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"It's only going to get better": Simon Anderson on opening the UK's biggest food hall

25-Jan-2018 By Georgia Bronte

Pitt Cue Co. restaurateur Simon Anderson and property, leisure and retail investor Andy Lewis Pratt are launching three permanent market halls in central and west London this year.

Quique Dacosta closes in on site for London paella restaurant

20-Dec-2017 By Mark Wingett

Quique Dacosta, chef-owner of the eponymous three-Michelin-starred restaurant in Denia, Spain, has lined up a first site in London for InPaella, his new premium paella concept, backed by the team behind the Iberica chain of restaurants.

Former Zetter Group partner to open London hotel

30-Jan-2017 By Sophie Witts

A former partner in The Zetter Group is to open a new London hotel designed to address the ‘shift in needs’ of modern travellers.

US pizza group Jules Thin Crust opens first UK site

28-Oct-2016 By Hannah Thompson

Jules Thin Crust, the US organic thin crust pizza company, has opened its first UK site, in Putney, south west London.

Dishoom announces first restaurant in Edinburgh

02-Aug-2016 By Sophie Witts

London-based Indian restaurant Dishoom is heading north of the border to launch its first site in Edinburgh this year.

Tate Modern opening new restaurants in £260m extension

05-May-2016 By Sophie Witts

The Tate Modern is seeking 120 staff to work in five bars and restaurants as part of its new £260m extension.

Hotel Gotham: What we can expect from 'the sexiest hotel in Europe'

24-Mar-2015 By Emma Eversham

Bespoke Hotels' latest property Hotel Gotham will open its doors on King Street in Manchester on 7 April following a year's worth of renovation work at the Art Deco-style building. BigHospitality speaks to managing director and general manager...

The Culpeper to open restaurant and rooms

11-Feb-2015 By Carina Perkins

The Culpeper in Spitalfields will open a 44-cover restaurant this March, followed by five boutique bedrooms in late Spring.

Elysium Group reveals plans for first London venue

18-Nov-2014 By Carina Perkins

Essex-based bar and restaurant operator Elysium Group will open a Japanese fusion venture in the heart of Chelsea next month, with plans to roll the concept out across further sites.

Smith of Smithfields to re-launch The Luxe as SMITHS

22-Aug-2013 By Mark Wingett

Smiths of Smithfield is to launch a new all-day dining concept called SMITHS on the site of John Torode's former restaurant The Luxe in London’s Spitalfields Market next month.

Arc Inspirations to open ninth Yorkshire bar following £1m chapel renovation

05-Jul-2013 By Peter Ruddick

Leeds-based bar operator Arc Inspirations is to open its ninth venue later this month when a £1m refurb of a former chapel in York is complete.

Award-winning theatre producer turns his hand to hospitality with Maida Vale's Truscott Arms

25-Mar-2013 By Peter Ruddick

Andrew Fishwick, a successful theatre producer whose work has won Olivier awards, is to open the Truscott Arms pub in Maida Vale as a 'creative hub of fine food, drink and art.'

Spice Market London turns ground floor restaurant into noodle bar

14-Aug-2012 By Emma Eversham

Jean-Georges Vongerichten's London outpost Spice Market London, has turned half of its two-floor restaurant into a dedicated noodle bar and lounge with the aim of capturing the all-day dining market.

De Vere and PwC launch restaurant social enterprise

07-Jun-2011 By Lorraine Heller

De Vere Venues and the Beyond Food Foundation will open a new bar, bistro and private dining venue in London, which will employ and train homeless people in the hospitality sector.

Masterchef’s John Torode to expand The Luxe restaurant concept

07-Apr-2011 By Becky Paskin

Masterchef host John Torode has secured a £3m banking facility for developing the expansion of his Spitalfields restaurant The Luxe.

Vertigo Lounge café bar to open in Hornchurch

30-Mar-2011 By Lorraine Heller

A new café bar concept, Vertigo Lounge, is to open in Hornchurch to target over 25 year-olds looking for a more ‘sophisticated’ social venue in the suburban northeast London town.

JD Wetherspoon buys Victorian site in Somerset

12-Nov-2010 By Lorraine Heller

JD Wetherspoon is planning to open a new seafront site in Somerset, following the purchase of the former leisure unit Cabot 5 Bars

Charcoal grill is heart of new Fulham venue

07-Oct-2010 By L Heller

Operator Brenhan Magee has launched a new bar and grill restaurant in West London, which he says will be taking a “modern back to basics approach”

St. John hotel to open in West End in September

18-Jun-2010 By Becky Paskin

St. John co-owners Fergus Henderson and Trevor Gulliver have released further details about the St. John Hotel, which is due to open in London’s Chinatown in late September

Cubitt House opens third pub The Orange

11-Nov-2009 By Gemma McKenna

Pub operator Cubitt House opens its third site, the Orange in London's Belgravia following a £1m refurbishment which includes the addition of four hotel bedrooms