Archive for the ‘LDG addition’ Category

HOTEL: SHOREDITCH ROOMS (SHOREDITCH)

Tuesday, June 1st, 2010

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Shoreditch Rooms brings 26 light airy bedrooms to Shoreditch House, featuring vintage twists within an urban setting. The rooms are spread across five floors, sharing their main entrance with Shoreditch House on Ebor Street. (more…)

HOTEL: TOWN HALL HOTEL APARTMENTS (BETHNAL GREEN)

Monday, May 17th, 2010

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After a visionary extension and sensitive restoration, the imposing Bethnal Green Town Hall in London’s East End is now open as Town Hall Hotel Apartments. (more…)

RESTAURANT: VIAJANTE (BETHNAL GREEN)

Monday, April 19th, 2010

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Celebrated Portuguese chef Nuno Mendes has opened Viajante – his new restaurant in the Grade II listed Bethnal Green Town Hall, one of East London’s most historic buildings. (more…)

SHOP: THE LOLLIPOP SHOPPE (SPITALFIELDS)

Wednesday, April 14th, 2010

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Successful Brighton design store The Lollipop Shoppe has opened its first London outlet within Old Spitalfields Market, selling a diverse portfolio of products from watches to furniture and cushions to lighting. (more…)

SHOP: SKITSCH, BROMPTON

Thursday, April 8th, 2010

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SKITSCH is an Italian producer and retailer of contemporary design, which launched with aplomb in Milan in April 2009. Now they have opened a new 350-square-metre store on Brompton Road, in the heart of the Brompton Design District. (more…)

RESTAURANT: CARAVAN, CLERKENWELL

Wednesday, April 7th, 2010

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Caravan is a new restaurant, bar, and coffee roastery located on the popular Exmouth Market in London’s Clerkenwell. It is open seven days a week serving three menus – breakfast, all day, and brunch on the weekends. (more…)

RESTAURANT: DOCK KITCHEN, LADBROKE GROVE

Wednesday, March 10th, 2010

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The Dock Kitchen is here to stay! Housed at Portobello Dock – the studio and showroom base for designer Tom Dixon – the restaurant was initially set up as a temporary intervention to make use of the old kitchen space. Its success since launching in September 2009 has now secured its permanent home. (more…)

RESTAURANT: CIRCUS, COVENT GARDEN

Wednesday, January 13th, 2010

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Circus is now open – Covent Garden’s new restaurant, bar, and ‘entertainment experience’, the design of which has been created by Design Research Studio, headed up by British designer Tom Dixon. (more…)

RESTAURANT: VIET HOA CAFE, SHOREDITCH

Friday, January 8th, 2010

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Viet Hoa Cafe, the first Vietnamese restaurant to have opened in an area that is now dubbed London’s ‘Little Saigon,’ has undergone a total interior refit to distinguish itself from its shabbier culinary competitors on Kingsland Road. (more…)

RESTAURANT: SUPPERCLUB LONDON, NOTTING HILL

Tuesday, January 5th, 2010

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Have you ever eaten out while lying down on a comfy bed? Chances are, if you’ve visited Amsterdam you would have been to or heard of the famous Dutch restaurant/bar/club – supperclub – which does exactly that. Now they have opened in London’s Notting Hill. (more…)