At Bicester Village, every Tuesday is Steak Night. Served weekly at The Double Red Duke, Wimbledon fortnight brings a tradition across from the outlet’s original home in Clanfield: chips and salad alongside a properly cooked steak and wine. The rest of the week is covered too. All-day dining spans Cecconi’s and La Tua Pasta for Italian, Ottolenghi for a Southern Mediterranean and Middle Eastern spread, The Double Red Duke itself for a proper British menu, and Shan Shui for Asian cooking, with several more kitchens filling in the gaps between them.
Between major meals, Tease’s new leche lift smoothie is built for the kind of heat that makes you rethink your itinerary, while Fortnum & Mason has a whole menu built around the soft serve, reworking a very English idea of indulgence into something you will eat standing up, unbothered by how it looks.
Live music runs on the side. Starting from June, Village terraces fill every Friday evening as Ottolenghi, La Tua Pasta and Cecconi’s take turns hosting, plates and glasses moving outside as the sun drops and the temperature finally turns forgiving. After The Duke’s Summer Garden opened its gates, the weekly ritual sometimes shifts there, too.
And for anyone who would rather leave with a suovenir, Charles Tyrwhitt is putting a signed rugby jersey up for one lucky Village member to win. Every corver of The Village has something waiting for you, so that you discover something new every time you stop by.
Find out more about the Village here.