The Best of a Bumper Year ; Despite the Downturn, 2008 Was a Boom Time for New Openings. Here Our Critic Picks Her Favourites
Evening Standard - London › December 17, 2008
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AS FROSTY winds make moan and the media paint pictures of families huddling around a baked parsnip for Christmas lunch, it is, how shall we say, piquant to find that Harden's Guide has announced that the last quarter of 2008 looks set to go down in history as a boom period for London restaurant openings "possibly an out-and- out record". Of course, restaurants are planned long before they open but it reflects how precipitous the financial floundering has been.
My guide the first half is below, the second half appears next week celebrates the best of this bountiful 2008 and highlights a few that just maybe will not endure.See the full content of this document
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The Best of a Bumper Year ; Despite the Downturn, 2008 Was a Boom Time for New Openings. Here Our Critic Picks Her Favourites
LOCAL FRIENDS The north London bias is coincidental.
But better move there since part of the charm of an excellent local is getting to it on foot. Jean-Christophe Slowik put in 20 years with Marco Pierre White before going it alone at L'ABSINTHE in Primrose Hill. French bistro fo...See the full content of this document
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