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Old Street
- Test Driving Counter 71 - creative East London fine dining
Tucked away on a side street off Old Street roundabout, an old boozer has been given a new lease of life in this chef's table restaurant with its own subterranean cocktail bar.
- Lilienblum is the latest restaurant from Miznon's Eyal Shani, coming to Old Street
Things move pretty fast in restaurant news, and we like it when a chef keeps us on our toes. As we previously told you, Eyal Shani, founder of much-hyped Miznon (part of his 40+ global restaurant empire) already has another restaurant opening
... - Edo Izakaya comes to Old Street from the people behind Soho's Robata
The team behind Soho's Robata is expanding - they're coming to Old Street with Edo Izakaya (taking over the space that used to be Flamboree, next to Officina 00)
The name comes from the inspiration for the menu, the Edo period of Japan (1603-1867), in which izakayas began to become prominent. Food-wise traditional-style and new-style sushi rolls, hand rolls and nigiri
... - Le Bab Old Street sees them going back to basics with a kebab shop
Le Bab are opening a new restaurant in Shoreditch - but this time they're going for a pint-sized classic kebab shop vibe. It'll be open late-night too - if you fancy a kebab at 5am!
- Tayer + Elementary reopens with Kitchen FM doing the food
A Hot Dinners exclusive
One of London's coolest bars reopens tonight with a hot new food offering. Tayēr + Elementary by Alex Kratena and Monica Berg created quite the stir when it first opened (you can read our Test Drive here) with its cutting edge cocktails and an equally innovative food offering by
... - Test Driving Giz & Green - Gizzi Erskine and Professor Green's deep-pan pizza pop-up
Gizzi Erskine and Professor Green unite post lockdown for this deep pan pizza takeover of Passo in Old Street. We head down for the cheesy, carby goodness. - Gizzi Erskine and Professor Green pop up in real life at Passo for Giz & Green
During the lockdown, Gizzi Erskine and Professor Green had been teaming up for "‘Giz & Green’s Monday Night Fakeaway" where they recreated their favourite takeaways from McDonald's to Wagamama. Now they're teaming up in real life, kicking off a pop-up at Passo.
It's all based around one of the most popular dishes from the series - their take on the deep dish pizza. Pizzas, made from
... - Officina 00 in Old Street starts delivering pasta and Instagram pasta masterclasses
After opening last year, Officina 00 has won plenty of praise, not least a rave review by Marina O'Loughlin in The Sunday Times. But if you've been missing your Officina fix since the lockdown, they're about to re-open, this
... - Hot Dinners celebrates the 2020 Murphia List with a party at Gibney's London
With just over a week to go until St Patrick's Day, we made an early start on the festivities with a party last night to celebrate the launch of our 2020 Murphia List in association with Grass-fed Irish Beef. This is now the sixth year we've published the list, which shines a light on the creative input of Irish people on
... - Renowned Irish pub Gibney’s launches in London
Daffodil Mulligan restaurant, the latest venture from chef Richard Corrigan on the former Nuala premises in Shoreditch has announced its new bar in the basement – and it’s a big one – the first international outpost of the renowned Gibney’s pub, which opened in Dublin over 80 years ago. - PUFF bakery is popping up with next-level pastry at PASSO
Lovers of desserts and pastries get ready - a white-hot bakery pop up is about to kick off at Old Street. PUFF will be a weekly pop up taking over at PASSO by Old Street roundabout for four Sundays in a row, kicking off next weekend.
But what totally elevates this pop-up from any others is the quality of the folk behind it. The dynamic duo are Ravneet Gill - whose CV includes St. JOHN, Lewellyn, Black Axe Mangal
... - Test Driving Daffodil Mulligan - a perception-challenging Irish restaurant for London
Employing Irish talent and using Irish produce as inspiration, Richard Corrigan's new London opening challenges perceptions of what it means to be an Irish restaurant. We went down to London's Silicon Roundabout to try it out.
- Richard Corrigan is opening Daffodil Mulligan restaurant at Old Street
Update - read our full Test Drive of Daffodil Mulligan here.
So the news is finally out. We've known for a while that Richard Corrigan had taken over the lease of the Irish restaurant Nuala, which closed at the end of last year. And today he's been on social media confirming the
... - Chunky Buddha will serve up Asian tapas at Nightjar
After 10 years running one of the capital's very best bars, Nightjar is bringing in someone new to look after its food. Lee Chau Le is taking Chunky Buddha to the bar for an ongoing residency.
Also at Truman Brewery’s JuJu’s Bar (and he appeared on Jason Atherton's Chef's Brigade), Lee will be combining his roots in New York and Bethnal Green with the background of his Chinese and Vietnamese parents. That'll
... - Former Noble Rot sommelier is opening atis in the Atlas Building on City Road
If you're living or working near Old Street roundabout, then a new lifestyle spot opening up on City Road might be for you.
atis is going to be serving up salad bowls, juices and more in the ground floor of the newly-opened Atlas Building on City Road. The duo behind it are husband and wife team who want to serve up food that's "a bowl of food that will be full of flavour, healthy and nutritious". Eleanor you might remember from her previous
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