After work drinks are back! Check out this Soho pop-up August 1, 2025 Casamigos Tequila will host a two-day celebration in central London next week, with a programme of events taking place across several Soho venues. Taking place on Tuesday 12 and Wednesday 13 August, the event – titled CASA-SOHO – will see The Blue Posts on Berwick Street temporarily renamed The Teal Posts. The venue will serve [...]
Eat, Drink, Sleep, Repeat: Kudu, Kanpai Classic and Bob Bob Ricard July 30, 2025 London is a gastronomic cornucopia, a city blessed with uniquely diverse cuisines and dining styles. From Michelin-level fine dining to street food, we can proudly boast the finest restaurants from across the globe. This week alone I visited South Africa (in Peckham), Japan (in Soho) and France (Bob Bob Ricard in the Leadenhall Building). Here’s [...]
UK retail sales bounce back as Brits enjoyed warmest June on record July 25, 2025 Sales for UK retailers rose last month as Britons enjoyed the warmest June on record, which helped drive sales of food and drink, according to official figures. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said overall retail sales volume rose by 0.9 per cent in June, following a 2.8 per cent fall in May, as consumers [...]
EXCLUSIVE: The Ned to launch members’ club in the countryside amid aggressive growth plans that echo Soho House July 24, 2025 City icon The Ned is set to open a “rural” estate in the UK as part of an aggressive expansion plan, with a first outpost in mainland Europe also in the pipeline. Group managing director Gareth Banner told City PM the company has three additional “very serious offers with either real estate owners or potential [...]
Eat, drink, sleep, repeat: The best summer restaurants in London July 17, 2025 It has been a busy fortnight for the Bluebird brand I oversee as CEO of the Evolv Collection. In our Liverpool Street South Place Hotel, we launched the Bluebird Club, while at Silverstone we entertained drivers, celebrities and musicians with our trackside Bluebird Backstage lounge. And over in Chelsea, we have been the unofficial Wimbledon [...]
The best places to drink Portuguese wine in London right now July 15, 2025 Portuguese wine has flown relatively under the radar when compared to its neighbours France, Italy and Spain. “I’m bewildered when I visit a restaurant and there’s nothing from Portugal,” says Max Graham, founder of Bar Douro. “It offers such diversity – from mountains to the Atlantic coast and volcanic islands, there are over 250 native [...]
Coq d’Argent review: Is this the best rooftop restaurant in the City? July 15, 2025 City PM’s inaugural Toast the City Awards has set off to discover the things that make the Square Mile great, from the coffee shop you always stop at to the gym class you never skip. Among the categories is the Best Restaurant, which will celebrate the top place to eat in Canada. This [...]
The best sandwich in the City, from Porterford to Dilieto July 12, 2025 There is no better testament to how seriously the Square Mile takes its lunch than the queues snaking out of sandwich shop doors. Workers happily wait, shuffle and press to get their fix of bread and spread, meal deals be damned. Here is a list of City PM’s favourite sandwiches in the City, from wraps [...]
Forget Dry January – now it’s time for Dry July July 7, 2025 Not content with one month of sobriety in the form of Dry January, I have been made aware Dry July is now a thing too. At least this time of year makes a little more sense to me. January is a bitter, joyless month where the comforts of a glass of good red wine by [...]
