Coq d’Argent review: Is this the best rooftop restaurant in the City? July 15, 2025 City AM’s inaugural Toast the City Awards has set off to discover the things that make the Square Mile great, from the coffee shop you always stop at to the gym class you never skip. Among the categories is the Best Restaurant, which will celebrate the top place to eat in the City of London. This [...]
The Bowls Club is the best summer event in the City June 25, 2025 If ramming the car full with tents and wellies and trekking the countryside sounds like too much hard work, stay in the City this summer for a dose of festival spirit – the new Bowls Club in Finsbury Square feels like the City’s own little music festival. There’s a live DJ every night, and some [...]
The City of London is hosting an amazing music festival this week June 23, 2025 The Summer Music in City Churches festival is taking place this week across the City of London. There are events taking place every day in some of the Square Mile’s most beautiful churches — a brilliant chance to take a break from the stresses of work life and take a pew in one of these [...]
Toast the City: Galvin La Chapelle brothers on Michelin success and 20 years in business May 31, 2025 In a new series celebrating the people and places nominated for our Toast the City awards, Adam Bloodworth visits Galvin La Chapelle, a Michelin starred restaurant in a Victorian chapel in the Square Mile Half of all restaurants that open in London close within two years. It’s a bleak truth, and yet the upside is that [...]
Tom Sellers: My message for Gen Z chefs May 29, 2025 Twelve years ago Tom Sellers, aged just 26, launched Restaurant Story. The fine dining restaurant in Bermondsey went on to land two Michelin stars and became one of the most sought-after meal tickets in the land. The menu, which revolved around stories from Sellers’ life, was a hit with both diners and critics, with dishes [...]