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    Is London Becoming The Sixth Borough? NYC's Restaurant Invasion Continues.

    Now it's Jean-Georges Vongerichten, today announcing that he'll open a restaurant next spring at the famed Connaught Hotel in London's posh Mayfair district. Previously, Marcus Samuelsson revealed that he will transport Red Rooster to Shoreditch, taking his Harlem-based hit and interpreting it for chic Londoners. Stockholm is certainly closer to England than any of the five…
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    Charcuterie In The U.K.

    Back in 2015, there was a commercial for Google Translate that was making the rounds on British television in which a French woman at a dinner party approaches an English guy, who is hovering over the a pot of stew on the stovetop. She asks what’s for dinner, and they engage in an irritating debate on…
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    The Bare Truth About London's New Naked Restaurant

    This week marks the eye-catching opening of the Bunyadi, London's hugely publicized "naked restaurant." That's right, this new restaurant allows patrons to dine in the nude — and in historically prudish Great Britain, no less! Stripping away the country's old fuddy-duddy reputation, the British restaurant is proving remarkably popular: More than 40,000 people are presently on the waiting list (Victorian morality be damned).In an interview…
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    How Brad McDonald Taught London To Love Southern BBQ

    “Get to Shotgun like a gunshot,” urges London’s Time Out magazine. That’s just one of the peels of praise ringing out for U.S. export Brad McDonald’s new whole-log, real-fire BBQ joint.Already renowned for conjuring up some of the British capital’s best American Deep South home cookin’ at Mayfair’s Lockhart over the past three years, McDonald has…
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    7 London Gastropubs Propelling British Cuisine

    You’ll find a few geezers down London way looking to have a good ol’ moan about posh nosh taking over the slap-up pub grub of days gone by. But for many of the other 8.5 million Londoners, the proliferation of gastropubs across the capital has been gobbled up with glee. Kicking off the eat-the-whole-animal revolution, these food-focused drinking…
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    Where To Eat Steak In London

    The news that acclaimed British steak house Hawksmoor would be setting up shop in the Richard Rogers–designed 3 World Trade Center in Manhattan in 2017 provoked greater reaction in London than New York. For us Brits, perhaps this was about recognition — that the export of a beloved home-grown brand and exemplar of everything good…
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    Making The Classic Bramble Cocktail: Gin, Lemon And Blackberry

    The art of crafting cocktails has always been built on experimentation and pushing the innovations of previous generations forward. For legendary bartender Dick Bradsell, it was all about perfecting great drinks and keeping up a standard of excellence, which is why his now-classic invention, the Bramble, as well as his later creation, the espresso martini, became…
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    Vegan Pizza And A Meat-And-Three In NYC; Richard Sandoval Opening In Philly

    We’re always on the lookout for restaurant news here at Food Republic. And news we often receive — we’re constantly pitched on restaurants that have pledged to open their doors in the near future, only to eventually learn about inevitable roadblocks and delays that have us questioning whether we should cover a restaurant during our…
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    Spice-Roasted Quail With Celery Root And Walnuts

    Chef, restaurateur, food writer and author Skye Gyngell recently released her fourth cookbook, named for her new London restaurant. Dive into some of the recipes that have made her one of the most celebrated chefs in the city. With a spotlight on fresh, flavorful and inventive cuisine that makes the most of local gardens and markets,…
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    Gelinaz! Is At It Again With A Star-Studded Pop-Up Dinner Planned In London

    Gelinaz! has been responsible for two of the more memorable and extravagant chef gatherings in the past couple of years. The collective of worldwide cutting-edge chefs famously surprised Wylie Dufresne in 2014 at his now-shuttered wd~50 for a tribute meal that included over 30 chefs from around the globe. Last year, the group was behind an…
  • Restaurant

    Do Restaurants Seat Diners Based On Looks?

    “Sorry, you’re just not good-looking enough to sit up front” is not something you expect hear from a maître d' as you're led to a table deep in the recesses of  some fashionable restaurant. But that's the implication, according to the British documentary Tricks of the Restaurant Trade. According to the Evening Standard, one finding…
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    Let's Go Inside London's Exciting Craft Gin Movement

    The craft spirit movement has made champions of some unlikely protagonists. While the likes of scotch whisky were destined to be sexy regardless of what they mingled with, few could have accurately predicted the fervor with which obscure spirits like pisco and mezcal would be embraced, and likewise the renewed passion for old-man liquors like…
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    Save Your Bitter Tears For Your Next Cocktail

    Remember those guys who wanted you to get drunk through your eyeballs? They now want to teach you to use those same eyeballs to make your very own bitters via tears. Alcoholic Architecture will be holding classes in London where you can learn to do just that.The workshop will show you the basis of bitters-making, how…
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    Fall Preview 2015: 10 Design-Forward Hotels Opening Around The Globe

    Sure, we're obsessed with food, but that only means we'll travel for the best restaurants, bars and markets. When we do, we like to stay at hotels that put us on the front lines of a city or town's sought-after spots (thus our hotel review column, The Hungry Concierge). Relaxing summer vacations may have come to…