Top Italian sommelier Maurizio Titone joins forces with entrepreneur Marco Petrozzi for this boutique wine bar on Archway Road.

Read more: The Wine Artist is a new Italian wine bar for Highgate

With alfresco being where it's at until 17 May at the earliest, we're starting to see more and more interesting use of spaces for outside dining. The Savoy's is definitely one of those, as they're using the iconic entrance courtyard (yes, we can use the word iconic in this case) and transforming it into the pop-up Solas (the name means "light, joy and comfort" in Gaelic).

With the pop-up now open…

Read more: First look - The Savoy steps outside for its Solas pop-up in the hotel entrance

Fans of Mayfair pub the Guinea Grill, who were perhaps disappointed when it didn't reopen for outside drinking or dining this month, will be happy at the news that landlord Oisin Rogers has changed his mind.

Having originally decided not to opt for an alfresco experience, he's decided to open the pub's outside terrace earlier than planned. To that end, they'll be putting out tables on Bruton Plac…

Read more: Surprise! The Guinea Grill is opening for alfresco dining in its Mayfair mews

This new neighbourhood restaurant by an ex-Ritz chef Jake Finn has a menu devoted to the grill and a lovely outside terrace too.…

Read more: Cinder in Belsize Village sees an ex-Ritz chef go full grill-obsessive

While Tom Brown and James Toth are waiting to reopen Cornerstone they've decided to set the ball in motion, with a series of Saturday pop-up takeaways outside the restaurant in Hackney Wick.

"Because we’re bored of sitting twiddling our thumbs we thought we’d do a lil takeaway event down in the wick this Saturday," said Tom. "Same deal as the one last year, first come first served."

Dishes availa…

Read more: Head to Hackney for Cornerstone To Go on Saturdays

Even if the temperature doesn't quite match the blue skies, it's clear that summer is on its way and over at Canary Wharf, Burger & Lobster are ready for it. Their West India Quay branch has just opened up a lobster shack down by the water, serving up takeaway lobster dishes and drinks.

There's grilled classic lobster - or you can opt for one marinated in The Ribman's Holy Fuck sauce. Al…

Read more: Burger & Lobster open their lobster shack for business at West India Quay

The restaurant delivery scene in London is changing all the time. Here, we're tracking the restaurants that are adding new delivery services as well as big changes to their existing offering.…

Read more: Track London's restaurants' new and changing deliveries & takeaways

20/4/21 - Updated with reopening details

On top of being chef-owner of Tredwells, Chantelle Nicholson is in charge of a pop-up in Hackney called All's Well. It opened at the end of October 2020 - getting in a month before everything shut down again. But now it's on the way back. 

Hyper seasonal, sustainable plates will be at the heart of the menu which will celebrate produce from across the…

Read more: Tredwells' Chantelle Nicholson pops up in Hackney with All's Well

A new burger delivery box with a difference has arrived, and this one is more than a bit on the luxe side. Coming from SOLA's Victor Garvey alongside Sven-Hanson Britt (Oxeye) and Joe Warwick (World Restaurant Awards), The Burger Incident is influenced by the trio's American, British and Irish roots and takes in some pretty high-grade ingredients. 

Here's what's in the box...

The Burger…

Read more: The Burger Incident is a luxe DIY burger meal kit from SOLA and more

The Hoxton museum is getting a new all day cafe and bistro from the team who brought us the Anchor & Hope and The Clarence Tavern. …

Read more: Molly’s Café sees the Anchor & Hope team opening at Hackney's Museum of the Home

As pubs return, we're starting to see a lot more pub residencies being announced and the latest of these is Tigre Tacos. 

Up until now, they've been popping up with their food truck at the alfresco Nine Lives Alley in Bermondsey, which is where we first tried them. Now they're getting ready to head indoors along with the rest of us with a permanent residency at Gunmakers in Clerkenwell…

Read more: Tigre Tacos is kicking off a residency at The Gunmakers in Clerkenwell

South London Spanish restaurant The Tapas Room is expanding again. They're already in Tooting, Deptford, Battersea and Brixton - now they're coming to Peckham too. The restaurant has its roots in the successful Donostia Social Club pop-up and this will be the group's largest restaurant yet.

The main menus will be a mix of snacks, tapas, meat and cheese. So, alongside the usual suspects like…

Read more: The Tapas Room arrives in Peckham next

It's been a bit of a wait but we're finally getting closer to the opening of Imad's Syrian Kitchen, which sees the former sell-out pop-up, settling down in Kingly Court. But while we wait for the opening in May, Imad Alarnab is back to his pop-up roots with a new Falafel Bar in nearby Carnaby. 

He's teamed up with refugee charity Choose Love, which will get £2 for every falafel box sold…

Read more: Imad's Syrian Kitchen pops up in Carnaby with a falafel bar

Last year they were first to the party when it came to delivering drinks to the park. Now Highbury restaurant Top Cuvee has gone one further and will be cycling around North London bringing its Barbecuvée offering to pimp up our park picnics.

So, not only can you get Pet Nat and cocktails brought to your spot in either Clissold Park and Highbury Fields (or to take away), you can also get dishes f…

Read more: Barbecuvée is Top Cuvée's upgraded park delivery service this spring

It opened at the beginning of the second world war and, with a few hiccups, has been serving up fish and chips to Notting Hill locals ever since. But the pandemic has put paid to historic west London restaurant Geales which this week announced that it is not going to reopen.

The restaurant, which first opened its doors in W8 back in 1939, has served cod and chips to a pantheon of celebrities and…

Read more: Geales in Notting Hill is the pandemic's latest restaurant victim