3rd February 2019 Yopo, a new fusion restaurant and bar concept is to launch in the boutique Mandrake Hotel in Fitzrovia, central London. The concept will combine modern European and South American cooking at the hotel in Newman Street. Yopo takes inspiration from its namesake, a plant found deep in the jungles of Venezuela. […]
2nd February 2019 Gordon Ramsay has closed his Maze restaurant in Mayfair and will replace it with an Asian-inspired concept. The Grosvenor Square restaurant has closed after 14 years and will be transformed into Lucky Cat – an “authentic Asian eating house” and late-night lounge inspired by the drinking dens of 1930s Tokyo and
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1st February 2019 Contemporary Chinese restaurant group Tattu has opened its Birmingham city centre site, creating 80 jobs. The 160-cover, split-level restaurant has opened in The Grand development in Barwick Street as the company’s third site. New dishes created by executive chef Andrew Lassetter include chilli and sesame-roasted scallops with Chinese sausage, while
30th January 2019 Vegan curry concept SpiceBox has opened its debut permanent site, in Walthamstow, east London. Following a successful run on the street food circuit with Kerb, SpiceBox has launched a curry house in Hoe Street. The menu is modern Indian with a nod to the “iconic British curry house,” featuring plant-based versions of
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29th January 2019 Indian street food restaurant Mowgli has opened its second Manchester site. Founder Nisha Katona has opened the 100-cover, 3,294 square foot venue at the new University Green development in Oxford Road. “Mowgli is all about the smash and grab of fresh, light Indian food. This makes it perfect brain food for the
28th January 2019 Thai restaurant group Rosa’s Thai Cafe is to open its first site outside London, in Liverpool. The venue will be the brand’s 16th site in total when it launches at Liverpool’s Albert Docks. Housed in a grade I-listed former warehouse, the 88-cover split-level restaurant, with a dedicated Liverpool menu to
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27th January 2019 Vietnamese street food restaurant group Pho has reopened its Oxford Circus restaurant in London, after six-months’ closure refurbishments. The restaurant in Great Titchfield Street was the group’s second restaurant when it opened in 2008. The site was closed in the summer to undergo landlord works and a refurbishment. The new design
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26th January 2019 A previously jailed Lincolnshire restaurant owner has received a nine-year directorship ban after submitting false tax returns. Jilan Moore, 68, from Silsby in Lincolnshire has been convicted of deliberately submitted false tax returns. Moore was the director of Beijing Dragon Catering, which operated three The Beijing Dragon restaurants in Lincolnshire. Beijing
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25th January 2019 Birmingham-based wrap and noodle brand Chop and Wok is planning four new openings this year, including its first venues outside the city. The company just opened in York Road, Erdington, its seventh venue in Birmingham. Chop and Wok opened its first site in 2009.
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24th January 2019 Crowne Plaza Hotels and Resorts, which operates over 400 restaurants across the globe has opened Mezemiso. Set on the 15th floor of the Crowne Plaza London on Albert Embankment, with panoramic views over the River Thames and the Houses of Parliament, Mezemiso unites two distinct global flavours to offering “a
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