Nell’s to open huge MediaCity restaurant with karaoke and shuffleboard
Manchester’s New York-style pizza brand Nell’s is to launch its fifth restaurant this autumn in MediaCity’s quayside Orange Building.
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How Maria Bradford is bringing vibrant West African cuisine to sleepy Sevenoaks
The Leiths-trained chef has put everything on the line to open Shwen Shwen in an unlikely corner of Kent.
Latest opening: MOI
Artem Login has made his restaurant debut with a sleek Soho venture that blends Japanese influences with UK ingredients and flair.
Friday five: the week’s top hospitality stories
BAO’s new investors, the collapse of Oakman, and a move to the coast for Rafael Cagali were among this week’s most read stories.
General Tarleton Pub with rooms to open next month
The first venue under Tommy Banks’ new pub group Jeopardy Hospitality will open next month.
Thailand-based noodle specialist Khao So-I to make international debut with central London site
Chiang Mai-founded Thai noodle brand Khao So-I will open a restaurant in central London’s Market Place later this year after acquiring the site that was most recently home to EL&N London.
Bunsik owner to open ‘UK’s biggest Korean BBQ restaurant’ in Manchester
The group behind QSR brand Bunsik is to open what it is billing as ‘the biggest Korean BBQ restaurant in UK’ later this year in Manchester.
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26 not out. I’m happy to see Busaba Eathai live to fight another day
The 26-year-old Thai group has been bought out of administration at a time of heightened interest for the cuisine.