Archives for March 19, 2013

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The new Soho? Covent Garden’s restaurant resurgence explained

By Peter Ruddick

It was known as the place to grab a pasty while watching the circus acts perform, a tick on a London tourist's destination list. But with a flurry of restaurant launches, most recently Keith McNally’s Balthazar, Covent Garden is once again a respected...

Hoxton Bar & Kitchen sells for £1.9m as Barworks looks to expand

By Luke Nicholls

The Hoxton Bar and Kitchen has been sold to live-music-focussed firm Mama Group by the London-based restaurant and bar operator Barworks as the business looks to grow its portfolio of bars across London and expand its restaurant arm The Diner Group at a...

Chinawhite nightclub set to re-open as Libertine

By Luke Nicholls

Chinawhite, the Fitzrovia nightspot which has become a popular haunt for celebrities, will re-open later this month as ‘Libertine’ as the venue’s director looks to ‘update the nightclub formula and offer some new experiential twists’.