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Recession creates the £12.50 Michelin-starred lunch

18.11.09
Fear of empty tables has prompted London’s Michelin-starred restaurants to tempt diners with cut-price deals... more

The over-40s are stealing my golden years

12.11.09
First it was our money, now it's our men. Not content with saddling us twentysomethings with mountains of public debt, the over-40s have started pinching our boyfriends too... more

'Noho Square' building site to be turned into vegetable allotments

11.11.09
Flattened 'Noho Square' development in Fitzrovia will house temporary allotments after campaign by residents for the building site to be used for growing fruit and vegetables... more

London's best new coffee bars

30.09.09
After £47m losses, it’s time to welcome a very different breed of coffee shops — and a whole new ordering lingo.... more

Take three Tapas restaurants

11.09.09
If it's Tapas you're after, look no further. We've picked out three of London's top restaurants.... more

Leah Wood: helping mum win suits me to a T

10.09.09
Leah Wood is so desperate for her mum Jo to win Strictly Come Dancing, she is having T-shirts printed to support her... more

Open-air venue set to rescue derelict site in Oxford Street

03.09.09
A derelict building site in Oxford Street could be turned into an open-air venue, hosting farmers' markets, ice-skating and concerts for up to 5,000 people... more

Arup buys HQ from landlord for £60m

20.07.09
Landlord Derwent London sold an eight-storey office block at 13-17 Fitzroy Street to tenant Arup for £60 million — 10% less than it was worth at the start of the year ... more

Pick up some smart art: Six young British artists to watch

17.07.09
Move over Tracey Emin and Damien Hirst - a new wave of British artists is emerging. For canny investors, now may be the time to start collecting such work... more

Cheryl Cole celebrates in her birthday suit

02.07.09
Cheryl Cole dressed for maximum air-cooling in a barely-there flapper-style dress as she celebrated her 26th birthday.... more

Swan & Edgar trifles with the written word

29.04.09
Swan & Edgar has a bar built of old books glued together but takes too many liberties with literature, language and taste.... more

One in three restaurants 'making loss'

24.03.09
Scores of recession-hit restaurants in London face closure next month, the Standard can reveal ... more

Best BBQs in London

25.02.09
Whether you fancy a Japanese robata, an Argentine parilla or just a good old-fashioned flame-grilled steak, here’s where to go.... more

Glugging Bianca Gazza hit with £6k booze bill

30.01.09
Bianca Gascoigne was seen racking up a £6,000 bar bill at a West End club.... more

Abi Titmuss takes up a pole position

29.01.09
Ooh crikey - mention Abi Titmuss and pole dancing and you could be heading for a whole lot of trouble.... more

Enjoy a swinging vintage night out

14.11.08
Have your very own ballroom blitz at this jive and lindy hop bash in Angel.... more

Caprice almost wears a birthday suit

31.10.08
Caprice celebrated her birthday with some celeb pals in Fitzrovia last night. The model is 37.... more

Candy brothers in talks to sell Chelsea Barracks stake

23.10.08
Property tycoons Nick and Christian Candy have been in negotiations over the sale of their stake in the £1billion Chelsea Barracks, the Evening Standard can reveal... more

Horse & Groom is perfect place for after-work

19.08.08
The Horse & Groom is an oft overlooked but beautiful Victorian pub a few minutes from Oxford Street.... more

Boy dies celebrating goal

31.07.08
A teenager collapsed and died in front of his friends as he celebrated scoring the winning goal in a football match... more

Noho? No way, this is Fitzrovia

06.03.08
Billionaire brothers have come under fire from angry Bloomsbury residents who accuse them of trying to rebrand the area "Noho". ... more

Ideal for a quiet drink

06.11.07
A recent refurbishment has made a lot of difference to Grafton Arms and the pub is more welcoming than it used to be.... more

Fitzrovia flavours

13.09.07
Charles Campion casts his eye over three of his favourite Fitzrovia restaurants.... more

Sanctuary in Fitzrovia

28.08.07
Newman Arms is an old favourite that may have lost some of its eccentricity, but it still has the best pies in London.... more

Tasteless beyond belief

01.08.07
From the bizarre menu to the poor cooking and ghastly decor, new restaurant Vanilla in Fitzrovia is such a disaster that it left our diner utterly speechless.... more

A piece of Italy in the capital

23.07.07
La Cantina is as Italian as Pavarotti and mozzarella and as corny as Kansas - but utterly charming, says Mark Bolland.... more

Critic's choice: Fitzrovia Italians

27.10.06
If you're looking for slick but comfortable restaurants offering modern, no frills Italian food, head for W1, says Charles Campion.... more

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