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Telegraph
8 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Telegraph
‘Dynamic pricing' is coming to top tables, says leading restaurateur
'Dynamic pricing' is coming to British restaurants, Jeremy King has warned. The renowned restaurateur, whose establishments have included Le Caprice and The Wolseley, said he was 'really uncomfortable' with the idea of charging more for a steak on a Saturday than a Monday. However, he did say it was 'fair' for restaurants to sell tables to customers willing to spend a certain amount to stop people ordering the 'absolute minimum' and spending the entire time taking pictures for social media. Dynamic pricing, commonly used for concerts and theatre shows, means the cost of something changes according to demand, with tickets for popular events shooting up the moment as go on sale and the public rushes to buy one. The practice came under fire when it was applied to fans trying to get tickets for the upcoming Oasis reunion. Speaking on the Go To Food podcast, Mr King, 71, said: 'I don't begrudge the restaurants, for instance, which are using the apps to sell tables in advance because they've got fed up with people who book months in advance and then spend the entire meal taking photographs of themselves and of the food, ordering the absolute minimum they can just so they can put it on social media. 'So hold the tables back and those restaurants that say if you're willing to pay £200 we have a table for you on a Saturday, I think that's fair. 'I don't like the encroaching dynamic pricing whereby your steak is going to cost more on a Saturday night than it is on a Monday night, that makes me really uncomfortable but that's coming through. 'We've already seen it in the theatre, it widens the rich prosper and the poor are deprived.' Earlier this year, King himself introduced a 25 per cent discount at his two restaurants, Arlington and The Park, for diners eating after 9pm to encourage the public to 're-acquaint' themselves with eating late.
Washington Post
14 hours ago
- Washington Post
7 of the best restaurants around Tysons
Tysons is so much more than its perpetually transitioning shopping malls. The Northern Virginia enclave, which we've combined with neighboring McLean in this case, has long fostered destination dining spots (Colvin Run Tavern, Maestro) as well as beloved neighborhood haunts (McLean Family Restaurant). Bop around the Silver Line hot spot with these dining tips from Washington Post food critic Tom Sietsema, Post food writer Tim Carman and your intrepid local dining reporter.
Washington Post
19 hours ago
- Washington Post
The real reason airports all feel the same
As part of our push to create a wildly exhaustive, what-humans-actually-care-about airport ranking, we asked our friends at Yelp which airports have the best restaurants — a factor that you cited more often in your nominations than just about anything else. We were delighted to find airport restaurants fit right in Yelp's wheelhouse. In response, they helped us identify the most-loved airport brands based on Yelp pageviews, searches, photo uploads, reviews and average star rating. The results bewildered us.
The Sun
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Sun
Win one of ten Frankie & Benny's gift cards worth £100 each with Sun Club
TO celebrate the launch of Frankie & Benny's new menu, we are giving away £1,000 worth of gift cards! Ten lucky Sun Club members will win £100 to spend at any of their restaurants. 2 Frankie & Benny's has been serving timeless Italian flavours with a New York twist for almost 30 years, at over 50 restaurants across the UK. Just last week, they launched an entirely new menu, ready for you to give it a try. The new menu includes five new burgers with endless flavour. 2 Sink your teeth into the Mac Daddy - loaded with their House Mac 'n' Cheese and smoky crispy bacon, or take on The Steakhouse - stacked high with beef brisket and peppercorn sauce. Feeling adventurous? The Little Italy brings you chicken parm and their famous marinara sauce in one epic bite, meet the plant-powered Central Park or go all-in with the Double Stack - large, loaded and impossible to ignore. Big, bold and a must-try. There is something for everyone at Frankie & Benny's, including delicious gluten-free and vegan options too. Competition is open to UK residents aged 18+ only. Competition ends at 23:59pm on Monday, July 21, 2025. Winners will be notified within 28 days. Full T&Cs apply, see below.
Bloomberg
3 days ago
- Bloomberg
Five Top Tables: The Best Restaurants to Try in Paris Right Now
Welcome to Five Top Tables, a new column from Bloomberg Pursuits to guide your dining decisions in London, Paris and other finance capitals around the world. A critical question for any traveler to Paris, and even some locals: What are the best places to eat? It's been a century since the events of Ernest Hemingway's memoir A Moveable Feast. 'You got very hungry when you did not eat enough in Paris,' he wrote, noting the lure of people who 'ate outside at tables on the sidewalk so that you saw and smelled the food.' That sentiment still rings true, and is especially satisfying, if you know where to go. That's where we come in—to help you find the tables worth your time (and euros) in one of the most visited cities on the planet. No reservations? No problem. On a budget? We've got you.
