Update 28/4/21 - looks like good things do happen to nice people, as we've just heard that Westminster Council has approved the pub's reopening. "We thank you from the bottom of our hearts for the tremendous support you have given us while campaigning to ‘Save The Cow’," says owner Tom Conran.
Our hearts go out to The Cow pub in Westbourne Grove. Not only are they having to deal with…
Read more: Notting Hill's The Cow pub succeeds in battle for survival
Updated 28/4/21 with menu and opening date
A new Italian restaurant is coming to Fitzrovia, via Brighton. The original Cin Cin has been a hit and also won a Michelin Bib Gourmand. They've now announced that they're taking over the space that used to be the Bonnie Gull Seafood Shack.
On the London menu, expect a combination of a small a la carte menu, or a five-course set Italian dinner.&nbs…
Read more: Cin Cin Italian restaurant makes the leap from Brighton to London
We've had bars where you can play cricket, and where you can enjoy darts and crazy golf, now we have one where you can play football. Opening up in the O2 is Toca Social, which mixes up food and drink with "immersive football games".
It's a familiar approach with a screen and ball-tracking technology. Pick a game of your choosing and whack the ball into the screen, trying not to spill…
Read more: An immersive and interactive football bar is coming to the O2
Continuing our intermittent series on London hotels who have repurposed their entrances into alfresco restaurants (so far we've had The Dorchester and The Savoy), now the Treehouse Hotel London on Regent Street has unveiled theirs.
The Courtyard at Treehouse has taken over the hotel's ground floor entrance on Langham Place as an extension of the hotel's Backyard coffee shop. They've brought in tr…
Read more: The Courtyard at Treehouse is the latest hotel forecourt to turn alfresco restaurant
There's definitely a sense of normality returning when restaurants start launching special dishes - and Flat Iron's new steak sandwich looks like it's worth emerging from lockdown for.
Designed by their Head of Beef (a title we aspire to), it was apparently inspired by a trip to Casa Julián de Tolosa in Madrid. After various versions, the sandwich they eventually landed on is one that'…
It skipped a year for 2020, for obvious reasons, but the World's 50 Best ceremony is making a comeback later this year.
Plans have been confirmed for the awards ceremony to take place on 5 October 2021 in Antwerp. The organisers have also said they're aiming for an in-person event, so fingers crossed for a lessening of Covid restrictions (and Covid, of course) by that date.
There are…
Read more: The World's 50 Best Restaurants awards returns for 2021
News broke on social last night that one of London's best known Jewish delis was about to close its doors for good. Harry Morgan first opened in St John's Wood way back in 1948, winning itself a reputation for its smoked salmon, salt beef and more (even if recent reports had suggested something of a downhill slide).…
While restaurants are slowly getting back to business, the delivery side of hospitality has been changed forever by the pandemic and various lockdowns. But while some restaurants are backing away from sending out meals and meal kits (you can only do so much in a small kitchen) others are going strong and there are also plenty of new delivery-only businesses that are well worth checking out. …
Read more: My Local Kitchen is delivering meals from top chef Garry Hollihead
Pan Pacific Hotels Group is coming to London, taking over a huge new space in the Bishopsgate Plaza development. There will be three new bars and restaurants as well as a further two in the adjoining Devonshire House. …
We've been fans of Philly cheesesteak masters Passyunk Avenue since they opened in Fitzrovia (and their delivery DIY kits are one of the best we've had - pic above) so the news that they're hoping to expand to Waterloo is welcome indeed.
They've got their hands on a 3000ft space (much larger than the original) in the arches by Leake Street in Waterloo. It doesn't appear to be a completely d…
Read more: Passyunk Avenue are hoping to bring Philly Cheesesteaks to Leake Street in Waterloo
After previewing the restaurant in a residency at Brown's, chef Daisuke Hayashi is getting ready to open Roketsu in Marylebone.
Hayashi came to London after training at the Kikunoi Ryotei restaurant in Kyoto and as a protege of seven-Michelin-starred chef Yoshihiro Murata. He has since been Executive Head chef at Tokimeitē in Mayfair. His new restaurant will be…
Read more: Daisuke Hayashi is opening Roketsu Kaiseki restaurant in Marylebone
Updated 23/4/21 with opening date
Highgate is about to get a new Irish pub and the people behind it have an interesting background. Called Brendan the Navigator, it's going to open on Highgate Hill, taking over the prominent building that used to be The Tourian Lounge, and before that the Old Crown Inn.
As reported by The Ham & High, it's from John Rynne (a local musician) and head…
Read more: New Irish pub Brendan the Navigator opens in Highgate
In what should be its biggest restaurant yet by far, Robert Costa's Macellaio RC (somehow, we've only now just realised what the RC stands for...) is heading up to Shaftesbury Avenue. It's taking over the space that was once one of the best pre-theatre dining restaurants in the area, Cafe Monico. But with no theatre, we can see how that might have been very hard to keep going.
The late…
Read more: Macellaio RC takes over the Cafe Monico space on Shaftesbury Avenue
Over in Chelsea, Sloane Square has been taken over by not one but two neighbouring restaurants, keen to make the most of the alfresco space.
First up there's Colbert which has brought back its Petanque in the Square pop up for the summer. They'll be serving drinks and crepes - starting with a partnership with Lillet and following that up with a Tanqueray pop up later in the summer.
We poppe…
Read more: Colbert and The Botanist take over Sloane Square with alfresco crepes and pizza
Fancy playing cricket indoors? This bar matches indoor cricket nets with food by Mac & Wild. …
Read more: Sixes sees the Mac & Wild team bring their indoor cricket club bar to Fitzrovia
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