Josh Barrie

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Josh Barrie is an Evening Standard food and drink writer

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Josh Barrie is an Evening Standard food and drink writer

Food + Drink

The best recipes for Easter, as chosen by the country's top chefs

Try something different this Easter and be sure to try hogget and mutton

19 Apr 2025
Pubs, Bars and Nightlife

The Room Where It Happens: No one could be Les Misérables here

Soho in its actuality is a warm and tender embrace, says Josh Barrie

28 Feb 2025
27 Old Compton Street
Restaurants

Italian-style cafeteria to bring £10 pasta to Soho

The restaurateur behind 40 Dean Street is launching a new more casual concept

27 Feb 2025
Restaurants

Former Gaucho boss appointed CEO of D&D London ahead of rebrand

D&D London is to be renamed the Evolv Collection in April

27 Feb 2025
Food + Drink

How Korean went mainstream — and four recipes to make at home

Sales of gochujang paste are up 71 per cent year-on-year, according to Waitrose

26 Feb 2025
Restaurants

Dave's Hot Chicken launches merch with David Beckham's tattooist

Certified Letter Boy charges upwards of £1,000 per tattoo and is an artist to the stars

26 Feb 2025
G. Kelly
Restaurants

17 London restaurants to visit when dining alone

In the market for a quiet lunch? Josh Barrie picks his favourite places for dining alone

26 Feb 2025
Restaurants

London's best restaurants for a pre-and post-theatre meal

Here’s where to find food worthy of a standing ovation, picked by Ben McCormack and Josh Barrie

24 Feb 2025
081 Pizzeria
Restaurants

081 Pizzeria: cult Neapolitan pizzeria to open in Shoreditch

The new pizzeria will have space for 150 guests

24 Feb 2025
The Crown Hotel Mundford
Pubs, Bars and Nightlife

The Crown in Mundford is an old courthouse serving Murphy's

A pleasing Norfolk pub serving ham, egg and chips and lots of gin

23 Feb 2025
Pubs, Bars and Nightlife

Artur Beterbiev vs Dmitry Bivol: where to watch the boxing in London

Martin Bakole is the late replacement in the fight against Joseph Parker, which takes place beforehand

22 Feb 2025
Bloodsports
Pubs, Bars and Nightlife

On the Sauce at Bloodsports: a neon-lit homage to an American dive bar

London needs more pool tables, says Josh Barrie. Bloodsports has one next to the Psycho-themed photobooth

21 Feb 2025
Spudway
Restaurants

Spudway: Subway sandwiches pivots to jacket potatoes as 'demand soars'

Subway boss Deniz Safa suggested some British customers appear increasingly interested in baked potatoes

19 Feb 2025
Restaurants

The complete guide to all of London’s Michelin-starred restaurants

London's galaxy of stars — every starred restaurant in the capital including the newest additions

18 Feb 2025
Restaurants

Gordon Ramsay protégé Matt Abé to open restaurant at old Le Gavroche

Ramsay has secured a 15-year lease on the famous Mayfair property

18 Feb 2025
Pyra
Restaurants

PYRÃ: New Greek and Spanish restaurant to open in Queen's Park

The menu will include dishes such as shoulder of Pyrenean lamb and grilled octopus skewers

17 Feb 2025
The Flowing Well
Pubs, Bars and Nightlife

Country pub of the week: The Flowing Well, Sunningwell

The Flowing Well earned a feverish reputation for its burgers in the late Noughties

15 Feb 2025
Restaurants

Is Gordon Ramsay Restaurants taking over the former Le Gavroche site?

Le Gavroche closed after 56 years almost a year ago to the day

14 Feb 2025
Interiors of Hoppers, King's Cross
Going Out

On the Sauce at Hoppers: Sri Lankan dreams, St Pancras-style

Josh Barrie visits the Hoppers in King’s Cross, a haven of hot buttered squid and cooling arrack

14 Feb 2025
Restaurants

Ten new London restaurants awarded a Michelin Bib Gourmand

London has seen an influx of hot new affordable restaurants in the past 12 months

12 Feb 2025