Manic – Crazy – Fantastic! Wow – so that’s what it’s going to be like! We opened the Foodhall six days ago and this is literally the first chance I’ve had to blog about it. We got blown away on the first lunchtime. Friday, there were 5,000 people though the doors of the Barbican and [...]
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Blown Away On The First Lunchtime
September 21st, 2010 
Barbican 
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Tags: barbican, city restaurant, foodhall, lunchtime, lunchtime restaurant 
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The Barbican Foodhall Opens Updated
September 15th, 2010 Barbican We’re Open!! Hurrah! We’ve just opened the doors at the Barbican Foodhall. Can’t begin to describe the relief. I think it looks just wonderful. Obviously the designers are saying that there are a few details to get right – but to me it’s just fantastic. Just seeing the first olives and breads and cakes on [...]
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Suits you sir – and madam……..
August 12th, 2010 Barbican One of the great things about a new project such as this is the total freedom it gives the team to take control over every single aspect of the two new spaces. One of the key issues, to me, is how everyone in the Lounge and the Foodhall looks and feels while they are at [...]
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It’s all about the coffee!
August 12th, 2010 Barbican There’s a pretty rigid pattern to the relationship between companies who supply products to restaurants – we, as the customer, interview the suppliers and work out if they are good enough for us, and if we can make a good profit from the price they can supply their goods at. That’s the way it has [...]
