Shoreditch
This highlights our coverage of Shoreditch, one of London’s most influential food, drink, and hospitality districts. We report on restaurant and bar launches, chef movements, concept testing, and venue innovations that shape trends well beyond East London. With a focus on operations, branding, and guest experience, our Shoreditch coverage is essential for restaurateurs, bar managers, and foodservice executives tracking high-impact openings, experiential dining formats, and competitive dynamics in one of the UK’s most creative hospitality hubs.
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Jan- 2025 -3 JanuaryNews
Boxpark turnover drops to £19.9m amid ‘confident’ expansion plans
Boxpark’s turnover for the year ended 30 April 2024 dropped marginally to £19.9m, though the food operator said it is “confident” of securing further sites in 2026 and beyond. The group’s financial performance was impacted by a tougher macroeconomic environment with a drop in beverage sales partially offset by an…
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Dec- 2024 -6 DecemberNews-In-Brief
Today’s news in brief – 06/12/24
Cooks Coffee will expand its Irish footprint with Dairygold, which will see the Irish farmer owned co-operative operate and manage four Esquires-branded cafés within its Co-op Superstores in Middleton, Carrigaline, and Mallow in Cork and Raheen in Limerick. The contract is for an initial period of 10 years effective immediately. …
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6 DecemberNews
New dining concept Noisy Oyster to launch in Shoreditch in 2025
The team behind restaurant and wine bar Firebird will launch a new dining concept, Noisy Oyster, in Shoreditch London in spring 2025. Introducing a “modern” take on the seafood bistro, Noisy Oyster will serve seafood and martinis as well as having a “distinctive” design aesthetic. The menu will feature an…
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Nov- 2024 -26 NovemberNews
Rocket Leisure secures £6.4m loan to boost expansion
Live music operator Rocket Leisure has secured a £6.4m loan from digital bank OakNorth to refinance an existing facility, acquire the freehold on its Venn St site and expand with additional sites. Founded in 2010 by brothers Russell and Howard Taylor and their business partner Tom Jackman, the business has…
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21 NovemberNews-In-Brief
Today’s news in brief – 21/11/24
Cooks Coffee saw its total store sales for the UK&I rise 26% to £15.7m and like-for-like sales rise by 5.1%. In the UK, total store sales increased by 36% to £10.87m for the six months ended 30 September 2024. Meanwhile, in Ireland, its total sales increased 6% to £4.83m, and…
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21 NovemberRestaurants
The Clove Club Group announces demerger of Luca and Clove Club
The Clove Club Group co-founders Isaac McHale, Johnny Smith and Daniel Willis have announced an amicable parting of ways. As a result of this the founders will create two separate businesses for their restaurants: The Clove Club and LUCA. Smith and Willis are now co-owners of LUCA, while McHale owns…
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Aug- 2024 -28 AugustNews
Today’s news in brief – 28/08/24
Contract caterers achieved a sales rise by 10% in Q2, marking its 13th quarter of growth in a row and an improvement rate of 7% recorded in the first quarter of this year. The strong performance comes despite another fall in the outlets served by contract caterers, as they now…
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28 AugustNews
De Nadas to open new empanadería in Stoke Newington
De Nadas, the UK’s first empanadería to specialise in Argentinian hand-shaped empanadas, is opening a 20-seater shop on Stoke Newington Church Street in London. The empanada specialist, which first launched on Notting Hill’s Golborne Road in 2022, followed by Shoreditch’s Rivington Street, will open the new shop in North London…
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12 AugustNews
Today’s news in brief – 12/08/24
Revolution Bars Group will go ahead with its restructuring plan, which was first launched on 31 May. The news comes after the group’s subsidiary, Revolution Bars Limited, which proposed the restructuring plan, was sanctioned by the Court last week (8 August). The board expects this plan to deliver a “significant”…
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12 AugustRestaurants
Kricket to launch fifth London site in Shoreditch
Modern-Indian restaurant group Kricket has confirmed plans to launch its fifth site in late 2024. Its second opening this year, co-founders Rik Campbell and Will Bowlby will open a 120-cover all day restaurant and bar in Shoreditch. The duo founded Kricket in 2015 as a pop-up in a shipping container…
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