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- Written by Gavin Hanly
They made their name with porridge, but the team behind 26 Grains has a much more varied menu at its Borough Market opening, Stoney Street. There will be a seasonal menu that adapts from breakfast through to dinner and a handy hatch too.
Read more: Stoney Street is the new Borough Market restaurant from 26 Grains
- Written by Catherine Hanly
Updated 3/9/19
The Brexit fallout amongst the UK's restaurant community continues. Last night everyone's favourite dating show host and restaurant GM, Fred Sirieix, revealed the problems he's having providing sufficient proof to win settled status.
Fred, who currently hosts First Dates, is also on our television screens in Gordon, Gino and Fred: Road Trip, Remarkable Places to Eat and Step up the…
- Written by Catherine Hanly
If you're after somewhere in Fitzrovia to sit and slurp ramen, then this international ramen chain are hoping you'll pick their new restaurant on Goodge Street to do just that.…
Read more: Ippudo pick Goodge Street for their fourth London opening
- Written by Gavin Hanly
Originating in Paris, Mama Shelter has spread throughout the world and has finally landed in London too. If you're unfamiliar with them, they're best described as cut-price accommodation with a bit of party central downstairs, all from the family that co-founded Club Med. We stayed in the Paris Mama Shelter earlier this year and found it to be a very handy base in the 11th.
As for the Londo…
- Written by Catherine Hanly
Here at Hot Dinners, we're particularly partial to a good cheese toastie, so news of a whole bunch of them hitting a menu in East London certainly got our attention.
Red Hand opened earlier this year on Stoke Newington High Street - the bar serves craft beer and cocktails on tap, focuses on natural wines and small batch spirits.
In the kitchen is chef Rebecca Lever from I Will Kill Again and she'…
Read more: Red Hand in Dalston has some compelling cheese toasties you'll want to try
- Written by Catherine Hanly
British Transport Police thought they'd made a massive drugs bust this week when a suitcase stuffed with bags of powder was found at Gatwick Airport Station.
The only trouble is that the dodgy looking 25 bags weren't filled with a Class A substance but, rather more boringly instead, a huge quantity of vegan cake mix. It turned out to belong to vegan pizzeria chain Purezza.
In a statement issued l…
Read more: Huge drugs bust at Gatwick turns out to be Purezza's vegan cake mix
- Written by Joel Porter
Coffee roasters Ozone are opening an all day hangout in Bethnal Green with coffee, Antipodean dishes, and cocktails.…
Read more: Ozone to launch second site in Bethnal Green this October
- Written by Catherine Hanly
The annual British Street Food Awards is celebrating its tenth anniversary this year, with the finals of the competition taking place once again at Street Feast’s Hawker House, on September 13th and 14th.
There will be 16 finalists from all over the UK cooking at Hawker House over the two days, with each having come through regional heats over the past few months for their place in the final. Eac…
Read more: Try Britain's best street food at the British Street Food Awards finals at Hawker House
- Written by Gavin Hanly
Another day, another restaurant opening - that's the cue for another interview from chef Marco Pierre White in which he holds forth, spouting all sorts of nonsense. This time it's via a restaurant interview with the Irish Independent in which Pierre White throws out all manner of sexist claptrap.
It's a predictable cycle which once again has resulted in loads of press coverage for the 'rent…
Read more: London's restaurant folk react to Marco Pierre White on women in kitchens
- Written by Gavin Hanly
Best known for his Michelin-starred Trinity in Clapham, Adam Byatt is taking on the food at classic hotel Brown's in Mayfair with Charlie's. There will be some trolley action too. …
Read more: Adam Byatt takes over Brown's with Charlie's restaurant
- Written by Gavin Hanly
With pizza restaurants in Finsbury Park, Clapton, Walthamstow and Leyton - it's now time for Hackney Road to join the Yard sale Gang. And there are some new calzones on the menu...…
Read more: Yard Sale Pizza are opening on Hackney Road - and they're bringing calzones
- Written by Gavin Hanly
Already one of the more famous vegans, Lewis Hamilton is now opening his very own plant-based burger restaurant, Neat Burger, just off Regent Street. …
Read more: Lewis Hamilton gets into the plant-based burger biz with Neat Burger
- Written by Gavin Hanly
As we enter autumn, there are a lot of new restaurant openings on the horizon. From new places by Richard Corrigan and Jason Atherton through to chicken and waffles from Nas and lots more besides - there's much to get excited about in September.…
- Written by Joel Porter
Akoko is the first project from last year’s Masterchef: The Professionals finalist William JM Chilila. He'll be opening this West-African influenced restaurant in Fitztovia…
- Written by Joel Porter
There’s a bit of a shake up happening at Spelzini, the Italian cafe within the Forge and Co co-working space on Shoreditch High Street. During the day it is to remain Spelzini, offering, sandwiches, salads, and coffee, but from September 26 onwards it will now be known as Luigi’s Bar in the evenings.
Although Spelzini currently has an evening offering, Luigi’s Bar is to apparently have all…
Read more: Spelzini in Shoreditch to become Luigi’s Bar at night
