Monday Bulletin: Solaya & The Shaston Arms

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SOLAYA

Kenny Atkinson, holder of Michelin stars at his two Newcastle restaurants, House of Tides and Solstice by Kenny Atkinson, is heading for the capital. This autumn, he will launch Solaya, a new French Mediterranean restaurant on the 25th floor of the art’otel London Hoxton. The sky-high venue will boast a 70-cover dining room, private dining balconies, a lounge and bar, and sweeping 360-degree views of the city. Atkinson, a previous Great British Menu winner, is named as concept chef; running the kitchen day-to-day will be head chef Nicola Losquadro, latterly of Sucre and Mere.

Small Plates

• Joe Grossmann, of Patty&Bun and The Waterman’s Arms, is taking over The Shaston Arms—the beloved Soho pub that closed recently after 25 years. The pub will reopen in October serving “elevated pub classics in a pared back style.”
   
• Another famed London boozer under new ownership: The Macbeth in Hoxton, which Jamie Allan, ex The Plimsoll, will relaunch in August. Allan’s menu will take inspiration from Portuguese tascas. Think snail rice, and pork and cheese rolls.
   
• Brian Woo, protégé of the late Nguyen Thi Thanh—AKA The Lunch Lady from Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations—will take over the former Frenchie site in Covent Garden with a branch of his southern Vietnamese restaurant Cô Thành in September.
  
  
• Berlin speciality coffee roasters The Barn have opened their first London café on Charlotte Street in Fitzrovia. Willkommen!
  
  
• More maritozzi—Forno, the bakery arm of Ombra in Hackney, has opened a second site in Leytonstone.
  
  
• Chips ahoy! Dutch star chef Sergio Herman (in partnership with Riccardo Giraudi of Le Petit Beefbar etc) is bringing his fancy fries brand Frites Atelier to Soho this year.
  
  
• Danish restaurant group Sticks ‘n’ Sushi has chosen Glasgow for the opening of its first Scottish restaurant in November.
  
  
• Minor Hotels, owners of the Wolseley Hospitality Group, have confirmed plans to open hotels under The Wolseley and Colbert brands.
  
  
• Chef Andrew Sheridan’s Open Restaurant Group will open its eighth restaurant, Noted, a 20-cover all-day restaurant, in Chester in September.
  
  
• East London’s Bing Bong Pizza is popping up at Grain&Hearth in Whitstable from 18-19 July with wine, oysters, and one-off specials.