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  • Madame Pigg returns, coming to the new Islington Arts Club

    Madame Pigg returns, landing at Islington Arts Club

    Once known for its particularly strong Sunday lunches, chef and owner Adam Hardiman was forced to close Madame Pigg in Dalston after the particularly tough pandemic years. But now he's back, resurrecting Madame Pigg in Islington.

    It's part of the pub that used to be The Library (and still has

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  • A pop-up cereal bar is coming to Shoreditch from Kellogg's

    A pop-up cereal bar is coming to Shoreditch from Kellogg's

    It's been a while since the Cereal Killer cafes closed (an early victim of the lockdowns) but for a few days only, a new cereal bar pop-up is coming to Shoreditch. 

    This time, it's the turn of Kellogg's who are opening the Kellogg's Kombos Pop-Up. They'll have 25 cereals on offer and, as the name suggests, you'll be able to combine them into any kind of cereal you want. They say

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  • Poon's Wontoneria extends its residency with a new menu

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    Updated with extension to opening dates

    We've been hearing very good things about Poon's Wontoneria which has taken over the 12 Charlotte Street pop-up space that's part of Carousel in Fitzrovia. It comes from Amy Poon, whose father was behind the original Poon's, a legendary Chinese restaurant, and who's brought the name back for this "wontoneria". 

    The residency is getting an extension to February, and that

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  • A Toblerone shop disguised as a jewellery vault is coming to Piccadilly

    A Toblerone shop disguised as a jewellery vault is coming to Piccadilly

    As we move into the Christmas season, all manner of crazy pop-ups start arriving in town. One of the first is the Toblerone Diamond Truffle Vault, coming to Piccadilly this week. 

    It's all a bit of an immersive affair. Designed like a fake jewellery store, when you get there, you'll be asked to crack a code (which we imagine will be on the easy side) and then you'll

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  • Treats Club are popping up with a Carnaby dessert bar

    Treats Club are popping up with a Carnaby dessert bar

    Lungi Mhlanga's Treats Club, known for their freshly made filled doughnuts, is coming into Central London for a six-month doughnut-laden dessert bar pop-up in Carnaby. 

    The filled doughnuts on offer at the Carnaby Treats will include their strawberry white chocolate, churros horchata and cornflake cereal milk and their do-ssaint will be making an appearance (yes, that is a

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  • F Cooke are coming back to Broadway Market with a pie pop for one day only

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    Three years after F Cooke closed its doors on Broadway Market after 120 years of trading, citing a lack of Eastenders, the iconic pie and mash shop is returning to its former home - for one day only.

    The Cooke family have been invited back by the current occupiers of the old pie shop, spectacle sellers Cubitts. Cubitts took over the site left vacant since F Cooke's departure this summer - the building's Grade II

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  • Max and his sandwiches are popping up at The Deli at 80

    Max and his sandwiches are popping up at The Deli at 80

    Easily one of the best places for sandwiches in London, the amazing Max's Sandwich Shop is closing for a little bit of refurb for the next few weeks. But Max isn't going away completely - he's decided to move (literally) up the road for the duration. 

    For just one week, from today, Max will be popping up at Neil Gill's Deli at 80 where he'll be making three completely new

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  • Morley's, The Standard and Heinz team up for a King's Cross chicken shop with added caviar

    Morley's, The Standard and Heinz team up for a King's Cross chicken shop with added caviar

    The fried chicken behemoth that is Morley's (which just opened its 100th store) is trying something a little bit different - a team-up with The Standard hotel and Heinz. 

    They're launching a one-month chicken shop pop-up, taking over Double Standard on the ground floor and terrace of the King's Cross hotel (although there will be takeaway too, just

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  • KFC are opening an omakase restaurant in Waterloo - for one day

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    You've got to admire the marketing bods at KFC; whatever they're paying that team is paying dividends. Last year their chicken-fuelled pub in Hammersmith for the World Cup was the talk of the town. This year they've gone one better. To promote the arrival of the teriyaki burger in their

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  • Lobster roll pop-up kicks off Café Pier's takeover programme in Chelsea

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    Last month we reported on the revival of an early 20th century cabmen's shelter in Chelsea which had been turned into the diminutive Café Pier. Now the riverside spot is about to get its first pop-up.

    Chef Charles Bryant is going to be the first one to take over the space with

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  • 310 Portobello is The Pelican and Straker's Notting Hill summer pop-up

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    They're two of the hottest places in West London right now and over the course of the summer The Pelican and Straker's have taken over the spot on Portobello Road that was Pizza East for a pop-up.

    The menu is short and sweet serving up dishes like fritto misto and aubergine parmigiana together with the fabulous flatbreads that customers have raved about in reviews of Straker’s and which the chef will be

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  • Big Penny Social creates Walthamstow-on-Sea with a big city beach

    Big Penny Social creates Walthamstow on Sea with a big city beach

    Can't quite make the time to get away to the beach this summer? Well if you're near Walthamstow, the beach is coming to you. 

    Big Penny Social have created Walthamstow-on-Sea (or at least "on reservoir") by dumping a tonne or so of sand in their backyard. They're even adding beach huts, which you can book for up to four people for the entire session (lunch or

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  • Outcrop sees the AngloThai and Luca teams pop up at 180 Strand

    Outcrop sees the Anglo Thai and Luca teams pop up on The Strand

    14/7/22 - updated with new photos of Outcrop

    We've been waiting for the opening of AngloThai by John and Desiree Chantarasak but while it looks like we'll have to wait a while longer for that, they will in the meantime be popping up with a restaurant on The

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  • Anya Hindmarch's Ice Cream Project is back - this year's flavours include Branston pickle and petit pois

    Anya Hindmarch's Ice Cream Project is back - this year's flavours include Branston pickle and petit pois

    Last year, the launch of Anya Cafe's ice cream pop-up from Anya Hindmarch caused a bit of a stir. Rather than use plain old flavours like vanilla, they had mayonnaise, ketchup and even Lee and Perrins Worcestershire sauce.

    Well, it proved to be something of a hit (TikTok certainly helped) and now they're back with another helping for

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  • TĀTĀ Eatery is back, popping up for a one-month residency at The Sea, The Sea in Hackney

    TĀTĀ Eatery is back, popping up for a one-month residency at The Sea, The Sea in Hackney

    it's been a while since we've seen something from TATA Eatery, with the team more recently helping to launch Mr Ji in Camden. But now they're back for a one-month appearance, popping up at The Sea, The Sea in Hackney in a team-up with Resy. Run by Zijun Meng and Ana Gonçalves the menu for this run is "inspired by Meng’s personal journey through mindfulness

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