UD | The 5 New Places to Eat in London This Year

If you have trouble reading this email, go to the online version 01/08/12   Five Easy Pieces Where to Eat This Year in London 2012. Big year for London. The Olympics. The Queen's Diamond Jubilee. (It's a thing.) And more importantly, the opening of the city's first La Esquina. Behold, London's five most important restaurant openings of the year. Consider it a culinary Olympiad...     LATE JANUARY Pitt Cue Co.   When a Brit teams up with a crew of Southerners to convert his BBQ food truck into a full-blown restaurant, you've got the recipe for a fantastic buddy sitcom. Also: for smoked brisket, pulled pork and deep-fried pickled shiitake. We didn't say it wouldn't get weird.   411: Pitt Cue Co., 1 Newburgh St, London, W1F 7RB     LATE JANUARY 10 Greek Street   The Wapping Project. Perhaps you're familiar—the farm-fresh cuts of meat, the in-house butchery, the home in a former hydraulic power station. Well, the guy behind it is unveiling a new place, serving up suckling pigs on a menu that changes daily. (Hint: keep your Tuesdays open if you're into beef ribs.)   411: 10 Greek Street, 10 Greek St, Soho, London, W1D 4DH     EARLY FEBRUARY Mari Vanna   Dolls within dolls. Shelves lined with Dostoyevsky. Models sipping champagne. But enough about Prokhorov's New Year's Eve party, let's talk Mari Vanna. Those aforementioned touches are unique to the new outpost of NYC's notorious den of Russian-style indulgence. Fear not: the sturgeon black caviar still pairs well with beet-infused vodka.   411: Mari Vanna, 116 Knightsbridge, Wellington Court, London, SW1X 7PJ, +44 (0) 203 159 5390     DATE TBD La Esquina   So La Esquina is setting up shop on the footsteps of the Cambridge Hotel. And like its NYC cousin, the London version's got a semisecret downstairs—in this case, a 24-hour bar hidden below the brasserie. For when your nights out require a 5am michelada.   411: La Esquina, 13-17 Moor St/5-11 Old Compton St, London, WC2 ODP     WINTER 2012 Balthazar   Come for the brunch of champions (duck-stuffed shepherd's pie with Bloody Marys), stay for the art. There's a full-on gallery in Keith McNally's new London location, housed in the old Theatre Museum. Here's hoping a Minetta Tavern outpost isn't far behind...   411: Balthazar, 4-6 Russell St, London, WC2E 7BN  dayne.mikelle.southernsass@blogger.com  Account Details: Favorites   0   Available Perks   16   Invites Sent   0   My UD   |   Edit Settings   UrbanDaddy is pure editorial. You can't buy love from the Daddy. About Us   |    Archives   |    My UD   |    Perks   |    Contact   |    Jobs   |    Advertise   |    Tips Email Issues   |    Privacy Policy   |    User Agreement   |    Unsubscribe   |    Editorial Policy 900 Broadway, Suite 808 New York, NY 10003 © 2012 UrbanDaddy. All Rights Reserved.