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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Joanna Taylor

Inside Oma and Agora, the two new Borough Market restaurants by Manteca’s David Carter

Usually, the term “itchy feet” spells disaster. For David Carter, however, it’s an opportunity. A chance to challenge London’s diverse, competitive restaurant landscape. A challenge that, luckily for us, has resulted in two of London’s best restaurants, Smokestak and Manteca, and as of this week, two more – Oma and Agora, housed within the same building in the heart of Borough Market. 

“I think it takes a year to get a restaurant off the ground and it takes a year to get settled. After that, that's when my creativity starts to wander,” says the Bajan restaurateur, while pacing the new space. 

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