Background Bars popular rooftop pop-up at Dalston Roof Park has reopened, and this year they have gone tea-total. The imaginative pop-up bar and events company have taken inspiration from the venue’s edible garden using its fruit, vegetables and herbs to mix cocktails with a variety of teas such as Oolong, green tea, Earl Grey and […]
New Restaurant: Union Street Café, Southwark in London
June 13, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Union Street Café is a new restaurant and bar that will open in September 2013 on the corner of Union Street in Southwark. Home to a relaxed dining experience, Union Street Café will be an urban warehouse destination offering quality Mediterranean-influenced food with a daily changing menu. Union Street Café will specialise in serving fresh, seasonal […]
Divine Toffee and Sea Salt Arrives at Waitrose
April 24, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Divine Chocolate’s 38% Milk Chocolate with Toffee & Sea Salt bar is available from next week in Waitrose. The new flavour, as always, is made with the ‘best of the best’ Fairtrade cocoa from Kuapa Kokoo in Ghana, the co-operative that owns 45% of Divine. Divine has taken its seriously smooth milk chocolate, made for the […]
214 Bermondsey Gin & Cocktail Bar
April 5, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Five hundred years after King Henry VIII introduced a charge to cross London Bridge causing the gin houses to desert the City in favour of the West End, a gin revival is coming back East. At the forefront is new gin and cocktail bar, 214 Bermondsey, which opened its doors at the end of March […]
New Hotel One Leicester Street Launches 1st May 2013
March 27, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Opening May 1st 2013, One Leicester Street is the latest project from Singaporean hotelier Peng Loh and Chef Patron Tom Harris. Part of the Unlisted Collection: a brand known for their fresh, dynamic and unconventional approach to boutique hotels and restaurants, One Leicester Street will be located at the former St John Hotel site in […]
New Cocktail Bar & Restaurant – House of Roxy in Putney
February 21, 2013 by Leave a Comment
House of Roxy – a new cocktail bar and restaurant is a welcome addition to South West London’s going out scene. Situated near both mainline and underground stations in the centre of Putney on the Upper Richmond Road, House Of Roxy has a light and airy restaurant upstairs and a vibrant cocktail lounge in the […]
New Cocktail Bar & Restaurant – House of Roxy in Putney
February 21, 2013 by Leave a Comment
House of Roxy – a new cocktail bar and restaurant is a welcome addition to South West London’s going out scene. Situated near both mainline and underground stations in the centre of Putney on the Upper Richmond Road, House Of Roxy has a light and airy restaurant upstairs and a vibrant cocktail lounge in the […]
Hotel Review: The Varsity in Cambridge ‘boutique hotel heaven’
October 29, 2012 by 7 Comments
The Varsity Hotel & Spa splashes on the River Cam in the heart of Cambridge. A mortar board’s throw away from the colleges of Jesus, King’s, Queens’, Magdalene, St John’s, and Trinity. Only an hour by train from London, perfect for all-year round punting, shopping, quad and cloister hopping and maybe seeing a darling sprog graduate. The 48-room […]
The Factory House at Leadenhall Market Sets The Clock Back on British Cooking
August 24, 2012 by 3 Comments
Set in the heart of London’s historic Leadenhall Market, restaurant and bar The Factory House opened to some fanfare in September 2012. The lofty ideas inspiring Executive Chef Sean Davies are: “the excitement of the Victorian industrial age, when people were intrigued to experiment, innovate and try new things.” Sadly, The Factory House puts British food back […]
New 3D Art Installation by Jim Sharp at Graphic Bar, Soho
August 22, 2012 by 1 Comment
From September 2012 for six months, Graphic, owned by Urban Leisure Group are launching their new art installation designed by Jim Sharp, the renowned and innovative 70’s 3D artist, in collaboration with Bombay Sapphire Gin. Sharp has produced a set of tranquil, deceptively simple 3D paintings with perception of depth as the main purpose. This […]
