Toast the City Awards celebrated with excellent wine: Here’s what Toast the City City AM celebrated the 2nd annual Toast the City Awards last week with a packed out ceremony – with the wine supplied by All (good) Things Last week’s Toast The City Awards were an absolute triumph as hundreds celebrated the best spaces, places and people making our historic Square Mile the beautiful, brilliant place it [...]
Toast the City winners unveiled at glitzy Steel Yard ceremony Life&Style Discover the Toast the City winners, from Liverpool Street Chop House & Tavern to Aldgate Square, celebrating the Square Mile’s finest venues.
Old Doctor Butler’s Head review: Square Mile’s best boozer? Life&Style All of these new luxury hotels opening up are making us believe that “discretion” is the key to luxury, and if that is the case, surely The Old Doctor Butler’s Head is the most opulent venue in London. Tucked down a pedestrian alley in the heart of the Square Mile, you only know it when [...]
Inside the hotel in a former brewery next to the Barbican October 21, 2026 One of the Square Mile sights you might have missed over the years is the former brewery a stone’s throw from the Barbican. The grand old building is now owned by the Montcalm Collection, the London hotel firm that specialises in period conversions. Their Mayfair property repurposes a row of Georgian townhouses, and their Finsbury [...]
Finalist focus: Why Aldgate City Bouldering is a top Toast tip October 21, 2026 Discover why Aldgate City Bouldering is a Toast favourite, with fresh routes, social sessions and affordable climbs in the Square Mile.
Boulebar Spitalfields brings quintessential French culture to the City October 20, 2026 Ahead of this year’s Toast the City Awards, celebrating the best of the Square Mile, we go inside Boulebar Spitalfields As the experience economy accelerates, with axe throwing, darts and cricket themed bars launching, the latest brings the French game of pétanque to Spitalfields. Boulebar Spitalfields offers Londoners new ways to drink and socialise while [...]
Bingo in the Square Mile: Inside Dabbers Social October 20, 2026 Ahead of this year’s Toast the City Awards, celebrating the best of the Square Mile, we go inside Dabbers Social bingo Forget darts, karaoke and axe-throwing: bingo is the latest way the experience economy has shifted in the capital. New clubs dedicated to your gran’s favourite past time, now a huge hit with Gen Z, [...]
Will Hermanos Colombian Coffee Roasters win a Toast Award? October 20, 2026 Discover Hermanos Colombian Coffee Roasters, a Toast the City finalist serving superb Colombian coffee, snacks and warm service across London.
Toast the City: Why we love the Francis Barber Blue Plaque at Dr Johnson’s House October 20, 2026 Discover Dr Johnson’s House and Francis Barber’s new Blue Plaque, honouring Britain’s first Black teacher in the Square Mile—visit now.
Leydi London City at Hyde: the Square Mile’s modern Turkish smash hit October 20, 2026 Ahead of this year’s Toast the City awards, celebrating the best of the Square Mile, we go inside Leydi London City at Hyde London The City’s dining boom means a new British restaurant is opening almost every other week, but there are many cultures that are still underrepresented. Leydi by chef Selin Kiazim is bringing [...]