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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Oct- 2025 -15 OctoberBusiness
Red Engine secures £70m funding to drive expansion
Red Engine, the owner of Flight Club and Electric Shuffle, has reportedly expanded its lending facility to £70m to support its new venue openings in the UK and overseas, according to Sky News. As the operator of the social darks and shuffleboard brands, it has secured an additional £10m in…
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Aug- 2025 -15 AugustCafes and Coffee Shops
Finsbury Food acquires majority stake in Lola’s Cupcakes
Finsbury Food Group has confirmed it has acquired a 70% majority stake in Lola’s Cupcakes, marking its entry into the direct-to-consumer market. According to Sky News, the deal could value the cupcake chain at more than £25m. The cupcake business trades from a network of 45 kiosks and collection lockers…
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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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