is your chance to have some competitive fun, test your general knowledge and win a £100 bar tab in the process.