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New direction announced for German Gymnasium
Restaurant group D&D London has announced a new menu concept for German Gymnasium, its flagship site in King’s Cross.
London’s hottest restaurant openings: April 2023
With a Jura-focused wine bar coming to Clapham Junction and the new Noble Rot in Mayfair, you certainly won’t feel a fool if you pay a visit to any of these April openings.
Michelin Guide grants first ever Exceptional Cocktail Award to London bar
Park Chinois, an upscale Chinese restaurant in London’s Mayfair, has won the Michelin Guide’s inaugural Exceptional Cocktail Award for its drinks menu, which includes serves like the Macallan Highball and Umami Old Fashioned.
Bordeaux diners drink wine as protest fire rages in background
An unusual scene has been shared far and wide on social media showing diners in Bordeaux enjoying a glass of wine despite sitting in front of a raging fire lit by protestors against pension reforms.
Where are the cheapest places in the world for a pint of beer?
While cheap doesn’t always mean cheerful, with the spectre of the £7 pint looming large over London it’s nice to know that there are still countries out there offering an incredibly reasonable pint. These are the cheapest places in the world for a pint of beer.
Who’s in and who’s out of the 2023 Michelin Guide
This week’s launch of the 2023 edition of the Great Britain and Ireland Michelin Guide saw a number of restaurants gain stars – but also a few lose their place in the prestigious guidebook.
Europe’s most Instagrammed Michelin-starred restaurants
These are the trendiest Michelin-starred European eateries on Instagram, with a London restaurant taking top spot.
House of Lords restaurant opens to the public
The Peers’ Dining Room will be open to the general public for three days in early April, giving you the chance to eat like a lord.
WLC recommends: NoMad, Covent Garden
Douglas Blyde heads to Bow Street hotel NoMad. While there, he samples the “killer” Nebbiolo selection, as curated by wine director Bella Babbitt, and tries chef Ashley Abodeely’s dish of suckling pig confit with wild greens and smoked bacon jam. Taken from the 2022 Wine List Confidential guide, available for purchase.
SOLA sommelier receives Michelin award
At Monday’s launch of this year’s Great Britain and Ireland Michelin Guide, SOLA’s Tara Ozols was named winner of the Sommelier Award.
Unfiltered: James Snowdon
The Edinburgh native and former manager of Fulham’s Harwood Arms co-founded the ultra-popular Edinburgh brasserie with Australian-born Lloyd Morse, previously of Spring. He talks to Douglas Blyde about storing wines and stealing naps in the vault of this former bank, mind-blowing coffee, and “floating about on a cloud of charisma”…