Rosi
After years of dazzling diners at Northcote in Lancashire, Lisa Goodwin-Allen makes her London debut this month having been appointed culinary director at The Beaumont Mayfair earlier this year. Opening on 1 October in the space that previously housed The Colony Grill, Rosi will be ‘rooted in seasonality and British provenance’ with the menu set to feature signature pies and high-quality steaks including cuts of English wagyu, Lake District beef and heritage Hereford herds. Leading the restaurant alongside Goodwin-Allen will be executive chef Brendan Fyldes and executive head chef Jozef Rogulski. The concept and team have been brought together by The Beaumont’s CEO, Stuart Procter, whose career has overlapped at various points with Goodwin-Allen and Fyldes, including at Northcote where Goodwin-Allen continues to serve as chef patron-director.
8 Balderton St, Brown Hart Gardens, London W1K 6TF // thebeaumont.com/dining/rosi
Bullgogi Manchester
Maguro Group, the operator behind QSR brand Bunsik, is to open what it is billing as ‘the biggest Korean BBQ restaurant in UK’ later this month in Manchester. Taking over the former Marks and Spencer store in Piccadilly Gardens, Bullgogi Manchester will cover a 6,000sq ft site and hold 165 covers. The menu will take its lead from Bullgogi’s original site in Notting Hill and serve a selection of meats, seafood and vegetables that will be cooked on the restaurant’s tabletop grills, alongside a menu of classic Korean dishes and Soju-based cocktails.
6A Piccadilly Plaza, Manchester, M1 4AH // bullgogi.com
Motorino
Former Lita chef Luke Ahearne is heading up the kitchen at new ‘London-Italian’ restaurant Motorino in Fitzrovia. Ahearne is joining forces with fellow chef Stevie Parle and restaurateur Jonathan Downey for the ambitious 150-cover restaurant that is described as having ‘fun at its core’ and will be ‘simple, elegant and [with] great vibes’.
1 Pearson Square, London, W1T 3BF
BEAR by Carlo Scotto
Due to open on 15 October, BEAR by Carlo Scotto is described as the chef’s ambitious project to date and will see him cooking at an intimate 14-cover chef’s table. The Beaconsfield-based restaurant, located within the Crazy Bear Hotel, will serve a £140 set menu with dishes at launch to include Orkney scallop, mango, peanuts, curry milkcap, rowan berry; agnolotti pasta, rolet gem squash, black garlic, mascarpone, and tagete leaves; miso glazed duck, blue moon radish, girolles, and damsons; and pear, lingonberry, marigold, roasted vanilla and thyme sorbet.
Old Town, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, HP9 1LX // crazybear.co.uk/restaurant/bear-by-carlo-scotto
Chotto Matte Manchester
The long-awaited Manchester iteration of Kurt Zdesar’s Japanese-Peruvian brand finally throws open its doors on 10 October. The gargantuan venue – which will be one of the biggest restaurants in the UK when it opens - promises to be worth the wait: located on the top floor of the No.1 St Michaels development it will have a huge 348-capacity roof terrace and a 502-cover restaurant below serving a menu designed by executive chef Jordan Sclare that will include the likes of black cod aji miso; and king oyster mushroom tostadas.
36 Jacksons Row, Manchester, M2 5WD // chotto-matte.com/manchester/
Field Notes
Former native chef Ivan Tisdall-Downes will launch his first solo restaurant later this month in London’s Hackney. Located on Mare Street, Field Notes is billed as a culmination of Tisdall-Downes’ 15-year journey exploring food cultures and sustainability practices across the globe and will be housed in a ‘small intimate’ space with an open kitchen and counter seating. Described as concise and ever changing, the menu will blend the nostalgic flavours of his upbringing with those of his more recent travels with dishes including morel har gow; brown crab tikka masala; and pickled cockle flatbreads.
Studio 3, Monohaus, 143 Mare St, London E8 3FW / fieldnotes.uk
The Hart in Marylebone
The team behind popular London pubs The Pelican, The Hero and The Fat Badger as well as The Bull in Charlbury in the Cotswolds is adding to its portfolio with a new London opening. On the corner of Chiltern Street and Blandford Street, The Hart in Marylebone promises a classic British pub experience while also celebrating British farmers, producers and seasonal ingredients from the group’s Market Garden at Bruern Farms. Downstairs will be focused on drinks and bar snacks while the upstairs will have a brace of dining rooms with wooden, panelling, scalloped banquettes, bespoke lighting and gas fires.
56 Blandford St, London W1U 7JA // thehartw1.com
Namo
Well-known Brighton and Hove chef Bookie Mitchell is starting a new chapter with her eagerly awaited debut solo restaurant project. Located close to major restaurant brands including The Ivy, The Ivy Asia, Pizza Pilgrims and Honest Burgers, Namo will trade from the prominent Ship Street site that was previously home to long-running Mexican restaurant Dos Sombreros. The project follows the success of various Thai food pub residencies in the seaside city and Street Thai but will be more refined and premium. “We want to show our guests what we can do with Thai food,” the Thailand-born chef says.
24 Ship Street, Brighton, BN1 1AD // namoeat.co.uk
Arthur’s Market
The entrepreneur behind upscale Belgravia pub Prince Arthur will launch a Chelsea fishmonger, grocer, deli and butcher that will also be home to two counter dining concepts later this month. On King’s Road, Arthur’s Market will have a hand roll and sushi bar called ASA Izakaya and a wood fired pintxos tapas bar called Salvador. In the evening, the entire market space will transform into an “intimate dining destination”. ASA Izakaya is being headed up by chef Shaulan Steenson, whose CV includes Endo at the Rotunda, Hakkoku in Japan and Sushi Jin in Singapore.
279 King’s Road, London SW3 5EW
Freak Momma
It’s all change at Freak Scene in London’s Parsons Green, with chef-restaurateur Scott Hallsworth relaunching the site as a ‘louder, messier’ concept. Called Freak Momma, the new restaurant is billed as a Japanese ‘superdiner’ serving a menu of ‘Japanese tapas, burgers, fried chicken and chaos’. Inspired by the Sonic Youth album Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star, Freak Momma will have a grungier style than Freak Scene and will be ‘absolutely not traditional’, according to Hallsworth, who says that he has been planning the change for a while.
28 Parsons Green Ln, London SW6 4HS