Four to Eight - Soho Grind - Lima
On the blog today, a new Italian restaurant in Covent Garden, coffee & cocktails in Soho, and a new boozy Sunday lunch deal at Michelin-starred Lima.Friday 26th September - Seven of us piled in to...
View ArticleLondon Cocktail Week 2014
Here we go. It's London Cocktail Week again. Rather than write it up two months later like last year, I'm going to try and keep this updated during the week (let's see how that goes) so do check back...
View ArticlePicture - Pudding Bar - Loves Company - Sun Tavern
Two lively East London bars and some pudding in Soho coming up, but first, a lunch with Dad The List at Picture Restaurant in Marylebone.Monday September 29th - We thought we might be the first ones...
View ArticleFat Bear - DandeLyan
Wednesday 15th October - Anyone with a London Cocktail Week hangover should even things out with dinner at The Fat Bear, the latest popup to take over the upstairs space at The Rising Sun. Previous...
View ArticleIslington Brewhouse & Kitchen - Wild Game Co. - Talented Mr Fox -...
Tuesday 21st October - London may well have 70+ breweries operating at the moment, but there is only a handful of good brewpubs. To that short list, we can now add Brewhouse & Kitchen, who have...
View ArticlePachamama - The Bayou - BYOC
Thursday 16th October - Now, I've never been to Peru, but I did go to Lima a couple of weeks ago.On top of that, I have now encountered Pachamama ("Mother Earth") herself, so that must make me a bit of...
View ArticleNight Elm - Som Saa - Look Mum No Hands
Friday 31st October - Battersea to Broadway Market takes about an hour on a good day, so when an East London amigo of mine threw a Halloween party, I decided to do a little pre-drinking and eating to...
View ArticleLe Chalet - Pont St - 40 Maltby Street
Half Term + Food & Drink Blogger = Boozy Lunches! I'll keep the chat to a minimum as the photos tell most of the story. Check out www.mattthelist.tumblr.com for more food & drink snaps from...
View ArticleNight Tales - Wigwambam - Cafe Pistou - Jerusalem Tavern
On the blog today - Mezzanine whisky, hot cocktails & street food at Night Tales, marshmallow roasting in a rooftop wigwam, comforting provençale food at the new Café Pistou, and a classic London...
View ArticleSpring
Dad The List : Guest Post– For the sixth of these occasional postings, Matt suggested that I report on ‘the main London opening of the autumn’ - Spring, in the old Inland Revenue offices in Somerset...
View ArticleDishoom King's Cross - Bump Caves - Truffles & Vaults
Monday November 10th - "You are within a restored Victorian industrial building - a former railway transit shed, built in 1850. To Londoners this is a warehouse, but to Bombayites, it would be a...
View ArticleFields Café - The Pepper Tree
Sunday 16th November - Clapham Common is raising its game. WC Wine & Charcuterie, The Dairy, Brickwood, Craft Beer Co., and most recently The Manor have all settled down in SW4 in the last couple...
View ArticleSmoking Goat - Draughts - High Water
Friday 21st November - The London food scene is doing its best impression of the capital's bus network at the moment. We wait for ages and then three lobster shacks and twoNew York delis come along at...
View ArticleThe Manor - Bermondsey Arts Club - 108 Brasserie
Wednesday 26th November - Ah, The Dairy. Seven months have passed since my first encounter with their rooftop carrots. A hundred or so restaurants later, and only Pizza Loves Emily in Brooklyn have...
View ArticleMast Brothers at Bulldog Edition - HotBox and 46 & Mercy - Ginstock 2014
A speedy, photo heavy round-up of recent excursions on the blog today, featuring Brooklyn-based chocolatiers at the Ace Hotel, BBQ & basement booze from HotBox London, and juniper japes at Ginstock...
View ArticleVagabundo - Crust Conductor - Small White Elephant
Saturday 13th December - Previous visits to Peckham have seen broken projectors and powercuts attempting to disrupt my plans. Surely nothing could go wrong at brunch o'clock?On a friend's...
View ArticleStokey Bears - Original Sin - Pisco Embassy - Rosa's Thai Café
Today on the blog - Matt The Trek. No, not a William Shatner skit, rather a mission to Stoke Newington : The Final Frontier. Men (and women) have boldy gone there before, some even live there. And...
View ArticleHolborn Grind - Bar Termini - Belsazar Vermouth
Wednesday 10th December - There's no stopping Grind & Co.. First came Shoreditch Grind, the iconic Old Street café which made a name for itself when it started opening later and serving Espresso...
View ArticleThe Good Egg - Christmas in Jerusalem Special
Merry Christmas one and all! I won't take up too much of your festive free time today; this is a short and snappy post.With any luck, Father Christmas & co. brought you a load of cash that you...
View ArticleSovereign Loss - Birdcage - Wilton's Music Hall
Happy New Year! Matt The List soldiers on as usual. Here are three recent highlights from last month:Thursday 18th December - The food scene in Brixton Market has been turning heads for some time now,...
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