Latest opening: Marugame Udon
One of Japan’s biggest restaurant brands has made its European debut close to London’s Liverpool Street Station.
Archives for August 5, 2021
Scottish Government confirms 'vertical drinking' will be permitted when restrictions ease
Scotland's licensed hospitality trade has received confirmation that 'vertical drinking will be permitted in pubs and bars from Monday (9 August) when the country lifts almost all remaining Covid rules.
Heddon Yokocho team head to West End for next London opening
Japan Centre is to launch a new central London ramen restaurant early next month close to its flagship food hall and retail destination on Panton Street, next to Leicester Square.
Pía León named World’s Best Female Chef
Peruvian Pía León, chef-patron of Lima’s Kjollel, has been named The World’s Best Female Chef 2021 ahead of The World’s 50 Best Restaurants awards ceremony in Antwerp, Flanders in October.
Pret among companies ‘named and shamed' on Government minimum wage list
Pret A Manger is one of almost 200 companies named by the Government for not paying workers the minimum wage.
Queer nightlife entrepreneur opens ‘inclusive’ neighbourhood restaurant
Adonis nightclub founder Shay Malt has opened a restaurant on Dalston’s Ridley Road that offers ‘camp' small plates alongside natural wines.
Mowgli to make London debut in October
Nisha Katona has confirmed she is bringing Mowgli to the capital, launching on Charlotte Street in Fitzrovia in October.
Itsu launches first franchise site
Itsu has chosen Berkshire’s Reading Gate Retail Park as the location for its first franchise site.
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Comptoir Libanais’ Chaker Hanna talks to NatWest about reopening better
The CEO of the UK’s largest Middle Eastern restaurant group on his reopening and expansion strategy, the benefits of mobile ordering and how customer behaviour has changed.