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Hands Free
2 August 2003
Sadly two of the great hotel of London, The Grosvenor House Hotel and The Waldorf, have been forced into receivership by The Royal Bank of Scotland.
Frogs Legs And Escargots Now Cheaper
30 July 2003
VAT on restaurant bills in France has been cut from 19.6% down to just 5.5%, despite the fact that the EU is working to harmonise taxes and this is directly in conflict with that declared aim.
Thistle And Christopher's End A Prickly Relationship
25 July 2003
Sadly Christopher's American Bar and Grill in the Thistle Victoria Hotel is now no longer as owner Christopher Gilmour felt that Thistle was asking too high a revised rent for the premises, which are conveniently situated next to Victoria Station to catch the international traveller.
Oh, I Do Like To Be Beside The Seaside
22 July 2003
A combination of the strong euro, a lessened desire to sit in the sun, the generally good British summer so far and a huge improvement in the quality in British hotels and restaurants is leading more British to spend their holidays at home.
Fuller? – No, Emptier
17 July 2003
At the AGM of Fuller, Smith and Turner’s, one of the top London brewers, it was stated that the present quiet period in London is having an extremely adverse effect on business at its pubs, hotels and restaurants.
Gordon Ramsay Chef Flew Too High
10 July 2003
An excess of alcohol and cocaine caused the sad death of Head Chef David Dempsey, of Gordon Ramsay Restaurant in Royal Hospital Road, an inquest heard.
It's A Fyne Day For Le Petit Blanc
1 July 2003
There is a happy ending for the ‘Le Petit Blanc’ group of four restaurants that went into administration in April this year.
Will London Get Food Prepared The Stein Way?
29 June 2003
Rick Stein, famed proprietor of the Seafood Restaurant and other businesses in Padstow, Cornwall, has expressed an interest in opening a restaurant in London.
Rocco Forte Steps Back In Time
22 June 2003
Sir Rocco Forte has bought the famous Brown's hotel in London, home of the renowned 1837 restaurant, for a sum exceeding £50 million, from Raffles International.
Human Takeaway At Conran Restaurant
11 June 2003
Following an immigration squad’s raid at Bluebird, Sir Terence Conran’s restaurant in the King’s Road, Chelsea, six illegal immigrants were taken away immediately for deportation, with apparently at least another three to follow.
