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- 48 hours in Treviso - a travel guide to weekending in Prosecco country
Fancy taking in a long weekend in Prosecco country? Here's where to eat, drink and stay in and around Treviso. - Quality Wines launch Arrosto - their Italian spit roast chicken delivery arm
Physical restaurants may not be able to open at the moment, but that hasn't stopped them coming up with exciting new delivery options.
Straight out of the gate this morning is Quality Chop House's Quality Wines, which today announced that it's launching Arrosto. They're delivering what's described as; " elegant comfort food in these uncomfortable times".
Chef Nick Bramham has been inspired by the
... - The River Cafe expands, stealth-launching Sylvia's, a brand new restaurant
Out of relatively nowhere, London stalwart The River Cafe has decided that now is the time to expand - and they're opening a new restaurant called Sylvia's.
They're not moving too far away from their own back yard though, as it'll be making use of the old meeting rooms at (River Cafe owner Ruth Rogers husband) Richard Rogers Architects. In an email sent by River Cafe, they say:
The menu will have great pastas, risottos and soups,
... - Golden Gai is Angelina's Soho spin-off bar
The original Golden Gai was a six-seater bar in Angelina in Dalston. This Soho spin-off is a much larger affair but will continue the mix of Italian and Japanese flavours in the food and drink.
- CasaCosta restaurant opens in Fulham from Macellaio RC's Roberto Costa
Already opened as a shop, CasaCosta in Fulham also has a hidden Italian restaurant at the back.
- Sycamore Vino Cucina in Covent Garden is an all day Italian with a destination bar
This new Covent Garden Italian sees top chef Paul Robinson inspired by Northern Italy from the nduja pizzas for breakfast through to hand-rolled pasta for dinner.
- Da Henrietta sees Italian Supper Club take over at the Henrietta Hotel in Covent Garden
It's all change for the restaurant at The Henrietta in Covent Garden, We've already talked about the return of the very Christmassy Miracle pop-up, but there's also a change to their restaurant, which is relaunching as Da Henrietta.
That will now be headed up by Italian Supper
... - Test Driving Napoli Gang - the new delivery service from the Big Mamma Group
We take the new delivery-only restaurant from Big Mamma Group for a spin with its pizza, antipasta, towering desserts and more.
- The Italians wine bar and bistro heads to Marylebone's Devonshire Street
The team behind Chiswick deli and pizzeria, The Italians, are preparing for a Marylebone opening this winter. The Italians' new home on Devonshire Street will be a wine bar and bistro.
As with their Chiswick site, the key thing will be the sourcing of top drawer Italian food and drink. The all Italian wine list will change seasonally and there'll be loads available by the glass. They'll be baking focaccia fresh in-house
... - Arenella is the new Italian restaurant at Islington's Chapel Bar
Islington's Chapel Bar, most recently a private-hire space, is about to open a new restaurant for autumn. Called Arenella, it's being described as an autumnal terrace that will be open every weekend.
The Chapel Bar team have previous in the business, having also been behind the now-closed Sicilian restaurant Lena in Shoreditch which was named after owner Alessandro Rotta's Sicilian mum. Arenella is named
... - Big Mamma are launching Napoli Gang - a delivery-only restaurant
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Pretty much perfectly timed for a week in which we're all waiting for the hammer of lockdown to drop, comes news from Big Mamma. The team who opened the big-hitting OTT restaurants Gloria and Circolo Popolare are launching their first delivery-only restaurant.
Napoli Gang starts delivering this Wednesday, kicking off from a kitchen in Shoreditch. Kentish Town comes on board next week and they're
... - Milan's Giannino Dal 1899 opens a London restaurant in Mayfair
Will Giannino Dal 1899 be the restaurant to succeed at this spot in Mayfair? They're hoping that the long lineage of the Milanese original will entice Londoners to try it. - Donna Sofia sees Highbury's Da Mario deli opening its first restaurant
Over the many, boring weeks of lockdown, we spent a lot of time on our daily prescribed walk going past the old Dear Pizza spot on Highbury Barn, wondering what new restaurant was opening there.
Now we know - it's Donna Sofia - an Italian restaurant and pizzeria from the folk next door at Da Mario deli. They're serving up a range of antipasti, pasta, mains and pizzas.
On the menu you'll find:
- Toasted sourdough
- Tavolino sees ex Bancone chef Louis Korovilas head Thameside
Louis Korovilas was head chef of Bancone and has now moved onto his new restaurant Tavolino, on the south bank of the Thames with impressive views of the river. There he'll be bringing an impeccably-sourced menu of Italian pasta, pizza and lots more. - Trullo opens a deli next door to their Islington restaurant
We've known for some time, well before the lockdown, that Islington's Trullo (sister restaurant to Padella) had bought the shop next door. It was kept empty for a while - but now we finally have some info on what's being planned, just as they've reached their 10th birthday.
Now they've unveiled the Trullo deli. We're told to expect "all the things you love about Trullo for you to take home." So there are
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