Amuse-bouches: The latest restaurant news bites

In restaurant news this week: Dining out in the UK is predicted to fall by over a third in September, London wine bar Top Cuvée gets ready to open a shop, and a MasterChef: The Professionals finalist prepares to open a West African restaurant in October. 

Notting Hill

New scores for 2020 to be published in May

Mazi team to launch second Greek restaurant in London

The duo behind Greek restaurant Mazi, husband and wife Ardrien Carre and Christina Mouratoglou, will open a Greek bistro and cocktail bar in Notting Hill this month called Suzi Tros.

Emily Roux’s London restaurant launches BYO wine lunches

Caractère in Notting Hill will offer guests the opportunity to bring their own wine for lunch on a Tuesday or Wednesday, whether it’s “a rare white Châteauneuf-du-Pape or a bottle from your local supermarket”.

New on Wine List Confidential: Caractère

At Emily Roux and Diego Ferrari’s debut venture in London’s Notting Hill, sommelier Romeo Bisacchi sums up the wine list: “We’ve got no Pétrus or Romanée-Conti, but we do have stuff you couldn’t find elsewhere”.

Wine List Confidential revisited: The Ledbury

Seamus Williams-Sharkey’s sharp list at Notting Hill’s The Ledbury has clearly been fondly assembled, showing loyalty to producers he has met.