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Meet London’s top restaurant group wine buyers
With restaurants in London allowed to reopen this week, Lucy Shaw talks to some of the capital’s top group wine buyers to find out how they’re navigating their way through the pandemic, and the challenges that come with buying wine across multiple sites.
London restaurants and pubs to enter tier two next week
London restaurants and pubs will enter tier two coronavirus restrictions on Wednesday 2 December, when England emerges from a month-long lockdown.
The Clove Club to close Two Lights
Two Lights in Shoreditch, the sister restaurant to The Clove Club, is to close its doors for good after finding itself unable to keep trading through the pandemic.
Bert Blaize opens wine shop in classic car showroom
With car sales having taken a tumble this year, savvy sommelier Bert Blaize has opened a wine shop and deli in a classic car showroom in London’s Highgate.
Digital edition of Wine List Confidential 2020 launches
We are delighted to launch the online edition of this year’s Wine List Confidential guide, profiling London’s top 100 wine-focused eateries you need to visit when restrictions are lifted.
Giant Italian food hall Eataly to open in London
Eataly, a 40,000 square foot Italian food and wine hall, will open in London’s Liverpool Street next year, marking the UK debut of the popular Italian brand.
Top London restaurants delivering during lockdown
If you’re keen to get your fried chicken or sushi fix during lockdown fear not, these top London restaurants are open for business and will deliver to your door.
Lockdown 2.0: ‘It’s going to be carnage’
The hospitality industry has reacted to the news of being shuttered again for a month, with one restaurateur warning that “it’s going to be carnage”.
Tier two ‘like being cut off at the knees’
London’s restaurateurs have opened up to WLC’s Lucy Shaw about the difficulty of trying to trade under tier two restrictions, with co-founder of The Wolseley, Jeremy King, describing the situation as “like being cut off at the knees”.
London’s best igloos with a view
If you’re keen to dine with people outside your household but want to keep toasty while you’re at it, then why not try one of these igloos with a view…