King’s Cross
Coverage of foodservice and hospitality activity in and around King’s Cross, including Granary Square, Coal Drops Yard, and Euston Road. This section explores restaurant and bar openings, commuter and corporate trade, cultural footfall, and F&B trends shaped by regeneration, tourism, and tech-sector growth. Built for chefs, operators, and hospitality professionals, it offers insight into trading in one of London’s most dynamic and architecturally transformed districts.
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Mar- 2025 -25 MarchPubs and Bars
Red Engine sees sales surge to £77.1m in FY24
Red Engine, the group behind bars such as Flight Club and Electric Shuffle, has reported a 15% increase in sales to £77.1m in FY24, up from £66.8m the previous year. During the year, the group’s sales combined with its franchise partners reached £118.3m. It added that EBITDA is expected to…
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Feb- 2025 -10 FebruaryBusiness
Red Engine unveils expansion plans amid ‘record-breaking’ Q4
Red Engine, the hospitality group behind Flight Club and Electric Shuffle, has unveiled its 2025 global expansion plans as its Q4 sales increased 24% to £25.3m. Its sales combined with its franchise partners reached £38.4m, up 23% year-on-year, with like-for-like sales increasing by 4%. Building on this success, Red Engine’s…
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Nov- 2024 -29 NovemberPeople
Great Northern Hotel appoints new pastry chef at its Rails restaurant
Luxury Grade-II listed Great Northern Hotel in King’s Cross has appointed Albio Ziu as pastry chef for the hotel’s restaurant, Rails. Ziu joins Great Northern Hotel with over 10 years’ experience having worked in pastry at The Bloomsbury Hotel, Searcy’s Pall Mall and with Firmdale Hotels Group. Working alongside Rails’…
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May- 2024 -13 MayNews
Today’s news in brief – 13/05/24
Pizza Pilgrims plans to expand into Scotland and Wales as revenues hit “record” £28.7m during the year ended 25 June 2023. The pizza chain has also revealed that pre-tax profit more than doubled to £700k and EBITDA before exceptional items was £2.4m – up from £1.1m in 2022. A further…
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13 MayRestaurants
Pizza Pilgrims to expand in Scotland and Wales amid ‘record’ FY
Pizza Pilgrims has unveiled plans to expand into Scotland and Wales as revenues rose by 37% to a “record” £28.7m during the year ended 25 June 2023. The pizza chain, which currently trades from 20 locations, has also revealed that pre-tax profit more than doubled to £700k and EBITDA before…
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Oct- 2023 -23 OctoberNews
Sloane Stanley Estate to welcome three new dining brands
Sloane Stanley has announced Italian street-food concept Dez Amore, and specialty coffee company Kiss The Hippo, are both set to join the south side of the Fulham neighbourhood later this year. Kings342, the new concept behind Street Food Markets Ltd, is also opening on the King’s Road at the end…
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Jul- 2023 -5 JulyRestaurants
Caravan to open largest site to date in Covent Garden
Caravan is set to open its largest site to date with a new flagship restaurant in Covent Garden. The opening will represent the group’s eighth site, and follows on from its last opening in Canary Wharf in 2022. Spanning two floors, it is the brand’s second central London restaurant since…
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Aug- 2022 -8 AugustFeatures
The inspiration behind The Long Lane
What inspired the team to open The Long Lane? We had wanted to open a bar before the pandemic on the back of the success and three and a half years trading of our first bar, The Racketeer, in King’s Cross. At times, we were turning away larger bookings and…
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Apr- 2022 -4 AprilNews
Wahaca to begin sustainable expansion plan in London
Mexican restaurant group Wahaca is to secure a series of sites across London that focus on sustainability as it begins a measured expansion programme in the capital. Wahaca plans to open new restaurants in key locations such as King’s Cross, Victoria and strong London suburbs. The brand said it is…
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Nov- 2021 -24 NovemberRestaurants
Booking Office 1869 opens in King’s Cross
Booking Office 1869 has announced that the drinking and dining destination is now open in King’s Cross. The redevelopment of the bar and restaurant was led by hotelier and owner Harry Handelsmanis, and it comes complete with a late license and resident DJs. The room can seat up to 120…
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