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- Other Side Fried in Brixton is becoming wagyu burger spot Buster's
The London restaurant scene is notoriously fickle and what's hot one day can be past its best the next. When that happens you need to be ready to pivot and that's what Matt Harris & Tommy Kempton, the duo behind chicken shop Other Side Fried (and Ploussard) have done. They're in the middle of turning their Brixton place into a burger restaurant. But not any burger restaurant - this one's going to be serving up
... - Bleecker Burger arrive at London Bridge
They're known by many (including us) for being one of London's best burgers (you can even smell them on the Circle line platform at Victoria) and this week there's another place to try them. Bleecker are coming to London Bridge.
Just in time for National Burger Day, they're opening on Tooley Street
... - New York's 7th Street Burger is popping up in London
Back in the spring you may recall that Hot Dinners paid a much overdue visit to New York. And one of the things we particularly enjoyed while we were there was a late-night visit to the very popular 7th Street Burger. The smash burger joint was, while we were there, certainly among the best-reviewed
... - Turns out In-N-Out Burger are not coming to Camden after all
Updated 12/8/24: TL;DR - they're not
They're a huge hit on the US West Coast, but over the weekend rumours started flying about whether In-N-Out Burger could be coming to London next.
News broke late on Friday of a TikTok account, called @innoutburgercamden that seemed to suggest
... - Copenhagen's Gasoline Grill burger joint is popping up in London
One of the most talked-about burger restaurants in Copenhagen is coming to London - Gasoline Grill is popping up in King's Cross.
It's hugely popular in Copenhagen, partly because they have an outpost at the airport which is a must-visit if you're passing through there and call yourself a real burger connoisseur. It was given its name because it originally opened in a working
... - Junk is bringing French smash burgers to Soho
On a time when all eyes are on Paris for the Olympics, one French burger company is making its way over to the UK. Junk is getting ready to open a burger bar in Soho (where Wonderland was briefly).
It's not the first French burger brand to try and make a go of it in London, of course. Big Fernand had a few sites around London and are still serving up their French burgers in South Kensington.
... - MEATLiquor W1
The main West End venture from Burger/cocktail maestros.
- Shake Shack are bringing their burgers to St Pancras station
11/6/24 - updated with opening details
Over the past few years, Shake Shack have been expanding pretty widely throughout London and the UK, with 15 of their burger restaurants already open. However, this latest branch may be their most useful, as it's the first time they're opening in a train station.
The latest Shake Shack is opening inside St Pancras,
... - Salt and its wagyu burgers opens on Leicester Square, but which Salt is it?
Updated 21/5/24 with more information
There were fanfares and fire jugglers at the grand opening of Middle Eastern burger joint Salt on Leicester Square this week, but a social media storm is still raging as to which Salt this actually is. The OG Salt was a Dubai food truck turned burger business run by two women Amal Al Marri and Deem Albassam. It became a huge hit for its signature wagyu
... - Bleecker Victoria
Proper burgers from the Bleecker team in Victoria
- Smash burgers come to Queen's Park with Supra Burger
Looking at some of the recent openings, there are a few notable trends around London at the moment. Greek/Mediterranean is one and classic French cooking is another. And then there's the rise and rise of the smash burger.
The latest to embrace all things smashed is Supra Burger. It comes from the guy behind rotisserie chicken spot Cocotte, Romain Bourrillon, which is why they're kicking
... - SMSH BN opens on Charing Cross Road with its smash wagyu burgers
London's love affairs with smash burgers continues with the arrival next month of a new burger spot in central London. SMSH BN (you'll see from the lack of vowels that it comes from chef Mark Morrans who was formerly at MNKY HSE) takes the burger into a more luxe strata with its wagyu offering.
Highlights on the menu will be the Wagyu Cheese SMSH BN - that's double Wagyu patties, potato
... - London's restaurants, bakeries and cafés with perma-queues - the hype is real
Are you the kind of Londoner who spends their weekends and evenings queueing for the must-have cake or burger? We take a look at the places that have permanent queues outside.
- Temper Burger sees the steak & BBQ restaurant pivot to smash burgers
Their most recent opening was in Paddington and although Temper are staying in the west for their next, it's going to be quite a different beast. They're taking the lead from their cheeseburger taco and pivoting into actual burgers to open Temper Burger.
The new restaurant will be mainly about double-patty smash burgers with options including:
- Temper
- Patty melts, suet puddings and more - Test Driving the new Hawskmoor lunchtime specials
Hawksmoor has just launched a series of new lunchtime-only specials across all their restaurants. We used this as a handy excuse to go and try them out.
