The chef Toby Burrowes has left his head chef role at the glitzy Japanese concept Zuma to open his own restaurant in Mayfair, London. Currently unnamed, the chef told CODE he has taken over the former Street XO site on Burlington Street and is readying to launch in the next couple of months.
The chef Claude Bosi has announced a new restaurant, Socca Bistro, which will open in the summer. “Bringing the flavours of the Mediterranean to Mayfair, ”, the opening is a partnership between Bosi and LSL Capital, the restaurant group behind Bombay Bustle and Mìmì Meì Faìr, and which is headed ......
Exeter is a city encircled by tremendous rurality. Travel south, and there are prime scallops landed daily into Brixham. Head north, east or west, and you will soon arrive at rolling Dartmoor, find a small farm, or hit a keenly traversable coastline replete with cattle and sheep. It is, then, a place within easy reach of great ingredients, and in the city’s culinary landscape it is being increasingly turned into something memorable. Here, the West Country’s Mark Taylor earmarks numerous establishments worth visiting.
Our Best Local Restaurant list celebrates the places that are the beating heart of communities around Britain. Using reader nominations as a driving force, we inspected a great number of restaurants in the North East to decide which ones deserved a place in the 100 Best Local Restaurants 2023. Some are old favourites, others are new to The Good Food Guide, all are brilliant places to eat.
A year might pass, and North Tyneside will again appear in a ‘best places to live in the UK’ list in the national press. Locals read them with a smug, knowing smile, all the while hoping that it doesn’t make securing a dinner reservation any harder… or a pint any more costly.
