Greenwich

Regional reporting on foodservice and hospitality activity across Greenwich, including Greenwich Market, the Cutty Sark area, North Greenwich, and Royal Hill. This section highlights restaurant and bar openings, tourist-led trade, riverside dining, and evolving F&B trends shaped by heritage, leisure, and regeneration. Built for chefs, operators, and hospitality professionals, it offers insight into running venues in one of London’s most historic and high-footfall districts.

Jan- 2019 -

21 January

Cafes and Coffee Shops

90-year-old south London toilet becomes cafe

A 90-year-old toilet on Plumstead Common has opened as a new cafe named The Slade Cafe, under the stewardship of former Brick House and Frank’s Cafe chef Kieran Barry. The cafe’s operators say they want to inject “new life into the unused 1930s toilet block”, with support and funding from…
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Dec- 2018 -

21 December

Government

Chinese restaurant owner’s £1m tax fraud goes to pot

A Chinese restaurant owner, who stole more than £1m in tax by claiming his business “made pottery” and had a “tiny turnover”, has been jailed for three years. Chin Seong Lam, 60, from Barnet, north London, owned outlets at the O2 Arena in North Greenwich and at Gun Wharf Quays…
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Jul- 2018 -

9 July

Restaurants

New British-sourced menus launch at Market Brasserie

The Market Brasserie at IHG’s O2 hotel, led by executive chef Johan Rox, has launched a new menu celebrating the best of British produce. The restaurant, overlooking London’s River Thames and Canary Wharf district, will serve dishes created from produce sourced from across the British Isles, including salad of smoked…
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Jun- 2018 -

29 June

Government

Mayor calls for ‘united effort’ to save London’s pubs

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has called for a united effort from government, local authorities and the pub industry to help protect the future of the capital’s pubs, as he released new figures showing that there has been a long-term decline. The figures, published today, show that while pub…
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