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Josh Barrie is an Evening Standard food and drink writer

<p>Apizza: Terry’s will welcome Gracey’s in June</p>
Restaurants

Cult pizzeria Gracey's to make London debut with Terry's Cafe pop-up

Happily, Gracey’s and Terry’s Cafe are collaborating on a black pudding pizza

22 May 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
<p>Llama Inn: or out</p>
Restaurants

London restaurants with covered outside seating

There are plenty of restaurants with outside seating, but not all are safe from the sudden onset of rain

12 Apr 2024
<p>Weekend DJs will get the party started</p>
Restaurants

Dalston's cult Mexican Corrochio’s is quadrupling in size

The Mexican restaurant and bar in Dalston has taken a space left dormant by a former Turkish supermarket

11 Apr 2024
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Pubs, Bars and Nightlife

Josh Barrie at Sporting Clube de Londres: A roaring salute to Lisbon

On the right evening, this bar — a tribute of sorts to Portuguese team Sporting CP — is its own stadium

10 Apr 2024
<p>Big Bulli: a lucky couple can stay in a  restaurant that changed dining forever</p>
Restaurants

World-famous El Bulli opens for one night only as free Airbnb

Guests will be able to sleep in a bed based on the chef’s famous reverse spherical olive dish

10 Apr 2024
<p>Runner beans: here, some places to eat and drink as thousands put one foot ahead of the other</p>
Events and Things To Do

The best pubs and restaurants along this year’s London Marathon route

Once you’ve cheered on the runners, amble on down to one these spots for a light refreshment

9 Apr 2024
<p>Rouxdimental: Michel will be serving comforting food at his new venture in W1</p>
Restaurants

Michel Roux announces first new restaurant since Le Gavroche closed

Diners will be happy to learn that Michel Roux is getting back in the kitchen

9 Apr 2024
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Restaurants

How a tiny taverna in Athens inspired London's hottest new restaurant

Diporto in Athens is, quite possibly, the best restaurant in the world

6 Apr 2024
<p>Show-stopper: Bar Crispin </p>
Restaurants

London's best restaurants for a pre-and post-theatre meal

Here’s where to find food worthy of a standing ovation

5 Apr 2024
<p>French fancie: Lee Westcott is moving into more casual cooking</p>
Restaurants

Lee Westcott embraces bistro mania with Bottle & Rye pop-up

New Forest asparagus and Cornish bouillabaisse will be on the menu during the chef’s Brixton residency

2 Apr 2024
<p>Good encounter: the Soho spot will be inspired by the Aegean</p>
Restaurants

Notting Hill's celebrated Turkish chef Kemal Demirasal to open in Soho

The former champion windsurfer will open his second London restaurant and first bar in May

2 Apr 2024
<p>Chorizno? Chorizyes! </p>
Restaurants

How Jose Pizarro forever changed Spanish food in London

The chef and restaurateur arrived in London 25 years ago, and immediately started to shake things up

30 Mar 2024