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  • Where's Fred's is a City café/wine bar from the District team

    Where's Fred's is a City café/wine bar from the District team

    A new cafe by day/wine bar by night is heading to The City. Where's Fred comes from Chelsea Finch, who's also behind the Districtcafés in Parsons Green, Mayfair and Nine Elms.

    The food menu is going to change throughout the day. So they'll start with a brunch-style menu on which

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  • Borough Yards will have a new Barrafina, Butchies, Vinoteca and much more

    Borough Yards will have a new Barrafina, Butchies, Vinoteca and much more

    Updated 10/11/21 with more info on the Vinoteca opening

    We've only just had the opening of the big Hawley Wharf development in Camden and now another new retail and restaurant scheme is getting ready to open on the other side of town in Borough. Borough Yards is the latest hoping to tempt in the workers giving up their WFH status. 

    It's part

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  • Ngopi Indonesian cafe opens in Dalston with noodle toasties and banana lattes

    ngopi coffee dalston london

    A Hot Dinners exclusive

    Dalston has a new coffee shop that genuinely sounds like it's adding something new to the area. Its owners are Jakarta-born folk who back in 2018 opened Birmingham's "first and only independent coffee shop with Indonesian vibes".

    Here in London they'll be serving coffee, light meals and beans to go. The menu, includes:

    • Fried Indomie Toastie - instant noodle
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  • Wood & Water takes over from Three Little Birds in Brixton

    wood & water restaurant brixton

    It's long been a popular spot in Brixton for Jamaican tapas and boozy brunches, but now Three Little Birds is heading in a new direction. Owner April Jackson is turning her Coldharbour Lane bar into a restaurant serving what she calls "modern British food with Jamaican soul".

    If you're wondering what that means for the menu, we're told to expect dishes like:

    • Pan Seared Duck Breast, Jerk
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  • Popeye's chicken comes to London, at Westfield Stratford (and they're adding a vegan burger)

    Popeye's chicken is coming to London

    3/11 - Updated with the opening date and details about the menu

    Given Five Guys' fairly massive rollout across the UK. it was only a matter of time before more US chains started heading this way. We already have had the return of Wendy's, and joining them soon will be American

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  • Carmel comes to Queen's Park from the Berber & Q team

    Carmel comes to Queens Park from the Berber & Q team

    3/11/21 - updated with the opening date

    The team behind Berber & Q, Brothers Josh and Paul Katz and Mattia Bianchi, are getting ready to open a new restaurant in Queen's Park. Carmel will be both a bit of a departure from what came before, but still with a touch of inspiration from North Africa and the Eastern Mediterranean. It's arriving on Lonsdale Road, just done the road

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  • Noci is a new pasta Islington restaurant from ex-Bancone chef Louis Korovilas

    Noci is a new pasta restaurant from ex-Bancone chef Louis Korovilas

    A Hot Dinners exclusive

    He had a big hit with his dishes at Bancone, before moving onto Tavolino, and now Louis Korovilas is opening an Italian pasta restaurant in Islington (taking over from the Cote on Islington Green).

    At this new restaurant, you can expect a combination of Italian street food and pasta dishes. Of the former, the fritti are the main

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  • Zahter sees top Turkish chef Esra Muslu opening her first solo restaurant in Soho

    zahter restaurant carnaby

    She's worked with Soho House's Nick Jones and Yotam Ottolenghi, now Turkish chef Esra Muslu is getting ready to open her first solo London venture.

    Zahter is being described as a 'love letter' to Esra's Turkey. The whole thing sounds like they've imported everything from tiles to table linen from the chef's homeland. The three-floor restaurant in Carnaby takes over that large corner site as you turn from Newburgh Street

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  • The Pig's Head is a new Clapham "pro-planet" pub

    The Pig's Head is a new Clapham "pro-planet" pub

    Taking over what used to be The Rectory, the people behind Smokehouse, The Pig & Butcher and The Princess of Shoreditch are opening their fourth pub - The Pig's Head.

    This will be taking a different sustainability-led approach for them, hence the "pro-planet" label they're adopting. For example, all animals will be butchered on-site, and they'll work with farmers practising

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  • New London restaurants opening in November 2021

    New London restaurants opening in August 2021

    November is traditionally one of the busiest months for new openings and that's no different in the pandemic age. Here's our pick of restaurants that are opening their doors for the first time this month.

  • Sarap Filipino Bistro takes over 10 Heddon Street in Mayfair with whole suckling pig on the menu

    Sarap Filipino Bistro takes over 10 Heddon Street in Mayfair

    It's been big in Brixton - now Ferdinand "Budgie” Montoya is bringing Sarap into central London. Sarap Filipino Bistro will be the latest place to take over at 10 Heddon Street, a site that has previously held both Manteca and Fallow on extended stays before they became permanent restaurants. 

    Budgie's new Mayfair restaurant is being described as an "evolution" over the

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  • Amsterdam's The Avocado Show heads to London's Oxford Circus

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    28/10/21 - updated with new images

    Is this city big enough for two restaurants devoted to the avocado? The Avocado Show has been a huge hit back in Amsterdam since opening there four years ago (and they even had a pop-up here). Now they're hoping to work their brand of magic on Londoners, opening

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  • Italian sustainable pasta chain Miscusi picks Covent Garden for its first UK opening

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    27/10/21 - Updated with the opening date

    Back in Italy, it's got a cult following with queues around the block at each restaurant opening. Now the Miscusi pasta chain is coming to London.

    Their first UK opening will be in The Yards in Covent Garden where Arome bakery and Dishoom are. As you might expect, it's all about fresh pasta - you can either pick your own pasta and sauce combos or opt for their

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  • Inca London is a new late night restaurant and club on Argyll Street

    inca london argyll street

    It's not every day that someone manages to open a new late night spot in London almost entirely under the radar. But this weekend, Inca London threw open its doors on Argyll Street for the first time.

    Billed as "London’s newest Latin American show restaurant", although we don't know of many others, they've picked the perfect time to open in the run-up to the festive period.

    From what we can deduce, it's a restaurant

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  • Manteca's new home is in Shoreditch, bringing along their Italian/British menu

    Manteca is coming to Shoreditch with their Italian/British menu

    25/10 - Updated with the opening date.

    They've been big in Soho and now David Carter and Chris Leach's Manteca is moving to Shoreditch. They're taking over an old Pizza Express site on Curtain Road (very close to Carter's own Smokestak). 

    Manteca has Chris Leach at the helm and originally started life as ...