Latest opening: Songhelou
One of the world’s oldest restaurants has launched an outpost in London’s Chinatown.
Archives for April 25, 2025
Friday five: the week’s top hospitality stories
Lisa Goodwin-Allen’s return to Northcote and the demise of vegan QSR brand Neat were among this week’s most read stories.
Glynn Purnell: “As an industry we have been a bit of a doormat”
The 50 year-old chef on closing his Birmingham flagship, the state of the eating out sector, and why he’s not finished just yet.
Dishoom heads to Leeds
Indian restaurant group Dishoom is expected to launch a restaurant in Leeds later this year.
Uncorked: Matteo Duri
The executive head sommelier at Scott’s Mayfair on homemade Prosecco, top Burgundy producer Etienne Sauzet and being a bit OCD.
NoMad London to relaunch its restaurant as Twenty8 NoMad
Covent Garden hotel NoMad London will relaunch its main restaurant early next month as a ‘bold New York City-inspired bistro’.
Market Place St Paul’s to open at the end of May
More details have been released about the forthcoming opening of food hall Market Place on London’s Cheapside, close to St Paul’s.
More details released for Amsterdam-born live fire restaurant Nela
Chefs Hari Shetty and Ori Geller have set an autumn opening date for the London outpost of their Amsterdam-born live fire restaurant Nela.