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Outstanding London Burger Restaurant Bleecker Joins Westfield London’s Dining Charge

Zan Kaufman’s juggernaut rumbles on

A double cheeseburger on a white plate, sitting on a stainless steel counter. Bleecker Burger [Official Photo]

One of London’s best burger restaurants is now open at Westfield Shepherds Bush, as the shopping centre continues its irrepressible mission to make London take its food seriously. Zan Kaufman’s Bleecker Burger opens at the first floor balcony, which has recently welcomed the fast-growing Pizza Pilgrims, Soho Mexican outfit Corazon, a new iteration of Peckham’s Daddy Bao, and Catch Me, a fish restaurant reboot linked to Club Gascon chef Pascal Aussignac.

Bleecker recently switched its beef supplier from south London specialist The Butchery to Mayfair royal warrant holder Aubrey Allen, and caused something of an inadvertent storm in the process. Kaufman told Eater that the new supplier could “soon see the return of the Bleecker Black,” a cult-followed black pudding riff on the base burger that inspired fiendish devotion in its brief time on this Earth.

A former lawyer, Kaufman founded Bleecker in 2012 after arriving from the USA, and the burgers are consistently cited as among the city’s best. The Westfield opening adds to its three other sites: a restaurant at the Bloomberg Arcade in the City; a Victoria burger bar, and the original unit at Old Spitalfields Market in Shoreditch.

Westfield London, meanwhile, is on a huge restaurant kick: Stevie Parle’s buzzy Soho pasta restaurant Pastaio and a new Korean fried chicken restaurant from renowned chef Judy Joo are in the pipeline; award-winning Indian restaurant Copper Chimney and sushi brand Yo!’s latest brand pivot, Yo! Kitchen, are already open. Prolific restaurateur Alan Yau will open a branch of his Turkish restaurant brand Yamabahçe; moreover, Propel’s newsletter reports that the Michelin-starred restaurant group, Lima — run by Gabriel and Jose-Luis Gonzalez, will open a new Venezuelan brand, specialising in arepas, called Sabroso this month.

Bleecker Burger is now open.

Lima

2151 Salvio Street, , CA 94520 (925) 309-7774 Visit Website

Pastaio

19 Ganton Street, , England W1F 9BN 020 3019 8680 Visit Website

Bleecker burger

41 Grosvenor Gardens, , England SW1W 0BP

Old Spitalfields Market

16 Commercial Street, , England E1 6EW 020 7375 2963 Visit Website

Pizza Pilgrims

11 Dean Street, , England W1D 3RP 020 7287 8964 Visit Website

Club Gascon

57 West Smithfield, , England EC1A 9DS 020 7600 6144 Visit Website

Bleecker

205 Victoria Street, , England SW1E 5NE 020 7828 8016 Visit Website

Daddy Bao

113 Mitcham Road, Tooting, London , SW17 9PE Visit Website