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- London is getting the UK's first official tortilla slap championships
If, like us, you never skip past a tortilla slap video on social, you might be interested to know that a whole evening devoted to this form of entertainment is coming to London.
The UK's first official tortilla slap championship is taking place at Market Place in Vauxhall in November. If you haven't wasted hours of your life watching the phenomenon on Insta or TikTok, then let us enlighten you on it. It involves
... - Pario pops up in the old Pharmacy 2 restaurant space at Damien Hirst's Vauxhall gallery
A Hot Dinners exclusive
It's been almost three years since the Mark Hix restaurant, Pharmacy 2, closed its doors at Damien Hirst's Newport Street Gallery in Vauxhall. But now we bring you news of new life in the old restaurant space. It's about to reopen as Pario, a concept popup run by chefs Charlie Bryant and George Browne.
"George and I have decided to bring a huge British produce
... - The Black Dog in Vauxhall gets namechecked in Taylor Swift's new album and very, very busy
Updated with merch info 22/5/24
Up until last Friday the staff of The Black Dog on Vauxhall Walk were probably mostly concerned with making sure everything was geared up for their popular Sunday roast. But all that changed when Taylor Swift dropped the second of two albums featuring a track specifically named after the South London boozer.
The track, widely thought
... - What to expect from the new Park Hyatt London River Thames in Nine Elms
Anyone who's been to, works at or lives near Vauxhall or Nine Elms will be aware of the big new pair of towers, aka One Nine Elms, that are nearly complete. The huge new complex by the river seems to be taking a very long time to finish, but this is the year that it will actually open. And that means the big new hotel will open there too.
The Park Hyatt
... - Metropolis London brings an indoor street food hall to Vauxhall
Anyone who's been to the Vauxhall and Nine Elms area recently knows that there's a lot going on there right now. While we wait for the eventual opening of the Park Hyatt, which is certainly taking its time, there's also the more imminent opening of a new "food and entertainment emporium" to look forward to.
Taking over the Albert Embankment’s Railway Arches
... - Vauxhall is getting another street food hub as Market Place Vauxhall prepares to open
Updated 16/9/22 with full line-up
London's food hall scene is definitely on an upwards trajectory. We've had Arcade Food Hall launch successfully, Market Halls has expanded to Canary Wharf and, most recently, Sessions opened in Islington.
Now a boutique food hall group, Market Place, which already has halls in Peckham and Hounslow, is set to open its next one in Vauxhall, right next door
... - Homeboy brings its second modern Irish cocktail bar to Embassy Gardens
Homeboy, the modern Irish cocktail bar run by Aaron Wall and Ciaran Smith in Islington, is expanding. We've been hearing for a while that they were searching for a second site and now they've settled on Embassy Gardens. If that sounds familiar, it's in the same area where you'll find Darby's, right next to the US Embassy at Nine Elms.
If you're unfamiliar with
... - Jackson Boxer has opened a dive bar underneath Brunswick House in Vauxhall
With all that happening in and to the world of hospitality, folk in that industry could be forgiven for wanting to just hunker down, let the maelstrom pass them by and hope for better times ahead.
That's certainly one way of dealing with being in Tier 2 in the middle of a pandemic. Alternatively you could do what restaurateur Jackson Boxer has done and add more to your to-do list by opening a brand new bar.
Not just any bar though.
... - Test Driving Brunswick House at Home - Jackson Boxer's impressive move to a delivery service
Jackson Boxer has started an ambitious delivery service from his Vauxhall restaurant. We tried it out.
- Jackson Boxer's Brunswick House delivers a very seasonal menu (and very impressive sandwiches)
He's already serving a delivery menu at Orasay in Notting Hill, and now Jackson Boxer has also kicked off delivery across the river at Brunswick House in Vauxhall.
It's quite the extensive menu too - made up of both sandwiches and also food to be finished at home. The sandwiches sound
... - Test Driving Darby's - the Dairy gets fancy in Vauxhall
The people behind The Dairy have opened their new restaurant and bar, Darby's in Vauxhall. We head along to take a look at their fancy new space.
- Counter Termini has pizza, aperitivo and antipasti in Vauxhall arches
Vauxhallites can tuck into wood-fired sourdough pizzas and traditional Italian desserts while enjoying a seat at the marble-topped counter in Counter Terminini.