Archive: Feb 2015

All around the capital, regeneration and population redistribution are helping local restaurant and bar scenes to flourish. If you’re looking for UK restaurant property, or you’re looking to sell your current property with the view to relocating, these areas should be on your radar. Brixton Brixton is in the middle of a serious amount of change. With the rental market driving up prices, now is… Read more

Russian-based hospitality group Table Talk has targeted the UK for its first venture outside Moscow and St Petersburg and is to open a French-style cafe wine bar in Soho. It plans to launch its Jean-Jacques format in the 3,554 sq ft former Spanish and Moroccan restaurant El Cantara split over three levels at 45 Frith Street, W1. Currently, Table Talk Group has 15 Jean-Jacques cafes… Read more

The popularity of Japanese restaurants in London was at one time limited to the London Japanese population. The first Japanese restaurant opened in 1967, when Akiko Kuzusaka founded Hiroko. It’s now relatively difficult to find somebody who has not experienced Japanese food in a restaurant, bar or pop-up setting, and pop ups like Mr Musubi and My Neighbours the Dumplings are packed full every evening…. Read more