Covent Garden
This covers all our reporting from Covent Garden, a central London destination where hospitality, retail, and tourism intersect. We spotlight restaurant and bar openings, chef residencies, brand activations, and operational strategies from both independents and high-profile groups. With footfall-driven trading dynamics and premium positioning, Covent Garden serves as a strategic reference point for restaurateurs, bar managers, and F&B executives analysing consumer behaviour, site performance, and experiential dining in flagship urban settings.
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Jun- 2019 -28 JuneRestaurants
New Venezuelan restaurant to launch in Westfield White City
Restaurateurs Gabriel and Jose-Luis Gonzalez have announced their new restaurant Caracas is to open in Westfield White City in October. The restaurant is inspired by traditional bars across Venezuela, and the menu will focus on arepa, a flat dish shaped cornbread stuffed with a variety of fillings. The menu will…
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May- 2019 -22 MayRestaurants
Frenchie launches Bacon Scone pop-up in Covent Garden
Gregory Marchand’s Frenchie restaurant has announced it will be opening Bacon Scone, a pop-up in London’s Covent Garden market on Tuesday 11 June. The pop-up will serve Frenchie’s signature smoked bacon and maple syrup scones with clotted cream priced at £3.50. Located a short distance from Frenchie Covent Garden on…
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Mar- 2019 -29 MarchRestaurants
Shake Shack Covent Garden relaunches with new dishes
Shake Shack in London’s Covent Garden has relaunched with a new menu and interior design. The reopening comes after six years in business at The Piazza, where the restaurant became the UK’s first Shake Shack. The restaurant’s interior has been redesigned and an outdoor heated seating area has been added.…
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20 MarchCafes and Coffee Shops
Yolo dessert bar opens in Covent Garden
A dessert-only bar, Yolo, has opened in London’s Covent Garden, which aims to specialise in homemade cakes and plant-based desserts, alongside a record shop named RockPopRecords. The bar will bake all of its offering fresh every morning, and vows to use “no nasties or food colourings, just traditional baking techniques”…
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15 MarchCafes and Coffee Shops
Santa Nata to open two sites in Covent Garden
Santa Nata is to launch two new Portuguese pastelarias in London’s Covent Garden area. The new sites will specialise in the traditional Portuguese pastry with egg custard filling – Pastel de Nata. Santa Nata will open its first site on Covent Garden’s Russell Street with a second unit opening on…
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Feb- 2019 -20 FebruaryFeatures
Why one high-end London restaurant made the switch to induction
When Matt Lovell and Rob Hampton’s seafood street food stall came to fruition in 2016, they quickly outgrew the capacity in which they could serve some of the UK’s highest-quality oysters. The stall soon transformed into a pop-up concept in South Kensington, before the duo opened the doors to The…
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18 FebruaryRestaurants
New restaurants to hit the O2
The O2 is to diversify its catering offering with the arrival of three new restaurants, vegan restaurant chain By Chloe, Indian restaurant Scarlet, fried chicken specialists Thunderbird, Chinese chain Hai Di Lao, and Beer and Burger. Traditionally the O2 has always featured major chains such as Nandos and Frankie and…
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6 FebruaryRestaurants
Victor Garvey’s Covent Garden restaurant Sabarita closes
Chef and restaurateur, Victor Garvey, has closed his Covent Garden restaurant, Sabarita, the chef’s Soho restaurant Rambla on Dean Street will remain open. According to Garvey the restaurant has been shut down since November, with Catering Today finding that Sabarita’s phone is no longer receiving calls despite the fact its…
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Jan- 2019 -21 JanuaryRestaurants
Anthony Demetre’s Wild Honey restaurant up for sale
Mayfair restaurant, Wild Honey, as been publicly listed for sale by property agents Restaurant Property who say the venue commands £103,000 annual rent. The restaurant, owned by chef and restaurateur Anthony Demetre, is located at 12 George Street, between Hanover and Berkley Square. It is thought that the restaurant could…
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9 JanuaryOpinion
Top 10 accessible restaurants in the UK
There are so many restaurants throughout the UK which are held in high regard, but are the facilities accessible? Award-winning stairlift manufacturer Acorn Stairlifts is on hand to list their top 10 most accessible restaurants in the UK. Check out the eateries that made the cut, which are listed in…
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