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October 10, 2025

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New on the Menu: Bacon-tomato salad and pasta with hummus

🍴 Bret Thorn has been Nation’s Restaurant News’ food & beverage editor since 1999. From 2005-2008, he was a columnist for The New York Sun. In 2006, he won the Jesse H. Neal National Business Journalism Award. Thorn is a Tufts University graduate who studied at Le Cordon Bleu, Nanjing University, and Beijing University. He was inducted into the Disciples d’Escoffier in 2014 and lives in Brooklyn, N.Y. He covers food trends and was president of IFEC in 2005.
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City of London offices acquired by Firethorn for hotel conversion

🏠 Firethorn acquires 5 Lloyd’s Avenue in London from Swiss Life Asset Managers UK. 📍 Located off Fenchurch Street, the building will be converted into a hotel with an extra floor. 🏗️ Planning submission is due by summer 2026. Firethorn partners with SW3 Capital, following their Dublin hostel project at Sackville Place, featuring 138 rooms for 716 guests. 🎯 This acquisition aims to fill the gap for affordable, quality city-center accommodation.
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