Josh Barrie

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Josh Barrie is an Evening Standard food and drink writer

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Restaurants

The best restaurants in Brixton

In Brixton are codfish fritters on one corner, Japanese pancakes on another

10 May 2024
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Pubs, Bars and Nightlife

Silverleaf bar review: A place of refuge, even for the underdressed

Josh Barrie sidesteps the dress code to explore a high-concept drinking den

9 May 2024
<p>Me Julie’s: Founder Tara MacBain and chef-patron Owen Kenworthy have high hopes</p>
Restaurants

Can celebrity hotspot Julie’s find its groove again?

Mick Jagger was a regular and Tina Turner danced on the tables… Will the new owners get rekindle an old flame, asks Josh Barrie

8 May 2024
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Restaurants

Michel Roux Jr: 'I have no more dreams of Michelin stars now'

In January, Michel Roux Jr closed the legendary Le Gavroche forever. He tells Josh Barrie the real reason he shut the family business, and reveals what’s next

7 May 2024
<p>Fry to die for: the Regency Cafe, by Victoria </p>
Restaurants

London’s best greasy spoons, from E.Pellicci to the Regency Cafe

All hail the humble fry-up and hospitality from another time

2 May 2024
<p>Thai there: a new concept will sit below the Japanese restaurant concept</p>
Restaurants

London restaurateur shakes things up at Mayfair restaurant

The basement level of Koyn Japanese is to change entirely, as Thai chef Rose Chalalai Singh comes in

2 May 2024
<p>Unusual endeavour: Ikoyi become the latest high-profile restaurant to team up with Uber</p>
Restaurants

Uber Eats partner with Ikoyi to offer cheapest two-star meal in London

Ikoyi’s famed scotch bonnet and raspberry seasoning will make a stunning appearance

1 May 2024
<p>Guinness: possibly the most velvety drink in existence </p>
Pubs, Bars and Nightlife

Gasping for a Guinness? London’s top pubs for the black stuff

The perfect pint is out there — if you know where to look

30 Apr 2024
<p>No mi-steak: The trio will launch their new project in the summer </p>
Restaurants

Long-term Chiltern Firehouse head chef to open Basque steak restaurant

Ibai will specialise in French Basque cooking, with high-end regional produce the focus

30 Apr 2024
<p>On the fizzy line: top dogs are heading west</p>
Restaurants

Cult Champagne and hotdog restaurant Bubbledogs to return

The much-missed restaurant will become a summer-long pop-up on Park Lane

25 Apr 2024
<p>Tortured pints department: the Vauxhall pub is as famous as any right now</p>
Food + Drink

Here's what it's like to drink at the pub made famous by Taylor Swift

Swifties have been turning up to the Black Dog in Vauxhall after the pop star referenced the pub in her new album

24 Apr 2024
<p>Charity dinner: three of London’s best-known chefs are fundraising for Great Ormond Street</p>
Restaurants

Top chefs to host special Italian dinner for Great Ormond Street

The one-off dinner will be held at InterContinental Park Lane

23 Apr 2024
<p>Seafood and eat it: the traditional British chippy is being given a Spanish makeover</p>
Restaurants

Chef duo behind the Plimsoll to open Spanish-style fish bar

Ed McIlroy and Jamie Allan are bringing Spain’s laid back culture to Finsbury Park with a new fish-based concept

23 Apr 2024
<p>London via the Forsyte Saga: the Colony Grill Rooms </p>
Restaurants

16 London restaurants for out-of-towners (that are actually worth it)

Whether you’re a tourist or a long-suffering Londoner tasked with showing off the city, Clare Finney and Josh Barrie on the capital’s failsafe restaurants

22 Apr 2024
<p>Reliable, first-rate pub grub: plates at the Marksman </p>
Restaurants

London’s best restaurants for fussy eaters

Eating simply is no sin, says Clare Finney — but settling for mediocre food absolutely is

20 Apr 2024
<p>West End allure: Chishuru is a huge success story</p>
Restaurants

The 15 hottest restaurants in London right now

From West African dining to timeless French bistros, Josh Barrie names the restaurants of the moment

20 Apr 2024
<p>Holy moly: Brad Carter is finally coming to London</p>
Restaurants

Brad Carter to open restaurant in crypt of historic Mayfair church

Having wowed diners in Birmingham for more than a decade, Brad Carter is heading down the M40

18 Apr 2024
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Restaurants

Ed Sheeran slams London chippies as overrated — but he eats 'fish cum'

The award-winning singer also revealed he holds parties at his bar after his gigs, and has eaten what he described as “fish cum”

17 Apr 2024
<p>Flash Gordon: Ramsay is trying to have squatters removed from his Camden gastropub</p>
Pubs, Bars and Nightlife

Camden Art Café cancels event at Gordon Ramsay's occupied pub

Gordon Ramsay faces a fight to remove a group of squatters from his Camden pub

16 Apr 2024
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Restaurants

World's most famous pudding — and Cher's favourite — arrives in London

While First Lady of the United States of America, Jackie Kennedy asked for the recipe. She didn’t get it.

14 Apr 2024