Covent Garden

• Grays and Feather are opening a sparkling wine bar in Covent Garden

  With a wine merchants business and a stall on the South Bank under their belt, Grays and Feather are getting ready to open their first wine bar. And it's all devoted to sparkling wines.

• Neil Rankin's third temper (this time with pizza) is coming to Covent Garden's Mercers Walk - updated

  Neil Rankin's  temper restaurant once again reinvents itself, this time the fire-based chain will focus on pizzas with an extensive list of vermouths too.

• Old Chang Kee are bringing their famous curry puffs to London

  Singapore's famous curry puff house is opening its first UK restaurant in Covent Garden serving up the signature puffs alongside curry and laksa.

• Test Driving Jidori in Covent Garden - yakitori and much more besides

  We head to Covent Garden to see what's new at the second Jidori. 

• Wanted to book lunch at Barrafina? Here's your chance...

  

  We do love Barrafina - but we're not great fans of queuing/waiting for tables. So if you've wanted to try the restaurant but haven't had the time/patience, then their new monthly bookable Friday lunches - held in the Adelaide Street private dining room - might be just what you need. 

  On the first Friday of every month, they'll be running special lunch events, Arroz Friday - where they'll be

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• Jidori comes to Covent Garden for your fill of sake, yakitori and karaoke

  Sake and karaoke is a winning combination, but if you’re not feeling quite brave enough to head to Jidori’s basement karaoke booth, there’ll be plenty of yakitori and other Japanese treats to keep you entertained.

• Linda Lee’s On the Dak opens in Covent Garden with heaps of Korean chicken

  Sweet soy fried chicken, barbecue chicken, chicken noodle soup… Linda Lee’s newest Korean restaurant is based in Covent Garden and is all about the poultry.

• Test Driving Parsons - The 10 Cases crew serve up one hell of a fish supper

  The people behind Covent Garden's The 10 Cases have popped just across the street for their next restaurant, the seafood restaurant Parsons. We went down for a look. 

• Cook for Syria are opening a popup cafe in Covent Garden for Christmas

  

  If you want to eat well and do something for others this Christmas - then head straight to Covent Garden where Cook for Syria is launching a popup cafe and takeaway in the heart of Seven Dials - open from this weekend until Christmas Eve. The popup cafe, on the middle of Monmouth St, will serve mezze dishes by the Syrian chef Imad Alarnab, from the much-loved Imad’s Syrian Kitchen popup: he’ll be making delicious plates of hummus and labneh and babaghanoush which

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• Parsons is the next restaurant from The Ten Cases in Covent Garden

  The Ten Cases is growing again - this time across the road, where they're opening a restaurant that's all about seafood.

• Covent Garden's Baileys pop-up has edible glitter, chocolate reindeer and custom drinks

  

  Baileys lovers, 'tis the season to be jolly as you're getting your own festive pop-up in Covent Garden, with customisable drinks, Baileys desserts and chocolate reindeer.

  If you, much like us, can't simply can't get enough creamy booze goodness as soon as it hits December, then you'll be wanting to get yourself down to the new 'Baileys Treat Shop' stat.

  There, you'll be invited to curate

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• NYC’s hip vegan chain By CHLOE. is coming to London in Covent Garden

  Everything about By Chloe. screams NYC cool, from the full stop in its name to its determination to call itself ‘plant-based’ instead of just plain vegan. But aside from that, there’s more than enough to draw in animal-loving punters - from its super central Covent Garden location to its vegan mac and cheese and quinoa taco salad.

• Avobar in Covent Garden will be London's first avocado restaurant

  Wondering if we've gone peak London? Wonder no further as Covent Garden prepares to welcome the city's first permanent avocado all day restaurant

• Joe Allen is launching a piano weekend brunch with show tunes

  

  If your idea of welcoming in the weekend involves curling up with the papers quietly at home, then we're pretty sure that the new Joe Allen brunch won't be for you.

  On the other hand, if you love the idea of someone belting out Defying Gravity or Luck Be A Lady while you knock back a Bloody Mary or two, then this is right up your street.

  The piano brunch runs all weekend with a soundtrack of live show tunes to sharpen your appetite. Dishes are

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• Carluccio’s launches new nationwide veggie menu with a Covent Garden pop-up

  

  It seems just about everyone is getting in on the animal-free thing lately, from Pret to KERB. Now, not one to be left out, Carluccio’s has just announced they’ll be

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