Old Doctor Butler’s Head is the City’s weirdest – and best? – pub October 2, 2025 We’re celebrating the best of the Square Mile with our Toast the City Awards. Old Doctor Butler’s Head is on the shortlist for Best Boozer. Here’s why the owners think it should win. Why does Old Doctor Butler’s Head deserve to win a coveted Slice of Toast? Old Doctor Butler’s Head (ODBH) is a proper [...]
Luna Omakase: We deserve to win a Toast the City award October 2, 2025 We’re celebrating the best of the Square Mile with our Toast the City Awards. LUNA Omakase at 100 Liverpool St is on the shortlist for Best Restaurant. Here’s why the owners think it can win. Why does LUNA Omakase deserve to win a coveted Slice of Toast? LUNA Omakase deserves recognition for redefining intimate Japanese dining [...]
Inside the Square Mile rooftop bar with Mixmag DJ parties and incredible food October 2, 2025 Ahead of the Toast the City awards taking place this October, celebrating the best culture in the Square Mile, we meet some of the nominees: this week it’s Wagtail rooftop and bar. Why does Wagtail rooftop bar and restaurant deserve to win a coveted slice of toast? Wagtail stands at the gateway to the City, offering more [...]
Rubber ducks are everywhere – it’s the UK’s strangest new trend October 2, 2025 Have you been handed a rubber duck by a stranger? Adam Bloodworth explores the latest way people are forging new IRL connections in this piece from City AM The Magazine‘s Autumn edition “We were at a festival when two girls I’d never met tapped me on the shoulder and handed me something,” says Aggie Morris, [...]
Beyond the Barbican: meet the Square Mile’s Bridewell Theatre October 2, 2025 Other than the Barbican, the Bridewell Theatre is the Square Mile’s most significant live performance venue. Here they tell us why they should win at this year’s inaugural Toast the City awards, celebrating the best of the Square Mile later this month. Why does the Bridewell Theatre deserve to win a coveted Slice of Toast at the [...]
The Importance of Being Earnest review: Stephen Fry and Olly Alexander are wondrously camp October 1, 2025 The Importance of Being Earnest review and star rating: ★★★★★ Oscar Wilde’s pointedly ridiculous comedy of manners about two men who conspire to both be called Earnest in order to win the affections of two different women is fairly hard to modernise. That’s because of the language, obviously, but also because, by and large, people [...]
Paternoster Chop House & Tavern on why they should win big at this month’s Toast the City awards October 1, 2025 General Manager Ewa Sosnowska tells us why Paternoster Chop House & Tavern should win a coveted Toast the City award at our ceremony celebrating the best of the Square Mile later this month. Why does Paternoster Chop House & Tavern deserve to win a coveted Slice of Toast at the inaugural Toast the City Awards? [...]
Toast the City: The Jugged Hare on nose-to-tail dining and secret Square Mile foodie spots October 1, 2025 Ahead of the Toast the City awards taking place this October, celebrating the best culture in the Square Mile, we meet some of the nominees: this week it’s The Jugged Hare. Why does The Jugged Hare deserve to win a coveted Slice of Toast at the inaugural Toast the City Awards? At The Jugged Hare, [...]
How sound became the new luxury wellness frontier October 1, 2025 For City AM The Magazine, Autumn edition, Adam Bloodworth explores the ways real-world sound is transforming the wellness industry I’m lying on my back with my eyes closed, listening to the sounds of the Outer Hebrides. I can hear water trickling into rock pools and great thunderous waves. I couldn’t feel further away from my [...]
Madison rooftop bar on the secrets behind their venue’s success October 1, 2025 Kaspars Osis, general manager of the Madison rooftop bar, shares why the venue should win big at this month’s Toast the City awards. Why does Madison rooftop deserve to win a coveted Slice of Toast at the inaugural Toast the City Awards? Madison Restaurant and Roof Terrace deserves a Slice of Toast because we offer more [...]