American

• 5 reasons to try new American restaurant POTUS

  London's latest American import is this new riverside restaurant serving up all manner of USA treats.

• Test Driving Two Lights - the new Modern American restaurant in Shoreditch from the Clove Club team

  Obviously, any new opening by the Clove Club team is going to whip

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• Fat Phil's brings American-inspired comfort food to Camberwell

  He trained under Roux, Blanc and Pierre-White, now chef Phil Cooper has opened a simpler kind of place on Camberwell Church Street.

• Test Driving Plaquemine Lock - a Cajun and Creole pub in Islington

  Tucked down a residential side street in Angel is a canalside pub turning out Cajun and Creole food. We along for a taste of the Deep South.

• Le Bun co-founder goes permanent with Carte Blanche in Hackney

  One of the co-founders of Le Bun is carrying on the French/American theme with his latest restaurant, Carte Blanche, in Hackney. Expect southern American comfort cooking with a touch of French cuisine too.

• The Good Egg are bringing America's finest bagels to London this summer

  

  If you've read about NYC deli Russ & Daughters and the amazing Ivan Ramen but haven't yet made the trip to The Big Apple to try their food then sit back and enjoy as the best of North American's delis, restaurants and bagel bakeries are coming to London.

  It's all part of The Good Egg's Beer + Bagels series. They've persuaded some really interesting folk to head on over to London to create signature bagels available for one night only every Monday

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• Chicago's famous Gino's East deep pan pizza hits London for one weekend

  

  If you've never been to Chicago to try their deep pan pizza, then get ready - it's coming to you. London pizzeria Pizza Pilgrims have teamed up with the Windy City's famous deep pan pizza guys Gino’s East allowing them to take over their West India Quay restaurant for just one weekend.

  Renowned for their deep pan pizzas since first setting up in 1966, Gino’s East usually has queues down the block at any of its Chicago restaurants. They're bringing chefs over from the

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• Dank Van American sandwiches shouldn't be Kentish Town's secret

  

  Updated 18/5/18 with new dates

  Down a tiny alley in Kentish Town, barely a few steps away from the Pret and Greggs on the High Street, you'll find Dank Van. No, it's not an unpleasantly damp and cold motor vehicle - rather a street food purveyor of splendid American sandwiches. It's the brainchild of US chef Jason Winther, who lives on the mews and thought he'd see if there was a market for really authentic American snackage at lunchtime. Trouble is, he's not

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• Test Driving Passyunk Avenue - an authentic taste of Philly in London

  For homesick Philadelphians or Londoners wanting a taste of America, this Fitzrovia restaurant is a friendly place for a big feed.

• The guys from Breddos are launching Pocho - a new Californian street food concept at Giant Robot and Dinerama

  The guys from Breddos are branching out with a brand new concept of a Southern Cali-style menu of sliders, tacos and tostadas at Canary Wharf's Giant Robot.

• Passyunk Avenue brings Philly-style cheesesteak sandwiches to Fitzrovia - updated

  From humble beginnings as a Spitalfields food truck to a full blown sandwich restaurant and dive bar in Fitzrovia, Passyunk Avenue has arrived in its new bricks-and-mortar form to ply us with cheesesteaks, meatball sandwiches and scrapple - a type of pork meatloaf.

• Margaritas, tacos and lobster rolls - our Norwegian Caribbean cruise

  

  As our readers will know, we've done a few cruises in our time and - chosen carefully - they can be a really easy way to tour loads of interesting places, in comfort, with very little effort on your part. You just turn up, unpack, and for the next week wake up somewhere new each morning.

  For cruise companies, finding something that distinguishes them from their competitors, often travelling similar routes, is key. The quality of the food they offer has

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• New Orleans chef Dickie Brennan is popping up at Canary Wharf's Boisdale

  

  Football team The New Orleans Saints are marching into London this autumn to compete in the NFL, inspiring chefs from their home turf to follow suit. First up, we had news that Galatoire's was popping up at The Colony Grill Room. But just ahead of them will be Dickie Brennan, who'll be making the trip to Canary Wharf to temporarily turn Scottish

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• Test Driving Joe Allen - Theatreland's charmer survives its move

  Theatreland stalwart Joe Allen has moved, but has it taken its legendary charm with it? We went to find out

• St James Bar Avenue is having a Hamptons takeover for the summer

  Fancy lobster rolls and watermelon martinis? Then you need to head on over to this bar in St James