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Josh Barrie is an Evening Standard food and drink writer

Events and Things To Do

The best family friendly activities for the Easter weekend

From the Albert Hall’s Good Friday concert to Battersea Power Station’s inaugural chocolate market, here’s how to celebrate

20 Apr 2025
Dead Rabbit x Lyaness
Pubs, Bars and Nightlife

New York's famed Dead Rabbit comes to London for first time since 2017

Ryan Chetiyawardana’s award-winning cocktail bar Lyaness is to host the famous Irish boozer

29 Aug 2024
Waitrose picnic
Food + Drink

Pies and wine: the big picnic taste test

David Ellis and Josh Barrie scrutinise the supermarkets to find out who offers banquets on blankets, and who’s a few crisps short of a sandwich?

29 Aug 2024
KHAOBIRD
Restaurants

Northern Thai BBQ restaurant Khao Bird to open above Globe Tavern

The concept is inspired by the busy night markets of Chiang Mai and beyond

28 Aug 2024
Food + Drink

Maccies menu changes? Please get rid of the terrible hash browns

McDonald’s hash browns are nothing more than cadaverous oblongs, says Josh Barrie

28 Aug 2024
Gold Service Scholarship
Food + Drink

Tom Kerridge and Clare Smyth help launch top hospitality scholarship

Organisers want to reward up-and-comers in the industry, and champion progress

23 Aug 2024
Events and Things To Do

Notting Hill Carnival: Everything you need to know for 2024

From steel bands to mas performers, here’s what to see and do at carnival this year

23 Aug 2024
The GreyhThe Greyhound
Food + Drink

Former Brixton HMP inmate to launch permanent residency at Peckham pub

Nathaniel Mortley turned his life around with help from prison cooking charity Clink

22 Aug 2024
Burger
Restaurants

Thank god American smash burgers have killed our 'posh' patties

Enormous burgers are more fad than pleasurable dining experience

22 Aug 2024
7th Street Burger
Restaurants

7th Street Burger: New York's 'best' smash burgers to pop-up in Soho

Smash burgers have swept fatter, thicker, ‘gourmet’ sandwiches swiftly aside

20 Aug 2024
Restaurants

Rick Stein plans first central London restaurant after sales boom

Rick and Jill Stein opened their first seafood restaurant in 1975

20 Aug 2024
Restaurants

St John to return to 1994 menu (and prices) to celebrate 30th birthday

St John, one of London’s most famous restaurants, is marking its 30th year with a host of celebrations

20 Aug 2024
Restaurants

Our pick of the very best Sunday roasts in London

From cosy boozers to high-end hotels, here’s where to find the roasts with the most

19 Aug 2024
Pubs, Bars and Nightlife

London's best waterside pubs and bars for summer drinking

London is without the sea, but there are plenty of pubs and bars close to water, whether river, canal or boatyard

13 Aug 2024
Restaurants

18 London restaurants for out-of-towners (that are actually worth it)

Whether you’re a tourist or a long-suffering Londoner tasked with showing off the city, Clare Finney, Josh Barrie and Ben McCormack on some of the capital’s failsafe restaurants

8 Aug 2024
Barley Mow
Pubs, Bars and Nightlife

On the Sauce at the Barley Mow

This historic Marylebone pub is a charming place for a pint, says Josh Barrie

7 Aug 2024
National Oyster Week
Restaurants

Three classic recipes for oysters from seafood restaurant J Sheekey

Oysters have been enjoyed in London since records began. Here are a few handy ways to enjoy yours

5 Aug 2024
Marquee Moon
Restaurants

Closed Dalston boozer to become restaurant, bar and music venue

A 3am licence on Friday and Saturday nights brings ample promise

1 Aug 2024