Oooty Station prepares to launch in Marylebone
South Indian Marylebone restaurant Ooty is preparing to open sister venue Ooty Station, a “casual” all-day café and cocktail bar. With an off-street outdoor terrace and counter bar dining inside, the new venue will serve a menu of Indian-inspired bar snacks through to more substantial mains, alongside an extensive cocktail list and bottled beer selection. …
Italian restaurant and bar 53 Degrees launches in Liverpool
Map coordinates provided the inspiration for 53 Degrees, a modern Italian bar and eatery that has recently opened on Berry Street in Liverpool. The venue positions itself as a “fresh offering” to the city’s nightlife scene where Italian street food is combined with a bar menu designed by consultants from Bacardi and Grey Goose. General …
Art Yard to open on London’s South Bank
Art Yard Bar & Kitchen, a new all-day dining restaurant and bar, will open in London’s Bankside next month. Head chef Lee Streeton, previously of 45 Jermyn Street and Brown’s Hotel, has developed a menu that will celebrate the abundance of British produce through the seasons, while also drawing inspiration from European cuisines and cultures. …
Ex-Savoy head bartender to open bar with French flavour
The former head bartender of the Beaufort Bar at London’s Savoy Hotel has revealed plans for his new east London bar focused on calvados, Normandy cider and other regional French products. Chris Moore is preparing to open Coupette in the 160-year-old premises of the former Albion pub in Bethnal Green Road in the heart of …
Grind opens flagship bar
Grind will be going back to its roots when it opens its new restaurant in East London this November. Clerkenwell Grind is Old St’s latest all day restaurant and late-night bar and is the founders’ most ambitious project to date. Just a stone’s throw away from where the first Grind opened in Shoreditch, the new …
Nottingham bar to reopen after ‘cannabis party’
A Nottingham bar is set to reopen after police moved to revoke its licence because of claims it hosted a “cannabis party”. The owners of the Loft Bar in Mansfield Road worked with police and licensing specialists Fraser Brown to agree an action plan that would allow them to gain a new licence. The bar …
Charity opens alcohol-free bar in Nottingham
The first alcohol-free bar and restaurant in the East Midlands opens today, offering a mocktail menu developed with a leading Nottingham cocktail bar. Sobar in Friar Lane in Nottingham city centre will be open for breakfast, lunch and dinner as well as providing a full calendar of evening entertainment showcasing local artists and musicians. It …
Mojo creates cocktails with tea for Taylors
Mojo bar in Leeds has teamed up with Taylors of Harrogate to create special cocktails using the supplier’s teas and coffees. Bartenders Adam Wilson and Sam Fish created a “Taylors take” on five classic cocktails, using infusions and syrups made from products such as camomile tea, green tea and Earl Grey tea. For example, they …
Forgan’s, St Andrews
G1 Group has transformed a former golf factory in St Andrews into a relaxed new bar and restaurant St Andrews is often considered to be the “home of golf” because the sport was first played on what is now the Old Course in the early 15th century. It was also once home to the oldest …
Liverpool deli revamped into new city centre bar
A new bar has been created in Liverpool city centre through the refurbishment of the ground floor of deli and restaurant Delifonseca. The deli in Stanley Street has been revamped into a 60-capacity bar offering an extensive wine list by the glass plus a large variety of premium spirits and beers. There is also a …
