While there are already restaurants dedicated to cereal, grilled cheese, meatballs and chips, the humble avocado now has a whole pop-up restaurant opening in its honour.
A craft beer and food bar from a former Restaurant Sat Bains chef, a former chef restaurateur at the Cross in Kenilworth, and a former director at Mitchells & Butlers restaurant group, has opened in Nottingham.
The Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers (ALMR) and the British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA) have joined forces to campaign for a reduction in VAT in the hospitality industry.
Restaurateur and chef Mark Hix is to expand his current nine-strong restaurant portfolio after entering into a joint venture with Westbury Street Holdings (WSH), the owner of Searcys, BaxterStorey and Benugo.
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Coffee chains such as Starbucks and Costa are at risk of ‘brand fatigue’ with customer loyalty beginning to waver, according to new research by Allegra and BRITA.
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Manchester-based restaurant group Solita has bought two of chef Paul Heathcote's restaurant sites - The Olive Press and Heathcote's Brasserie in Preston.
Chef Gary Usher has confirmed he will open a third bistro named Hispi, near Manchester, after last night exceeding his second crowdfunding target of £50,000 to make £58,650.
Hanger, a new ‘steakhouse and liquor bar’ focusing on hanger steak and old-fashioned cocktails, and with a L’Enclume-trained chef at the helm, is to open in south west London this summer.
Chef Scott Smith - a protégé of Geoffrey Smeddle, owner of the Michelin-starred The Peat Inn - is taking over the site of the former Plumed Horse in Edinburgh with a new restaurant Norn.
Crazy golf-themed cocktail bar and food outlet Swingers – The Crazy Golf Club, is set to open its first permanent site next month following the success of a pop-up in Shoreditch last year.
Robin Gill, the chef behind the London sites The Dairy and The Manor, is replacing his Delicatessen with a new tapas bar concept called Counter Culture after admitting that the former venture didn’t work at the site.
Global hotel operator AccorHotels has acquired home rental service onefinestay in a bid to take a greater share of the serviced homes and luxury accommodation markets.
Unique Vacations Ltd, the company behind Caribbean resorts Sandals, Beaches and Grand Pineapple, has opened the UK's first high street store dedicated to a hotel brand.
The deadline to enter Le Cordon Bleu UK Scholarship Award 2016 – with a prize including an internship at the three-Michelin-starred Restaurant Gordon Ramsay ‒ is fast approaching.
The Chinese-led consortium bidding to takeover Starwood Hotels & Resorts has formally withdrawn its offer, paving the way for Starwood’s merger with Marriott to go ahead.
Online restaurant reservations provider OpenTable has unveiled new 'lickable' technology which allows diners to taste dishes from their favourite restaurants.
Seven top chefs including Angela Hartnett, Giorgio Locatelli and Cyrus Todiwala are to take part in a fundraising dinner to raise funds for food charity FoodCycle.
Three Michelin-starred chef Pierre Gagnaire is to join this year’s Roux Scholarship competition as honorary president of the judges, ahead of the final awards ceremony this Monday.
