Restaurants — Writing — Joe Patrick Rogers

LONDON'S BEST NEW COCKTAILS

“Put down the shaker, screw the cap back on the Campari, stop trying to figure out how to make those big clear ice cubes in your little home freezer; it’s time to give cocktail duties back to the professionals. After a tough year-or-so for the industry it’s basically the duty of every self-respecting cocktailian to head out and support our favourite spots by getting a few rounds in. Just as well then, that London’s bartenders are offering new menus, honed over months of lockdown, and filed with new drinks to get acquainted with. These are some of the best new cocktails on offer in the capital right now. Cheers.”

See the full list at the Spectator.

Bars, cocktails, London, Restaurants, spirits, WineJoe RogersJune 7, 2021London, Lockdown, Cocktails

BRITAIN'S TOP CHEFS ON WHERE TO EAT AFTER LOCKDOWN

“After long months of social distancing, the scramble is on to book those all-important first meals out. You can almost taste it, can’t you. Someone else’s cooking, served on someone else’s plates. It’s a universal truth that the best tips on where to eat come from within the industry. Here, some of Britain’s best chefs share the spots they’re heading to as soon as the lockdown lifts.”

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Bars, Restaurants, LondonJoe RogersApril 14, 2021restaurants, Lockdown, London

CHARCOAL VS GAS: WHICH IS BETTER FOR BBQS?

“Long before we pick up the tongs and crack open the first of seventeen-or-so stubby beers we have to ask the big question; charcoal or gas? The debate over which fuel is best can take on almost tribal dimensions, fraught with foodie orthodoxy. In truth, both camps have their good points and choosing between them is mostly about deciding what barbecuing means to you.”

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Restaurants, FoodJoe RogersJune 24, 2020bbq, meat, cooking

A MEAT EATERS' GUIDE TO LONDON

“We should probably get steak out of the way first. You’ve had steak before, you probably have a good idea of how you like it, and this is the sort of city that ought to have plenty of good places to eat it.”

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Restaurants, London, BarsJoe RogersFebruary 4, 2020restaurants, steak, offal

A SEAFOOD LOVERS' GUIDE TO LONDON

London has always loved seafood. Step down onto the foreshore of the Thames by Borough Market and you will see ancient oyster shells among the pebbles and the fragments of clay pipe. Londoners have been throwing them into the river since the market was established in the 12th century.

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Restaurants, LondonJoe RogersNovember 26, 2019Seafood, restaurants, where to eat

LONDON'S BEST GAME BARS

‘The Great British night out has changed. Londoners thirsty for novelty are looking to a new wave of venues that offer competition with their cocktails. Think beyond the local pub with its pre-smoking-ban dartboard and decimated Scrabble. These bars with games are there to get our adrenaline flowing and even tug on our nostalgic heartstrings. They’re also perfect for getting the conversation flowing between you and Susan from HR on your office outing and airing friendly rivalries in what starts out as a healthy way…’

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Bars, cocktails, RestaurantsJoe RogersNovember 7, 2019London bars, cocktails, restaurants, videogames

WHERE TO WATCH THE RUGBY WORLD CUP

‘If you’re wondering what a hotel in W1 is doing having an ‘orangery’ that isn’t the half of it; Ham Yard also boasts a cinema, that nice courtyard, a bowling alley, and (probably) a bit of moorland out the back where you can do some grouse shooting. So any non-rugby fans press-ganged into attendance can always sneak off and find other entertainment if they get bored…’

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Restaurants, BarsJoe RogersNovember 7, 2019rugby, Rugby World Cup, sports bars, London, London bars

LONDON'S BEST OUTDOOR EATERIES

My low-down of the best new openings for outdoor eating in London 2019.

“Anyone living in SW4 has chef Robin Gill to thank for enlivening the restaurant scene in Clapham with his restaurants the Dairy, Counter Culture, and Sorella. His latest venture, at Embassy Gardens in Nine Elms, is a venue with outdoor seating from which to take in the sun and, eventually, a view of the clear-walled sky pool suspended 10 storeys above.”

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RestaurantsJoe RogersApril 17, 2019london, restaurants, outdoor dining, Barrafina, Derby's