Green & Red
The second project from Huw Gott and Will Beckett of the Redchurch Bar and Café has been heavily inspired by the pair's frequent jollies to Mexico. Green & Red houses one of London's largest collections of quality Tequilas.
- Opened: 1 November
- Owner: Huw Gott, Will Beckett, the Worldwide Cocktail Club
- Head chef: Renato Guaraciaba
- General manager: Christian Gaskell
- Capacity: Restaurant 45, bar 300
- Food: Authentic Mexican fodder - unpretentious and designed to share. The menu includes grilled mullet with roasted tomatillo salsa, slow-braised lamb shank, and cut of the moment, pork belly, with all main dishes served with tortillas.
- Prices: Starters £4.50-£7.50, about £12 for a main course, with desserts £4.50-£6
- Address: 51 Bethnal Green Road, London E1 6LA
- Telephone: 020 7749 9670
Christopher's in the City, London
Christopher's in the City follows the tried-and-tested format of the first restaurant in Covent Garden. The new restaurant and bar features many of the original's classic dishes, but owner Christopher Gilmour also promises to cater for discriminating City folk.
- Opened: 25 October
- Owner: Christopher Gilmour
- Head chef: Shaun Arantz
- General manager: Ian Powrie
- Capacity: Restaurant 60, bar 100
- Food: Typical dishes include grilled swordfish with clams "casino" sauce, grilled 10oz New York strip sirloin steak with "Christopher fries" and béarnaise sauce. Leave room for a crème brûlee or chocolate tart with raspberries.
- Prices: Starters £4.50-£8, mains £11.50-19.50, desserts £5.50. House wine £14
- Address: 18 Creechurch Lane, London EC3A 5AY
- Telephone: 020 7623 3999
Gaucho Grill Broadgate, London
Argentine steak restaurant group Gaucho has opened in London's Finsbury Avenue Square, its eighth UK restaurant. Steak aside, the menu also offers a variety of Argentinian specialities and vegetarian and seafood dishes as well as Argentinian wines. Gaucho Grill Broadgate includes a bar on the ground floor, the restaurant on the lower ground floor and a private dining room.
- Opened: 3 November
- Owner: Zev Godik
- Executive chef: Douglas Rodriguez
- General manager: Ryan Hattingh
- Capacity: Restaurant 120, outside seating 40
- Food: Think steak. Fillet, sirloin, and rump, served with a choice of pepper, béarnaise, steak and blue cheese sauce.
- Prices: Starters £6-£12, seafood dishes average £14.50 and steaks £9-£24.50.
- Address: 5 Finsbury Avenue, London EC2M 2PG
- Telephone: 020 7256 6877
Olive Press Pizzeria Bar & Grill, Bolton
Rustic Italy is given a £500,000 noughties makeover in downtown Bolton at the fifth branch of chef Paul Heathcote's Olive Press Pizzeria Bar & Grill. It features cracked-plaster walls, oak-wood flooring, and a floor-to-ceiling column-cum-wine rack. Three dining areas and two bars are spread over two floors and a glass-fronted mezzanine.
- Opened: 10 October
- Owner: Heathcotes Restaurants
- Head chef: Rick McCardle
- General manager: Ben Wiseman
- Capacity: 135
- Food: Watch the chefs prepare your meal in the ground-floor open kitchen. Try shellfish and saffron risotto, followed by brick-fired roast porchetta - or Italian sucking pig - and warm walnut and fig tart for dessert.
- Prices: starters £2.75-£6.95, mains £5-£10. Brick-fired dishes start at £7.50
- Address: 28 Nelson Square, Bolton BL1 1JT
- Telephone: 01204 521007