This October, Yamagoya, the masters of traditional Japanese ramen, will open their first permanent site in the capital, following a successful residency on Shaftsbury Avenue. ‘We’ve spent the past few months testing and experimenting in our pop up kitchen and after such a warm reception, we are now ready to build Yamagoya’s first real home in London; in a bigger and better … [Read more...]
Exclusive London Café Chain brews up more business with fresh new location
The Good Life Eatery (TGLE), an independent chain of cafés prominent across West London, has launched a new eatery in St Johns Wood with the support of a £250,000 finance package from HSBC. The funding has allowed the business to refurbish the site on St Johns Wood High Street and create 25 new jobs for the local economy. TGLE, which was co-founded in 2013 by Yasmine … [Read more...]
The Good Egg heads to the bright lights of Soho
This November, chefs Joel Braham, Alex Coppard and Oded Mizrachi will bring The Good Egg to Soho, drawing on the distinctive Jewish café-culture of Montreal and Tel-Aviv’s vibrant street-food scene for an all-day restaurant, bakery and bar in Kingly Court, Carnaby. The menu will reflect seasonal, British produce, influenced by the cooking of exilic Jews all over the world. … [Read more...]
Millennium Hotels and Resorts signs two iconic hotels in Makkah
Millennium Hotels and Resorts is continuing with its successful expansion strategy across Saudi Arabia by announcing the takeover of two landmark hotels in the Holy City of Makkah. Following the signing of a management agreement with Makkah Construction & Development Company, the Group will operate Makkah Millennium Hotel and Makkah Millennium Towers, under the global … [Read more...]
Punch Crowns ‘Usual Suspects’ as Great British pub quiz champions for second year running
Sunday night saw Punch hail its greatest pub quizzers in a nail-biting finale at the Molineux Stadium in Wolverhampton where the ‘Usual Suspects’ from the Brickmakers Arms, Coventry were crowned national winners for the second year in a row. There were 25 teams in the final, hosted by Mark ‘The Beast’ Labbett, having been whittled down from over 1,000. With high quality pub … [Read more...]