Photo of Ben and Jerry by Chris Osburn In town for their Free Cone Day ice cream give away, Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield (more popularly known as Ben & Jerry) took the opportunity to announce their commitment to go 100% Fairtrade. By 2012, every …
Not as over-the-top as … oh let’s see … last week’s Frieze Art Fair. Still, there is good art to see at the Affordable Art Fair, with much of it actually within the purchasing range of mere mortals. We reckon our review of the 2008 …
Waaahoo! There’s a lot of art at this year’s Frieze, even more than in past years. We did our damnedest to give it all a good peruse on our three hour press preview this afternoon but in the end relented. Oh well there’s always tomorrow, …
Open now for a couple of months, the Restaurant at St Paul’s Cathedral brings fine British dining in a tasteful setting to the crypt of one of the world’s most iconic churches. Our recent experience there was (not withstanding a foible or two) truly divine, …
Among the many yum-yum offerings associated with this year’s Chocolate Week is one particularly gorgeous afternoon tea in the gorgeous Winter Garden at the Landmark London hotel. If you’re looking to splurge or to wow a certain someone, you can’t go wrong with this luxurious …
Today marked the first of two days of B Festival ’09 at the Primrose Hill office of trade and private client wine merchants, Bibendum. Sadly, this wine tasting event is only open to trade and press. But the good news is that there are some …
Located on tony St James’s Street, Brasserie St Jacques offers an upscale but (smart) casual Parisian dining experience not so easily happened upon in London. Among the many reasons to visit this charismatic restaurant is its exception steak tartare – among the best we’ve tasted …
Spanish restaurant and cultural centre, Iberica (195 Great Portland Street, W1W 5PS), has recently launched a new mini “desgustacion” menu available Monday through Saturday from noon to 3pm. Served only at the bar (and a long, lovely bar at that), the “Expressions” menu is an …
Photography courtesy of Tanqueray Tables Tanqueray Tables returns to London with “intimate cocktail evenings” from Monday 10 to Friday 14 August. Londonist checked this cocktails and canapés event last summer and had a really nice time. In fact, we’re planning to go back again this …
Photography by Chris Osburn We were so impressed with our Anglo-Indian breakfast at Cinnamon Kitchen last month that, when we heard about this month’s “Coastal” menu, we knew we should give it a go (if only to see if their evening offerings would live up …
Photography courtesy of the Refinery Bar Shiny and pedestrian Canvey Street is starting to have all the hallmarks of a true foodie rendezvous. As mentioned on a few occasions, Tsuru offers top notch Nippon nosh, and the Canvey Street location of Del’Aziz is just as …
