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Redefining the gastropub: Definition 1 - the restaurant (that just happens to be in a pub)

10-Aug-2011

In the second part of this feature series, first published in Restaurant magazine, we bring you one definition to replace the term 'gastropub' as we attempt to redefine the market as we see it today.

Russell Norman to open fourth restaurant da Polpo in June

20-Apr-2011 By Becky Paskin

Russell Norman, the man behind Polpo, Polpetto and Spuntino, is to open a fourth restaurant at Covent Garden in June named da Polpo.

Simon Rogan to open 2-year London ‘pop-up’ restaurant

04-Apr-2011 By Lorraine Heller

Chef Simon Rogan will next month open a restaurant in London, which will feature a menu similar to that of his award winning site in Cumbria, L’Enclume.

Pizza Express unveils radical restaurant template

27-Oct-2010 By William Drew

Casual dining giant Pizza Express has unveiled its new restaurant design template in Richmond, featuring a central theatre-style kitchen, banquette-seat tables with their own parabolic roof domes, bespoke music and fresh furniture and tableware

Third of restaurant-goers say ‘no’ to calories labelling

01-Oct-2010 By Rachel Johnson

Over a third of British restaurant goers would not want calorie labelling on restaurant menus, with 44 per cent of these saying it would ‘ruin’ their restaurant experience, a new poll has revealed

Alan Murchison to buy The New Angel in Dartmouth

24-Sep-2010 By Becky Paskin

Alan Murchison’s 10 in 8 Fine Dining Group is to acquire The New Angel restaurant with rooms in Dartmouth, with a view to reopening the “destination restaurant” in January

Lansley threatens restaurant industry with mandatory calorie display plan

09-Aug-2010 By Becky Paskin

Health Secretary Andrew Lansley may force restaurants and pubs to display calorie counts on their menus if they do not respond to attempts to instate a voluntary system

Nuno Mendes opens Viajante in Bethnal Green

23-Apr-2010 By Becky Paskin

Nuno Mendes has now opened Viajante in Bethnal Green’s Town Hall hotel, his first public restaurant since Bacchus closed two years ago

Gordon Ramsay sells restaurants at The London in New York

03-Dec-2009 By Becky Paskin

Gordon Ramsay has handed control of Maze and his eponymous restaurant at The London in New York back to the hotel, nine months after doing the same at his Prague, Paris and LA restaurants

Restaurant's pay what you want offer brings double the customers

03-Mar-2009 By Emma Eversham

Little Bay owner Peter Ilic says the average number of covers almost doubled and takings rose in February despite leaving it to diners to decide how much they paid for their meals

Beat the crunch: final tips

16-Jan-2009 By Emma Eversham

The final installment of tips from Restaurant magazines Thrifty 50 list to help businesses save money and survive the economic downturn

Making ends meat: Interview with Anthony Demetre

15-Jan-2009 By Joe Lutrario

Anthony Demetre’s two Michelin-starred restaurants have set menus that make even Pizza Express look expensive. And it’s not just down to using cheap cuts either. So how does he do it?

Anthony Demetre talks credit crunch and cookbooks

13-Oct-2008 By Emma Eversham

Arbutus and Wild Honey co-owner and Chef Anthony Demetre tells BigHospitality how the company’s ethos is helping it survive the economic downturn and the difficulty in writing his first cookbook

Warner Leisure opens two new restaurants at Holme Lacy House Hotel

09-Sep-2008 By Becky Paskin

Warner Leisure Hotels unveils The Orchard and Le Bistro restaurants at its Herefordshire hotel Holme Lacy House

Ramsay's Kitchen Dreams

06-Mar-2008 By Sheila McWattie

Manager and chef Michelle Ramsay tells Sheila McWattie about the benefits of a menu makeover at the Kings Head, Cubbington, Warwickshire.

Les Amis de Brula open third South West London restaurant

25-Apr-2007 By Restaurant

WHO? | Les Amis de Brula celebrate 10 years of business success, with the opening of a third South West London restaurant, La Saveur in East Sheen. Managing Director Lawrence Hartley, previously of The Ivy, and Chef Patron Bruce Duckett, formerly of ..