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It’s easy to forget where you are when you’re in Dach & Sons; the downstairs restaurant is as close anything you could hope to find this far left of New York. All burger sliders and chic surfaces, it’s the neon sign above the bar that really grabs your attention. As…
About three or four years ago, restaurants offering robust, butch British fare in clubby surroundings (gentlemen’s rather than night) were the height of fashion, Dean Street Townhouse being the first and I would still argue the best of the bunch. It was a fashion I was very happy with, this being exactly the kind…
Think of petrol station food and what springs to mind? Ginsters, day old pastries, and tea from a machine – and that’s if you’re going for the higher end of the scale – a step-up from the standard groceries, overpriced confectionery, and the wide Pot Noodle selection? As venues go,…
Up Brick Lane, through a clothes shop, down some stairs and tucked away in a snug back room is the Disappearing Dining Club – purveyor of good food, friendly service and a memorable sharing experience. Decked out in fun vintage decor, the pop-up style restaurant fits perfectly with the Brick…
One of the very first restaurants I wrote about when I started the TwelvePointFive blog was The Cinnamon Club, chef Vivek Singh’s magnificent haute Indian in Westminster. Since then I’ve eaten out countless times and that meal still stands out in my mind as being one of the best. Expectations were…
The speedy success of the MEAT empire feels like the archetypal American dream story, only in burger form. Owner Yianni started out selling burgers in Peckham from a roadside food van. It was unceremoniously named Meatwagon, but popular, so much so that it evolved into Meateasy, a pop-up in an old pub…