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Italian Eatery Semola Opens On Hove's Church Street
Semola's kitchen mixes innovation with Italian tradition. Classics like lasagna and linguine pommidoro sit alongside the less well-known dishes like the Pinsa Romana, described as "the ancestor of pizza" with a thin, crispy base, available as a Margherita or with tuna and onions. The...
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British small plates and natural wine from new jewellery shop restaurant 1909
There’s a real diamond of a restaurant open in The Lanes as jewellery shop Pressley’s welcomes 1909 onto its first floor. Named after the year the business was founded, the venue hopes to deliver top quality, organic small plates while still being affordable. The interiors are made of...
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Patty & Bun spread its wings, opening a new site in Brighton's winding Lanes area
The burger aficionados behind famous London chain Patty & Bun are looking further afield, cracking into Brighton's tough-nut nightlife scene by opening a new site later this year. Moving into the former stomping ground of Piccolo Italian Restaurant on Ship Street, the team will serve their...
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Holy cluck - The Bok Shop is bringing delicious fried chicken and vegan dishes to Brighton
The Hot as Cluck, The Satay Night Fever and The Believe I Can Thai are all on the menu at Brighton's latest cool hang out. Located on the edge of The Lanes, The Bok Shop is a new restaurant that specialises in fried chicken and vegan-friendly seitan dishes. Along with amazingly named burgers, the...
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Coppa Club to transform Brighton Square with all-day eating and all-weather 'piazza'
Coppa Club Tower Bridge is famous in London thanks to its cute cabana-style hideaways on their outside terrace, and it looks like a beautiful and iconic part of Brighton is getting the same treatment. They plan to revitalise Brighton Square, converting three of the units into a 3600 sq ft, all-day...
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A Huge Cheese Festival is Coming to Brighton With Pizza, Cheese, Craft Beer and Live Music
There's brie-lliant news as The Big Cheese Festival comes to Brighton Racecourse for March 2018.
Start crossing off the days on your calendars as a huge cheese festival is set to come to Brighton in 2018. The Big Cheese Festival is a celebration of all things dairy as traders and street food...
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One Of Britain's Best Chefs To Open New Restaurant In Brighton Arches
If competing on BBC's Great British Menu and running renowned 64 Degrees wasn't enough, Michael Bremner has now opened a second restaurant, this time in Brighton's restored arches. The top chef opened Murmur - named after the murmurations of swallows that fly around the area - in summer 2017 and...
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Patterns' New Cocktail Menu Includes Frozen Prosecco Slushies
Patterns are serving a frozen cocktail menu for summer 2017 which includes frosecco - frozen prosecco.
While we seem to spend nine months of the year counting down until the weather warms up, Patterns have made it worth the wait as they announce a new frozen cocktail menu for summer 2017. The...
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New Mexican street food restaurant has a mural dedicated to Donald Trump
Halisco isn’t just bringing the street food over from Mexico, it’s bringing the sense of humour too. Sitting pride of place and greeting visitors to their restaurant is a mural dedicated to American president Donald Trump. The not-so-flattering painting by street artist Nick Burdett...
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Mr Lyan taps into Silo's zero-waste theme, opening a new bar in the famous Brighton restaurant
Silo restaurant on Upper Gardner Street is famous for its fresh dishes and zero-waste food policy.
The famous Ryan Chetiyawardana, known in the cocktail world as Mr Lyan, has teamed up with chef Douglas McMaster to open a new bar within Brighton's Silo restaurant. Opening in June, the newly...
