Heidi Lauth Beasley

London

Food and Lifestyle Writer at Freelance

food & lifestyle writer / rep: @PFDAgents / ✍️ @HearstUK /formerly @infatuation /never dresses for the weather / [email protected]

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Articles

Beaufort Bar - Review - Strand - London - The Infatuation

1 week ago | theinfatuation.com | Heidi Lauth Beasley

RESERVE A TABLEIn keeping with its location within the Strand’s The Savoy hotel, the staff at Beaufort Bar are effectively suited nannies for people who order at least three martinis a week, and frankly, we love it. As well as bartenders who listen to your cocktail preferences with more patience and care than your average BetterHelp therapist, the setting also acts as a muscle-relaxing sedative by way of midnight black walls and ‘capital-L Luxury’ gold details.
Blondies Brewery

1 week ago | theinfatuation.com | Heidi Lauth Beasley

If you ever had a phase as a teenager that caused your parents to place a ban on budget black hair dye from the family bathroom, chances are you’ll be very into Blondies Brewery. It’s Leyton’s very own micro-slice of Reading Festival, only much more ‘night one sun worship and beer-soaked bonding sessions’ than ‘Sunday night arsonist apocalypse’.
Le Petit Citron - Review - Hammersmith - London - The Infatuation

1 week ago | theinfatuation.com | Heidi Lauth Beasley

Imagine an old-school French restaurant. Chances are that what your brain has conjured up looks an awful lot like this postcard-from-Provence spot in Hammersmith: red gingham tablecloths, chequerboard floors, wooden bistro chairs, and more achingly charming details that will get you in the mood for an Amélie re-watch.
The Best Penne Alla Vodka In London

2 weeks ago | theinfatuation.com | Heidi Lauth Beasley |Rianne Shlebak |Sinead Cranna

If you’re going to vodka sauce in London—not to be mistaken with getting sauced on vodka—then you go to Brutto. This Florentine trattoria in Farrigdon is a one-way ticket to New York’s Little Italy. The lights are low, the air is thick with the syrupy, caffeinated scent of tiramisu and pheromones, and the excellent cream-centric penne con vodka has the ideal tickle of heat.
The Gate Hammersmith

2 weeks ago | theinfatuation.com | Heidi Lauth Beasley

The Gate is our first encounter with an all-vegan restaurant that captures the spirit of an art gallery so completely. It’s all white walls, lofty ceilings, patrons with oversized Cubitts perched on their noses, and Rothko smears of pea purée. Despite the allure of the setting and Architectural Digest-subscribed crowd, this Hammersmith stalwart that opened in 1989 rests a little too comfortably on its lentil laurels.
Conchiglia - Review - Fitzrovia - London - The Infatuation

2 weeks ago | theinfatuation.com | Heidi Lauth Beasley

There are some restaurants that function as ready-made sitcoms and this charming little family-run Fitzrovia spot is one of them. It looks like a textbook Tuscany-coded Italian deli, but in the midst of the tomato sauce-stocked shelves and the dried flowers hanging from the ceiling is a wildly entertaining cast of characters. Mid-bite of simple, somewhat bland cacio e pepe, a sassy server will trot past with a two-litre fish bowl of Aperol spritz while the owner plucks six beers from the fridge.
Little Sardegna - Review - Highbury - London - The Infatuation

2 weeks ago | theinfatuation.com | Heidi Lauth Beasley

Every neighbourhood in London has a great little place that makes us want to risk the one-click instant-depression of Zoopla house prices to see if we could be their neighbour. When it comes to Highbury’s Blackstock Road, that place is Little Sardegna.
The 12 Best Cheese Toasties In London

4 weeks ago | theinfatuation.com | Jake Missing |Rianne Shlebak |Heidi Lauth Beasley |Sinead Cranna

photo credit: Koray FiratDifferent people have different ideas of toasties. Some think of the pressed and triangular kind straight from the Breville—these hazardous enclosed pockets are best filled with a combination of molten lava cheddar and baked beans. Others have a more gourmet vision that involves thick-cut bread, a spread of mayonnaise on the outside for crisping, and any number of filling combinations. Whatever your preference, a good toastie isn’t a given. These are the best in London.
Where To See & Be Seen In London

1 month ago | theinfatuation.com | Heidi Lauth Beasley |Jake Missing |Rianne Shlebak |Sinead Cranna

To see, to be seen. While it may sound like we’re reprising our secondary school role as Macbeth, this is the nature of some of this pigeon metropolis’ hottest restaurants. These places operate as sceney petri dishes that spread through candid social posts, until they develop into achingly cool London ecosystems. Some thrive on funky wine and Tabis, others spawn a thousand urgent vintage Fendi baguette purchases.
15 Best Late-Night Bars In London That Won’t Make You Hate Yourself

1 month ago | theinfatuation.com | Jake Missing |Heidi Lauth Beasley

57 Greek St London, England W1D 3DXClosing time: 1:30am dailyAn underground drinking den that will cling to your skin for at least 12 hours, Trisha’s is what people like to call ‘a bit of old Soho’. There’s an air of lawlessness about this legendary public members’ club and it’s likely your drink will be made with the same amount of care a barman on a sinking ship would give a gin and tonic.