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Music Review: Fascinating Aida @ The Pheasantry

Fascinating Aida have been globally touring (albeit with different lineups) since Ben Elton was funny, picking up rave reviews wherever they go. When we heard that they were appearing at posh pizza parlour The Pheasantry fresh from their Edinburgh Fringe shows, we raced down there …

Photography by Chris Osburn

In Pictures: Adagio Pizza al Taglio

Opened back in February of this year, Adagio Pizza al Taglio brings the Roman concept of pizza “by the cut” to Soho. Priced by the weight, Adagio features a dizzyingly delicious line up of more than forty seasonally changing pizzas prepared fresh in traditional Roman …

Photography by a salivating and soon feasting Chris Osburn

New Restaurant Review: Santa Maria Pizzeria

Photography by a salivating and soon feasting Chris Osburn Londonist has seen the future, and it involves taking lots and lots of trips out to Ealing to devour Santa Maria’s delectable and authentic Neapolitan style pizzas. This adorable little pizza place would have been a …

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New Restaurant Review: Franco Manca in Chiswick

Photography by Chris Osburn No longer simply a South London institution, Brixton’s foodie favoured pizzeria – Franco Manca – has opened a second branch in villagey Chiswick. And if our experience at last night’s launch party (the restaurant’s actually been open for about a month) …

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Francesco Mazzei’s Italian Hot Menu at PizzaExpress

Photography by Chris Osburn At 11.30am today throughout the UK and Ireland, PizzaExpress will introduce a new line up of starters, pizzas and one pasta dish created by celebrated Calabrian chef, Francesco Mazzei. Known for his much lauded upscale Italian restaurant L’Anima in the City …

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Shoot and Eat: Franco Manca

Photo by su-lin. Celebrated pizzeria Franco Manca have opened a new branch on Chiswick High Road thus entering dinner territory. (Their original branch in Brixton Market is daytime only, Monday to Saturday.) PIctured above is a meat special at this new branch – sausage from …

Photography by Chris Osburn

New Restaurant Review: Pizza East

Photography by Chris Osburn Not content simply to revel in the chatter about his Shoreditch House being such the happening members club, entrepreneur Nick Jones has opened Pizza East, in the industrial chic Tea Building. A kinetic Lower Manhattan atmosphere, lots of beautiful people eating …

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Donna Margherita: the Best Pizza Outside of Italy?

When a press release about Lavender Hill’s Donna Margherita restaurant having the “best pizza outside of Italy” landed in our inbox, we scoffed at it but made a note to check it out next time we were down Clapham Junction way. Well, we’re back from …

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Pizza with Radicchio, Escarole and Bagna Cauda by Jennifer Klinec of Eat Drink Talk

Photography by Chris Osburn. When, Jennifer Klinec, founder-instructor of “new-school” cookery classes – Eat Drink Talk – asked Londonist to lunch recently, we thought “how can we refuse?” And when she mentioned she would be making pizza with radicchio, escarole and bagna cauda (keep reading …

Sunday Lunch: Um… Pizza, Anyone?

The award-winning Carpenters Arms is quite clearly a victim of its own success. Being the best-looking, friendliest boozer in the entirety of E2, it is routinely packed to the gunnels with admirers. On a Sunday afternoon, if you intend to be in a position to …

Takeout Stakeout: Santoré

Londonist brings it on home. Santoré 59-61 Exmouth Market EC1R 4QL 0207 7812 1178 Call for delivery times and delivery zone Expect to pay: about £7-8 for a 12” pie, or £6-7 per ¼ metre Santoré. It’s not just for lunch. Their speedy pizza-and-more (fantastic …