It was a real shocker when Santo Remedio closed its doors late last year. The cute taco restaurant near Old Street was loved from Jay to Giles to Tom, not to mention the paying public. The good news is it’s back, at a new location on Tooley Street, SE1, which they partly Crowdfunded. We visit in the first few days of opening so a smaller … Continue reading Santo Remedio, Tooley Street
London is going taco mad at the minute, which is no bad thing. I visited EL Pastor (from the Hart Brothers, who own Quo Vadis in Soho and Barrafina, and Crispin Somerville) the day after Breddos in Clerkenwell and I have to say I fell in love with both. El Pastor sits in a railway arch in the heart of Borough Market. The front half … Continue reading El Pastor, Borough Market
Based on Goswell Road in Clerkenwell, this is buddies Nud Dudhia and Chris Whitney’s first permanent restaurant after years of pop ups and street fooding. We first tried their tacos at Street Feast and they were a little bit bloomin’ lovely. Inside it’s a cute spot. There’s a long shared table in the middle of the room and a bar at the back which overlooks … Continue reading Breddos Tacos, Clerkenwell
Bó Drake is an East Asian BBQ restaurant (just a few doors down from 10 Greek Street) that serves an interesting mash up between Korean and Mexican – Korexican if you will. Unlike Jinjuu in Carnaby Street, it does so rather well. Inside it’s very dark and sexy. You can sit at tables in the small dining room out the back but the real fun … Continue reading Bo Drake
Having been to La Bodega Negra with my gentleman companion when it just opened I thought the time had come to return – this time with some Merlot guzzling friends who were up for a party. As I went to open the door to a sex shop, both my friends laughed and carried on walking. They eventually followed me in and I could sense they … Continue reading La Bodega Negra
