Foxlow, the new 100-cover restaurant and bar from Will Beckett and Huw Gott has opened on St. John Street in Clerkenwell, London.
Serving slow-smoked and charcoal grilled dishes, salads and sides alongside original cocktails and reasonably priced wines, Foxlow is a neighbourhood restaurant, the sort of place Will and Huw would
like to have near their homes to visit regularly with friends and family. Warm, informal service and a comfortable, lived-in interior add to the relaxed, friendly atmosphere.
Situated in a Grade II listed former cork warehouse, Foxlow is a split-level restaurant and bar with two ground floor dining areas and a first floor gallery. The interior, by Macaulay Sinclair and Huw Gott features reclaimed materials throughout. The 1950s oak flooring and pendant light fittings come from a workingmen’s club in Wigan while old chemistry labtops from a Yorkshire school provide tabletops and make up the bar.
The kitchen, visible through an arch window, is clad in reclaimed underground tiles and features a salad bar running along the right side of the main dining room.
The colour scheme – teal blue and cream with splashes of bright red – was inspired by a 1960s British Rail train, with other unlikely inspiration coming from the Ipcress File (wall lights) and Nottingham Library (1950s wood balustrading). Technical drawings (including a few of old locomotives) and vintage tube maps line the walls. There is even an old photo of the now defunct Foxlow Junction Signal Box hiding away (not the inspiration behind the name, which Will and Huw decided on after seeing it on a pub wall while ‘meeting’ about the new restaurant).
The Foxlow menu, developed by Richard Turner and Foxlow chefs Lewis Hannaford (Hawksmoor Guildhall and Spitalfields) and Paul O’Dowd (Hawksmoor Spitalfields) is divided into ‘Slow-smoked’ and ‘Charcoal Grilled & Roasted’ sections and features, perhaps unsurprisingly, quite a bit of great meat from ethically sourced animals, supplied by The Ginger Pig.
Foxlow, 69-73 St. John Street, EC1M 4AN
020 7014 8070