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- BAO are popping up at Dover Street Market with merch and baked goods
BAO has arrived in Mayfair - but not as you might expect. They've landed at Dover Street Market for a pop-up kiosk that's as much about their merch as it is about the food.
On the merch side, they've created limited edition Year of the Dragon t-shirts, made by Carhartt WIP, and you'll also be able to pick up sweatshirts, umbrellas, caps and even a custom zippo
... - St John is popping up at Fortnum & Mason while the builders are in
Most restaurants have to close for a few weeks when they do any internal work. But St John, always one to do things differently, has approached its upcoming kitchen refurb as an opportunity to try something new. So while their Smithfield restaurant is shut next month, they'll be decamping to Piccadilly store Fortnum & Mason for a three-week pop-up.
"Smithfield may be closed," says co-owner Trevor Gulliver,
... - The Landmark London has opened a cake shop pop up selling broissants
Ever since their Patisserie chefs Mauro and Daniel won Bake Off: The Professionals 2023 The Landmark London has been doing its best to bring the chefs' top-tier pastry work to the fore. Now, for the festive season, they've opened a cake shop pop-up in the hotel's foyer which will be selling a range of festive French pastries.
What we're particularly interested in though are the range of
... - Aldi open a bottomless pigs in blankets pop-up restaurant in Islington
24/11/23 - updated with new pics
Like many people, one of the things we love about Christmas is the return of pigs in blankets. If, like us, you think you can eat an awful lot of them, Aldi is about to put that to the test. For two days only, they're launching a bottomless pigs in blankets restaurant.
Set in Islington's Camden Passage, there's a
... - Ruben's Reubens lands a three-month residency in Brixton Village
He's been popping up in various places over town, including most recently Robin Gill's Rye by the Water in Brentford, but now Ruben Dawnay's Ruben's Reubens is back. As with Rye by the Water, he's once again teaming up with Gill, and this time it's a three-month residency in Brixton Village.
Ruben entered the Brixton Kitchen competition when he was first starting out (a competition
... - The Stranger Things Scoops Ahoy ice cream truck is popping up in London
By this point. there have been quite a few successful Stranger Things pop-ups, but the launch of the new spin off play in the West End this month is giving the team behind it a new opportunity. This time, it's Scoops Ahoy ice cream.
The ice cream shop featured prominently in series three and has popped up quite a few times across the globe too. There are two ways to get that ice cream - either in Pan-n-Ice shops (in
... - Madame Pigg returns, coming to the new 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
... - 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
... - Poon's Wontoneria extends its residency with a new menu
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
... - 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
... - 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
... - F Cooke are coming back to Broadway Market with a pie pop for one day only
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
... - 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
... - 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
... - KFC are opening an omakase restaurant in Waterloo - for one day
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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