The Kolkata-inspired Chourangi, Sven-Hanson Britt's long-awaited debut, the second coming for Manteca and the multi-dimensional 3 Henrietta Street are among this month's key restaurant openings.
The owners of Hackney s NEST have renamed and repositioned their Fulham restaurant Harlequin, bringing in a new team of considerable pedigree in the process.
What: A new restaurant on Fulham’s Wandsworth Bridge Road that’s currently serving diners on a covered and - thankfully given this unfortunately-timed cold snap - heated terrace adorned with hanging plants. FENN takes its name from the old English word for low-lying wetland, a nod to its focus on ‘locally sourced, British seasonal dishes’.
Who: FENN is owned by Luke Wasserman, Toby Neill and Johnnie Crowe, the team behind Hackney’s NEST. The trio previously operated the set menu-only Harlequin in the same spot. FENN is a play for slightly more casual territory - it offers a flexible a la carte menu alongside a set menu - and is also more stylistically aligned to NEST in terms of its branding and overall proposition. Heading up the restaurant day-to-day are long-standing back and fro