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Articles by month
October 2017
August 2017
- British small plates and natural wine from new jewellery shop restaurant 1909
- Patty & Bun spread its wings, opening a new site in Brighton's winding Lanes area
- Holy cluck - The Bok Shop is bringing delicious fried chicken and vegan dishes to Brighton
June 2017
- Coppa Club to transform Brighton Square with all-day eating and all-weather 'piazza'
- A Huge Cheese Festival is Coming to Brighton With Pizza, Cheese, Craft Beer and Live Music
- One Of Britain's Best Chefs To Open New Restaurant In Brighton Arches
May 2017
- Patterns' New Cocktail Menu Includes Frozen Prosecco Slushies
- New Mexican street food restaurant has a mural dedicated to Donald Trump
- Mr Lyan taps into Silo's zero-waste theme, opening a new bar in the famous Brighton restaurant
April 2017
March 2017
- We sent our Vegan-in-Chief to VegFest Brighton
- Top chef behind pop-up Flank to open new restaurant in Brighton
- 5 Things You Can Only Do in Brighton
January 2017
- Harry Potter Pub Crawl Set To Bewitch Brighton
- Brighton Bier save 200-year-old venue on Edward Street
December 2016
- Curry Leaf Cafe opening third venture in Kemptown
- Mash Tun's Celebrity Deathboard sums up 2016
- Great British Menu chef Matt Gillan transforms a Brighton institution into the Pike and Pine
November 2016
- Brighton set for three-day beer bonanza as Oktoberfest announced for 2017
- New fine dining restaurant in Hove from 2013 Masterchef winner
- Supper club pros Cin Cin try their hand at running a restaurant in Brighton
- Get lost in the forest with Patterns this winter in Brighton
October 2016
September 2016
- It's time to give a phok about Vietnamese dining in Brighton
- Dottie's Cafe will be Brighton's very first sign language cafe
August 2016
- North Laine Brewery - Brighton Pub Review
- Indian Summer - Brighton Restaurant Review
- The Chilli Pickle - Brighton Restaurant Review
- Give up the 'gram, The Gin Tub stops phone signal
July 2016
June 2016
May 2016
- Street Food to Scoff in Brighton: Our Top 5
- Grand Central - Brighton Pub Review
- Top 5 Summer Cooler Cocktails in Brighton
- National Vegetarian Week: Top 5 Vegetarian Bites in Brighton
- Slices o' sourdough from Brighton's first Franco Manca
April 2016
- Brighton Fringe Festival returns with brand new seaside Spiegeltent space
- Brighton Pier SOLD, to the highest bar bidder
- Tempest Inn - Brighton Bar Review
March 2016
January 2016
- Drinks come shaken, stirred and with a side of Italian food at Brighton's newest venue
- Skyfall Hove - Brighton Restaurant Review
- Let's taco 'bout Brighton's newest Mexican restaurant, Wahaca
- Looking to pick up a wiener after a late night out in Brighton?
December 2015
November 2015
- Introducing Brighton's botanically-based basement bar, Dandelion
- Stock Burger Co. to open beachfront grub hub
- Vegetarian restaurant chain, 1847, plants a new site in Brighton
October 2015
September 2015
- The taste of Thailand washes up on Brighton's scene.
- Awaken your senses by dining in the dark
- The Nightingale Room - Brighton Bar Review
- Polpo pushes to the South coast for next venture
- Steampunk themed boozin' hits Brighton's shores
- The Salt Room - Restaurant Review
August 2015
- Senor Buddha - Restaurant Review
- The Breakfast Club - Restaurant Bar Review
- Dead Wax Social - Restaurant Bar Review
- Fourth & Church praises Brighton's local produce with cosy neighbourhood shop and wine bar
- Authentic pizzeria Fatto A Mano enchants revellers on Brighton's bustling London Road
- Tapas meets the Orient at Preston Circus eatery
- Skyfall washes up on Brighton's seafront
July 2015
June 2015
May 2015
- Brighton's Grand Central Pub unveils opulent performance venue
- Vinyl bar flies the flag for Brighton’s music industry
- Brighton gets even kookier with Kooks coming to the North Laines
- City’s first micropub opens on Hove’s Goldstone Villas
April 2015
- Spiegeltent returns to Brighton for a Spring fling
- Cocktails, cavorting and feeds arrive on Middle Street
- BLOC bursts onto Brighton's clubbing scene
March 2015
February 2015
- Cave capers from new subterranean inspired seafront boozer
- Iconic Audio venue in Brighton to re-open as Patterns this May
- Brighton's taste trailblazers Set up new restaurant in creative overnight cove
- The Cyclist - Restaurant Bar Review
- Brighton's The Hope to reopen after complete makover
- From coal to ocean goal - An interview with The Salt Room's Razak Helalat
January 2015
December 2014
- Lots of little fishies on dishies at new seafood joint on Beachfront
- Boogying and light bites on Beachfront
- Silo & 64 Degrees Pop-Up Foodie Collaboration
- Crystalline dinner sittings as The Coal Shed plans to open a second, seafront restaurant
November 2014
- Licence to Drill as music festival comes to Brighton
- The Plotting Parlour - Cocktail Bar Review
- Embark on a Dining Adventure at Foodie Pop-Up
- We're dreaming of a White Christmas
October 2014
- Boas and babes as Brighton gets its first Burlesque festival
- Brighton's clowning around with The Joker opening
- Fusion restaurant in The Lanes grants diners a la carte blanche
- Brighton nabs the UK's first permanent zero-waste restaurant
- Coliseum Replaces Digital On Brighton's Infamous Beachfront Party Strip
