Popeyes UK Restaurant Diners Lined up From 5 a.m. on Launch Day

Popeyes UK Restaurant Diners Lined up From 5 a.m. on Launch Day

Popeyes said its Oxford site broke launch-day records, with more than 2,000 chicken sandwiches sold. UK sales are booming and its Stratford site has the chain’s highest sales globally. Though its UK... Read more »
Brazen thug rips a watch from a man’s arm outside Mayfair restaurant [Video]

Brazen thug rips a watch from a man’s arm outside Mayfair restaurant [Video]

This is the shocking moment a man has his watch snatched from his wrist in broad daylight while waiting outside a luxury Mayfair eaterie. The customer, who has not been identified, was... Read more »
Darjeeling Express Restaurant London Will Open a Pop-Up With Asma Khan

Darjeeling Express Restaurant London Will Open a Pop-Up With Asma Khan

Renowned restaurateur and Chef’s Table star Asma Khan will revisit the roots of her London restaurant, Darjeeling Express, with a new pop-up at a west London pub. The partnership with the Pembroke... Read more »
The Baring, London N1: ‘A benchmark of where pub dining is heading’ – restaurant review | Food

The Baring, London N1: ‘A benchmark of where pub dining is heading’ – restaurant review | Food

En route to the recently revamped The Baring in Islington, I wondered if we need a newer, better word for “gastropub”, not least because nobody ever liked that word anyway. In the... Read more »
The Plant Club, vegan Italian food, London restaurant review

The Plant Club, vegan Italian food, London restaurant review

The words “vegan” and “pizza” together almost sounds like blasphemy. Add to that, “vegan mozzarella”, “vegan parmesan”, vegan… well, anything, and you could have an Italian uprising on your hands. While Italy... Read more »
Walter’s, London: ‘So many reasons to go back’ – restaurant review | Food

Walter’s, London: ‘So many reasons to go back’ – restaurant review | Food

Walter’s, 84 Park Hall Road, London SE21 8BW (020 8014 8548). Snacks £3.80-£5, starters £9.50-£13, mains £19.50-£26, desserts £7-£7.50, wines from £19.50 It was when they started playing the original recording of... Read more »
Tatale, London SE1: ‘Elegant, but defiantly homespun’ – restaurant review | Food

Tatale, London SE1: ‘Elegant, but defiantly homespun’ – restaurant review | Food

Tatale, a new pan-African restaurant, arrives on the London dining scene at a time when it cannot help but make competitors feel slightly drab. Recent flash new openings in the capital have... Read more »
Redbridge Council grants BIM’S fast food restaurant late licence

Redbridge Council grants BIM’S fast food restaurant late licence

A fast food restaurant in Ilford Lane has finally won permission to open later – more than two years after its first attempt. BIM’S will now be allowed to stay open an... Read more »
The Laughing Heart London Restaurant Closes on Hackney Road

The Laughing Heart London Restaurant Closes on Hackney Road

The Laughing Heart, a thrilling London kitchen and cave on Hackney Road, has closed. Proprietor Charlie Mellor announced the news on Instagram, with the service on Sunday 31 July proving to be... Read more »
Tapas restaurant Salt Yard Group heads to Westfield London for fifth site

Tapas restaurant Salt Yard Group heads to Westfield London for fifth site

Opening on the southern terrace of the west London retail and leisure destination, Salt Yard Westfield will be serving a menu of small plates celebrating the flavours, traditions and ingredients of Spain and... Read more »