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Restaurant at the Royal Academy

Guy Dimond, Time Out
Overdone food for art’s sake…
Oliver Peyton used to be the most innovative restaurateur in London, launching a string of brave and cult restaurants through the ’90s and noughties – the fabulous Atlantic Bar & Grill, Coast and Isola, among many others. These were all slightly too far ahead of the curve, and subsequently closed. In recent years, Peyton’s new catering operations have been less ambitious, and largely restricted to art galleries. The Restaurant at the Royal Academy, run by his Peyton & Byrne catering company, is a natural extension of places such as the National Dining Rooms (in the National Gallery). The setting, with high, vaulted ceilings, frescoes and pillars, is marvellous despite the car-boot-sale lighting installed by designer Tom Dixon.
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#Meateasy

Guy Dimond, Time Out
Finally a reason to take the East London Line… south
Just before Christmas, Yianni Papoutsis had his van nicked. This very distinctive vehicle was the Meatwagon, the most acclaimed burger van in the land. It won a British Street Food Award in 2010, and was the talk of anyone who could keep up with its peripatetic appearances across south-east London over the last year or so, heralded via Twitter (hence the ‘#’ in the new name).
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