Yes, those are bras hanging above the bar. Photography by Chris Osburn A dive by design without coming across as contrived, Aces & Eights has been open a few months offering Tufnell Park a low brow ensemble of “rock, liquor and pizza”. The “rock” is …
Shoreditch’s booming bar scene has just got bigger with the launch last night of new Tokyo-inspired cocktail bar Glo Glo’s. It’s the latest high-profile opening from entrepreneur and serial restaurateur Will Ricker, whose bulging portfolio includes Cicada in Clerkenwell, Great Eastern Dining Room in Hoxton, …
Photography by Chris Osburn Originally from the Basque Country as Head Chef at Camino, Nacho del Campo now has the duty of heralding and preparing dishes from throughout Spain. With a new site opening in Canary Wharf and Camino’s sherry bar, Pepito, receiving accolades in …
Photography by Chris Osburn Regardless of any economic uncertainties, here in London the posh just seem to keep getting posher … and younger too by the looks of the crowd at The Lonsdale’s refurb launch held last night. Under new ownership, the famed cocktail bar …
Photography by Chris Osburn If you prefer your drinking done in a graphic rich environment, then this temporary bar on Clerkenwell Road near the corner with St John Street is just the place for you. And judging from the clientele at last night’s Pop Up …
Photography by Chris Osburn The Fela Kuti was thumping, the Pommery flowed freely and a well heeled queue lined the street eager to be granted entry. The launch of The Anthologist, the City’s new “all day bar and kitchen” drew quite the anticipant crowd this …
Photograph courtesy of The East Room If you haven’t made it to the slopes this year, fear not! The team behind the fashionably cool Milk & Honey membership clubs brings to London a make-shift Alpine Lodge that offers a true rendition of the cosy atmosphere …
Those who mourned the loss of Shunt only a few months ago can dry their eyes. Apparently, the artists’ collective – renowned for monopolising every square inch of space available under London Bridge station in the most mind-boggling ways imaginable – have clawed it back …
On a buzzy Friday night we were invited to Public House for dinner. The name suggested boozer but we couldn’t picture the location on Islington Park Street. The website yelped elegant bar and the sample menu made us salivate. Were we going to a pub …
Sir Terence Conran plans to flood London with a chain of Albion clones, putting affordable traditional British food as served in his Albion café in Shoreditch, on every other street in London and across the UK. The dream is part emulation, part healthy family rivalry, …
Yes, that headline is a tad confusing but bear with us. Bristol comes to Islington for the weekend as The Library on Upper Street – that’s the bar, not the civic provision – hosts a pop up gallery curated by Bristol’s Crazy Fools. Featuring an …
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