Hakkasan coming to Mayfair
August 18, 2010 by Rob Powell
A Michelin-starred Chinese restaurant is to open a new venue in Mayfair later this year.
Hakkasan, which currently has one other restaurant near Tottenham Court Road station, will open its new site in Mayfair’s Bruton street.
Hakkasan describes itself as a “cinematic vision of the sexiest night club you’ve never been to” where “impossibly glamourous waiting staff emerge to deliver dishes from a Michelin-star winning, modern Cantonese menu.”
The kitchen will be overseen by executive chef, Tong Chee Hwee.
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Former Bruton St Resident Celebrates Her Birthday
April 21, 2008 by Rob Powell
HM Queen Elizabeth II was born April 21, 1926, at the house that was at 17 Bruton Street, which belonged to her maternal grandparents the Earl and Countess of Strathmore.
Happy Birthday Ma’am.
Man Fined For Stopping In Car In Bruton St
April 15, 2008 by Rob Powell
The Evening Standard has the story of Nick Tubbs who pulled over and stopped his car on double yellow lines in Bruton St to take a phonecall lasting less than two minutes. He was caught on CCTV and issued with a £120 charge from Westminster Council.
A Westminster spokesman told the Standard that “Drivers are not allowed to wait at this location during controlled hours unless they are loading and unloading, which this motorist was clearly not doing.”
The council says Mr Tubbs caused an obstruction to the traffic and they seem to regard stopping as being the same as parking, citing this definition, “The word parking is defined as follows: ‘To park, to stop or leave a vehicle in a specific location.’”. My own opinion is that it seems a bit harsh, and I would consider a Red Route to be a place where no stopping is allowed, and double yellows to be a place where no parking is allows. Notice that TFL says “stopping” is not allowed on Red Routes. The fact they use the word stopping and not parking would imply to me that they see a difference, although Westminster council consider parking to mean stopping at all.
What do you think? Is Westminster council doing a good job in penalising those that interrupt the good flow of traffic or are they being an unfair an unreasonable? Use the comments box to share your views…
New Halcyon Gallery Opens in Bruton Street
February 13, 2008 by Rob Powell
A new exhibition space has opened today at 24 Bruton Street, with an inaugural showing from sculptor Lorenzo Quinn (son of legendary actor, Anthony Quinn) entitled “Evolution”.
The new gallery is the third from Halcyon Gallery, complementing their two other galleries in Mayfair – 29 Bruton Street and 29 New Bond Street.
Find out more by visiting the Halcyon Gallery website.