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  • Pockets are opening a permanent pitta shop in London Fields

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    They became hugely popular during their stint at Netil Market. Now plant-based filled-pitta merchants Pockets are about to go permanent, opening a new shop just down the road. 

    On Mentmore Terrace, the new place brings together their bakery and kitchen so those pittas are going to be even fresher than ever before. If you haven't yet made the pilgrimage, they're known for their falafel pittas, mixing up that falafel with cabbage slaw,

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  • Bar du Champagne takes over from Avobar in Covent Garden

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    Should we read something into the fact that Covent Garden visitors' tastes are leaning away from smashed avos and more towards Champagne? That's one conclusion to be drawn from the closure of Avobar which has been replaced by Bar du Champagne from the same owner (although Avobar is apparently moving to a central London location next year). 

    This new bistro and bar is taking up two floors of the

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  • Kebhouze brings the UK's biggest kebab house to Oxford Street

    Kebhouze brings the UK's biggest kebab house to Oxford Street

    Is a massive kebab house the one thing that Oxford Street really needed? Kebhouze seems to think so. 

    They're a big kebab chain restaurant mainly with outposts in Italy, including Rome and Milan, but also in Ibiza. Here in London, they're taking a big corner side on Oxford Street, just a few doors down from Marks and Spencer, taking over what used to be a souvenir and vape shop

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  • Philippe Conticini are bringing their giant croissants to Islington

    Philippe Conticini brings giant croissants to Islington

    If, like us, you live around Islington and have been wondering what's taking over the big site that used to be Rudy's Vegan Diner then wonder no more. Getting ready to open there is Philippe Conticini. 

    If that name sounds familiar, it's because you might have come across his work at the café in South Kensington or Camden's Buck Street Market. Or perhaps it's because

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  • Farm Shop is Artfarm's swanky new deli in Mayfair

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    Updated 5/12/23 with opening date

    Having had huge success with the opening of The Audley and Mount St. Restaurant, the team behind Artfarm are gearing up to open Farm Shop further along the same street in Mayfair. Described as a farm shop, butcher and wine cellar, the London shop will be a follow-up to their existing store at their farm in Bruton in Somerset.

    The shop in Mayfair will run

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  • New York Italian The Dover comes to Mayfair

    New York Italian The Dover comes to Mayfair

    A new restaurant has quietly opened in Mayfair, sneaking in before the end of the year. The Dover has taken over the space that was Moncks of Mayfair, which itself closed at the onset of the pandemic back in 2020 (after less than a year in business). 

    As for this

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  • Whyte Rushen goes permanent with Whyte's restaurant in Hackney

    Whyte Rushen goes permanent in Hackney

    Updated 4/12/23 with opening date

    Whyte Rushen, once chef at top places like Brat, Scully and Kerridge's, has been running sell-out pop-ups up all over town, teaming up with places as varied as Quo Vadis and Jollibee but now he's settling down in Hackney.  

    It's early days on what to expect from the place and his cooking so far has been extremely varied. A taste of what's been at

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  • Alfi wine pub and restaurant is opening in Spitalfields

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    Updated 2/12/23 with new opening date

    When is a pub not a pub? When it's a wine pub of course. That's the distinction a new East London business is making when it opens its doors this month. Alfi is being billed as a wine pub and restaurant by experienced hospitality folk Ben Hodges and Alex Lewis and it's taken over the old Leon space inside Spitalfields market.

    The pub will be the first part to

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  • Bowling and burgers come to Victoria with Lane7 and Patty & Bun

    Bowling and burgers comes to Victoria with Lane7 and Patty & Bun

    London's competitive socialising scene is going from strength to strength and the latest to join the crowd is Lane7 in Victoria, who are bringing Patty & Bun along for the ride. 

    Described as a "boutique bowling venue", bowling will be the main event with 10

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  • The big new London restaurants opening in December 2023

    The big new London restaurants opening in December 2023

    It may be the final month of 2023, but there are still big new openings to come in December, from a new Tom Kerridge pub to a supperclub star going permanent and lot more. 

  • Kricket is opening in Canary Wharf

    Kricket is opening in Canary Wharf

    It's been a while since we've seen the last Kricket restaurant opening, over in White City in 2018, but they're now getting ready to open more.

    The first of these will be in Canary Wharf, opening in the North Dock area (close to the Elizabeth Line station there). If you're unfamiliar with Kricket, they describe themselves as "modern Indian restaurants combining British ingredients with the flavours and aromas

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  • Tom Kerridge is opening the Butcher's Tap and Grill in Chelsea

    Tom Kerridge is opening the Butcher's Tap and Grill in Chelsea

    29/11/23 - updated with the opening date

    Tom Kerridge is planning something new for London. The chef has been running Kerridge's Bar & Grill in Corinthia London for nearly five years but for his second place, he's heading west to Chelsea. And this time he's opening a pub. 

    It's not Kerridge's first pub, of course. He already runs the only two-Michelin-starred

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  • Chef Akira Back will run the restaurants and bars at the new Mandarin Oriental Mayfair

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    Updated 27/11/23 with more details

    We've known for a while that Michelin-starred chef Akira Back was heading to London to open at the upcoming Mandarin Oriental Mayfair. Now the final details are emerging about what we can expect from the chef's restaurants and bars at the hotel.

    Back is going to be responsible for two restaurants, a bar and a rooftop 'experience' at the hotel when it opens

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  • Wildflowers comes to Pimlico from ex-Elystan Street chef

    Wildflowers comes to Pimlico from ex-Elystan Street chef

    A new development has arrived in Pimlico that is bringing with it a very promising new restaurant. Newson's Yard is an arcade of shops that also includes And Objects from top restaurant designer Martin Brudnizki. Wildflowers is the development's food and drink element and comes from chef Aaron Potter, who most recently was Executive chef at Maria G's and before that head chef at Elystan

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  • The best London restaurants for Thanksgiving 2023

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    Whether you're after a taste of Americana or an ex-pat looking for a slice of home (and pumpkin pie), here's our pick of the Thanksgiving events happening in London...