Yahoo News Selfridges bring taste of California to new rooftop bar
Restaurateur Des McDonald is to open his seventh rooftop bar at Selfridges, inspired by California.
Opening on Tuesday, The Roof Deck Restaurant and Bar and outdoor drinks terrace promises to transport visitors to the sunny climes of the West Coast. Customers will enter via a timber boardwalk lined with palms, with tropical plants and sand-lined floors filling the rest of the space.
Executive chef Steve Tonkin, formerly of Dean Street Townhouse and Soho House Group, and head chef Baran Baltaci from The Ivy have created a health-focused menu including salads, grains, fresh fish and seafood, all with a Latin American influence.
Outside under a retractable roof — for when London is blessed with sunshine — there is a separate terrace serving drinks and bar snacks with California-inspired cocktails.
Mr McDonald, former head chef at The Ivy, said: “I’ve spent a lot of time in California and enjoy the fresh, healthy attitude to food so I’m excited to bring this to London.”
Hannah Bass, Selfridges director of restaurants, said: “We will be bringing the cool, calm Californian vibe to the roof, which we hope all our customers will enjoy.”
