Jonathan Downey

YouTube video by The Curious Bartender Jonathan Downey - Match Bar, Milk & Honey London, Sasha Petraske, Dale DeGroff, Fire, Dinerama, Town

I really enjoyed doing this interview with Tristan. I got to talk about myself for 90 minutes. 🤓
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Israeli airstrike kills nine of Gaza doctor’s 10 children Dr Alaa al-Najjar was on duty at Nasser hospital in Khan Younis when she received her children’s bodies

Horrific. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

David Ellis reviews Town: the new Wolseley — but with much better food Here is a room grandly promising a sense of occasion, says David Ellis

Great review for Town in the Standard. Well played everyone. www.standard.co.uk/going-out/restaurants/town-review-drury-lane-stevie-parle-b1229198.html

‘I’ve never known fear like it’: Tom Kerridge on booze, bad-boy chefs and the crisis for pubs and restaurants The Michelin-starred chef prides himself on his ‘socialist’ business empire. But the hospitality trade is struggling – and so are his staff. What would he change if he had the power?

YES Tom!

“The thing I love about British pub food is we don’t think it’s weird to have a Korean spiced mackerel dish followed by north African lamb tagine and then Sussex pond pudding,” Kerridge says. “You wouldn’t get that in France.” www.theguardian.com/food/2025/ma...

I've been helping @StevieParle open his new restaurant on Drury Lane. I was in there yesterday for soft launch lunch and dinner and it's great. It opens on Monday. www.town.restaurant

USE UPPER CASE

You can follow Town on Instagram here. www.instagram.com/town.restaur...

Here are some posts I’ve made on Instagram about the new place.

Pastaio's Stevie Parle to open 'most ambitious' project, Town on Drury Lane Satan’s Whiskers owner Kevin Armstrong has built the cocktail list

Stevie Parle is opening a new restaurant on Drury Lane. www.standard.co.uk/going-out/re...

Having a delicious lunch at Zuma in Knightsbridge. It’s been here 24 years. Rare that anywhere stays this good for that long.

James Melville 🚜 on X: "The sheer lunacy of Heathrow airport swapping reliable diesel generators with a net zero biomass system. ⬇️ https://t.co/ksuikAVwhN" / X The sheer lunacy of Heathrow airport swapping reliable diesel generators with a net zero biomass system. ⬇️ https://t.co/ksuikAVwhN

Sorry to send you back there and no idea if this is true but it probably is. 🙄 x.com/jamesmelvill...

Bar Valette, London E2: ‘How to be truly relaxed while paying £11 for a bowl of kale’ | restaurant review | Grace Dent on restaurants Time was, someone would care if your stew contained a lump of hard plastic

Ouch Part Deux! www.theguardian.com/food/2025/ma...

Opinion | Trump upending world order will cost America dearly The decline of American influence is a gift to Russia and China.

“The US spent 8 decades building an international system of rules, norms and values that has produced the longest period of great power peace and global prosperity in human history.” Fareed Zakaria on how upending the world order will only weaken America: www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Jury awards $50m to man injured by scalding-hot tea from Starbucks Delivery driver said he was disfigured when improperly secured drink spilled after he picked it up at a drive-through

What a ridiculous country. 🙄 www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

I’m on a run of eating at some very disappointing new restaurants. Six in the last month. I’ve never had such a streak of duds before. Big name or new-young-cool chefs cooking boring food in expensive fit-outs and great locations seems to be the new thing. What’s going on..? 🤷‍♂️

From the FT.

‘No Other Land’ is an exceptional documentary. channel4.com/programmes/no-…

Oscar winner’s shoutout for London music venue Cafe Oto stuns owner The Brutalist composer Daniel Blumberg mentioned the experimental music space in his acceptance speech

Great to see. Support live music.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Vance is a chubby Waterford.

Tesla sales almost halve in Europe as Musk faces criticism over Trump ties Tech billionaire, a close adviser to the US president, is a vocal supporter of Germany’s far-right AfD party

This is great news. Most of Musk's wealth is in Tesla stock (or was).

"Sales of new Tesla cars.. in Europe in January, down 45%.."

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

30 things we love in the world of food, 2025 From a taste of Brazil in Manchester to the rise of the choc ice

The Guardian ain't what it used to be but it's still good for sport and food, and these round-ups are almost always a great read. www.theguardian.com/food/2025/fe...

It’s a good job that sign is there otherwise how would we know? 🤓

Bar Valette review: The bill wasn’t the only hard thing to swallow Review at a glance: ★★☆☆☆

Ouch! www.standard.co.uk/going-out/ba...

‘It’s nightmarish’: why 1.5m Britons are still hunting for a job UK jobseekers say employers are hiring fewer staff, whom they expect to do more for less pay

Come and work in hospitality. Like people and a dynamic workplace? Retrain on the job. There'll be 100 really good, new jobs in two really good, new restaurants I'm opening in London in April/May/June, and we'll be struggling to find really good people. www.theguardian.com/money/2025/f...

The 26 best restaurants in Mayfair From Michelin-starred tapas to colourful Mexican fine-dining.

It's not my favourite part of town but there are some beautiful restaurants in Mayfair (not Bacchanalia 🤢). They just need to find a way to scare off the gilet wearing, quarter zip clad, sockless moccasined knobheads and we could all eat there every week. 🤓 www.cntraveller.com/gallery/best...

Watch out for the “I wish to politely disagree” AI bots, looking to farm engagement. A recent addition to #bluesky. My advice: block on sight.

In case you’ve been wondering what’s been going on over at Xitter.