Clerkenwell

31/10/16 - updated with opening info. 

We've been noting with interest that the Clove Club have been tweeting about recruiting staff for a new restaurant and now we have all the details - and it's called Luca in Clerkenwell. 

Isaac McHale, Daniel Willis and Johnny Smith are all working on the new place, with Johnny moving to Luca full-time. There will be an Italian twist as the menu will be primarily Italian, but using

Next month, Grind will return to its spiritual home in East London bringing with it a fresh menu, pink velvet booths and those espresso martinis.  

Following the cafe chain’s unstoppable run of successful openings in central and East London, Grind will be making the move into late night dancing and drinks with an updated menu when it opens its sixth branch in Clerkenwell in

Updated 4/10/16 with soft opening dates

If you're into that whole 'get one over on your colleagues' thing - the opening of Counter Kitchen will be just the ticket. Forget your boring sarnies or salads, this Clerkenwell spot, opening in October, will be alll about healthy Asian-inspired breakfast and lunches to city workers. It'll inspire total lunch al desko envy.

Billing itself as a ‘mindfulness eatery’, Counter Kitchen’s menu

Here's hoping you've already been on your holidays, because the news we're about to bring you will be a death blow to any attempts at a beach body . For five days next week there's a sweet pie pop-up coming to Clerkenwell bringing all manner of calorific goodies to the London scene.

The company is Three. One Four which specialises in American desserts. They'll be serving their wares at Printworks

If you've already been to Jason Atherton's most recent opening, Sosharu, in Clerkenwell you may have wondered what was behind the curtain in one corner of the room. If you're as nosy as us you'll have peeked behind to find a kappo restaurant within a restaurant. While the rest of the restaurant bedded down, they've been holding this private dining space back but it's about to open this summer.

The room will be called Kisetsu (which means season in

We head to the site of Turnmills for the latest of Terence Conran's Albions - much more than just a simple restaurant. 

Jason Atherton's Clerkenwell restaurant brings a slice of Tokyo to EC1