Brother Marcus is celebrating its tenth anniversary with a new food, film and photography series taking diners from Athens to Crete, with three one-night-only supper clubs planned across London.
Ten years is a pretty good excuse for a dinner party. For Brother Marcus, the East Mediterranean restaurant group is making its tenth anniversary a proper trip down memory lane – with food at every stop, of course.
The Road Home is a new film, photography and supper club series inspired by the places, people and flavours that have shaped Brother Marcus over the past decade, taking its founders Alex Large and Tasos Gaitanos through Athens, Crete and Istanbul before bringing those influences back to London.
The first supper club arrives at Brother Marcus Soho on Tuesday 15 September, with Athens gastrotavern PĀPPU taking over the kitchen for one night only. There will then be a second dinner on 13 October, with the collaborator still to be announced, followed by a final supper club on 10 November with Hasika from Rethymno, Crete.
First stop: PĀPPU in Soho
If you only make it to one, make it the opening dinner. PĀPPU is a seasonal, produce-led gastrotavern in Athens, known for its take on Greek food and its place within a newer generation of Athenian restaurants looking at tradition with a fresh eye. For one night, its food will land at Brother Marcus Soho in a sharing menu priced at £42 per person, from 5pm.
The menu reads like a very good reason to rearrange your Tuesday plans. There’s tirokafteri with feta, xigalo and homemade green sriracha; dakos with cherry tomatoes, strawberries, Cretan cheese and carob rusk; grilled calamari with Cretan pepper dressing, artichoke purée and green peas; and black pig with parsnip purée, herb emulsion and sautéed wild greens.
Dessert comes in the form of Greek yoghurt with white chocolate and citrus fruit marmalade. A full vegetarian menu is also available (and just as mouth-watering).
Istanbul: the second chapter
The second chapter heads to Istanbul on 13 October. Brother Marcus founders travelled back to Istanbul and Athens this summer, revisiting the tables, tavernas and breakfast houses that helped shape the restaurant group. The first episode of the accompanying film series focuses on Istanbul, taking in breakfast spreads, backstreets and the places that influenced how Brother Marcus cooks in London.
The London supper club will bring that Istanbul chapter back to the table, although Brother Marcus has not yet announced the restaurant or chef joining them for the 13 October dinner. So, for now, there isn’t a menu to tease – but we’re keeping our eyes peeled for more updates.
Crete: Hasika closes the series
The final dinner on 10 November brings the series to Crete, with Hasika from Rethymno taking over for the closing chapter. Hasika describes itself as “Greece in bites”, with a menu built around traditional recipes reworked through a modern Greek lens. Chef and owner Michalis Chasikos works with Cretan herbs, organic olive oil, local producers and indigenous Greek wines, while the restaurant’s food stretches beyond Crete to flavours and ingredients from across Greece.
Hasika’s menu gives us a taste of the Cretan feast in store for the one-night-only supper. It covers seafood, meat, vegetables and pasta, with Cretan ingredients and traditional recipes running through each. Seafood comes with ingredients such as wild artichokes and Cretan herbs, while meat dishes include lamb paired with bulgur and local cheeses. There are also vegetable-led dishes built around aubergine, xinochondro, herbs and feta, alongside regional specialities and sauces from Rethymno.
A very fitting final stop for the celebratory journey: after Athens and Istanbul, the series ends with a restaurant whose cooking is deeply connected to the produce and culinary history of Crete.
The film and photography series
Ten years in, Brother Marcus’s founders are going back to the places that have shaped the restaurant group’s food and friendships and travelling through Athens, Istanbul and Crete, revisiting the restaurants, markets, producers and local institutions that have influenced Brother Marcus since it began. In Athens, they spent two days eating their way through the city, from koulouri and tyropita at a third-generation bakery to bougatsa in Exarchia, charcoal-grilled pork neck, fish meze and coffee brewed slowly through hot sand.
Those travels have been captured in a series of original films and photographs, which will be released alongside each London supper club. Expect a closer look at the people and places behind the food, from bakeries and markets to kitchens, bars, producers’ homes and family-run restaurants.
And with two more dinners still to come after PĀPPU, there’s plenty more food to look forward to.
Key details
Address: 58 Poland St, London W1F 7NR
Website: brothermarcus.co.uk
Socials: @brothermarcus_
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