Fitzrovia

• Bubbledogs gets a revamp with a bigger Champagne focus and new hotdogs

  

  Changes are on the way for Bubbledogs, the hot dog and Champagne bar in Fitzrovia by Sandia Chang (which also acts as a way into the 2-Michelin-starred Kitchen Table at the back). They're closing for a revamp and opening again with much more of a focus as a Champagne bar.

  And this change also means a much bigger focus on Grower Champagnes (they're the smaller producers in the Champagne region).

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• Cutting Room in Fitzrovia is a mix of restaurant, bar and art gallery

  Cutting Room sees the food and art world getting closer together. They'll be showcasing different artists monthly - alongside a restaurant and bar that's serving food cooked over charcoal and cocktails served in medicine bottles. 

• Bambusa on Charlotte Street will be a new Asian cafe from the Roti Chai group

  

  Looks like Charlotte Street is getting ready to welcome a new all day Asian café. Bambusa is the latest opening from the team that brought us Roti Chai and Chai Ki.

  Open from breakfast through to supper "offering an eclectic range of breakfast and all-day dishes with global influences, initially focused on flavours from across Asia." That's down to founder Rohit Chugh's

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• JOLT is bringing pistachio and condensed milk lattes to Fitzrovia

   

  Another coffee import is heading to Fitzrovia after the successful launch of Omotesando Koffee (and their amazing Kashi). This time it's the turn of Jolt, who have

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• Yopo is the new restaurant at the Mandrake, as they turn to South America for influence

  There's a brand new restaurant opening at the Mandrake Hotel in Fitzrovia. Yopo will match European cooking with South American influences.

• Test Driving the Wild Pasta menu at The Ninth on Charlotte Street

  Knowing how much Londoners love their pasta, we popped along to Jun Tanaka's Fitzrovian restaurant to check out his new seasonal menu.

• Super hip Japanese coffee brand Omotesando Koffee is opening in London's Rathbone Square development

  London's Rathbone Square will be the first European opening for this cool coffee chain which originated as a one man spot in Tokyo. 

• Vegan influencer Loui Blake is opening Kalifornia Kitchen in Fitzrovia

  An all-day vegan cafe in Fitzrovia, eschewing junk food in favour of healthy, nutritious dishes.

• Test Driving ROVI - Ottolenghi's waste-conscious, fire and fermentation restaurant

  Yotam Ottolenghi's latest restaurant is here - with fire, fermentation and waste consciousness on the menu. As well as spectacular corn. We pop down for a look. 

• A bar inspired by NYC's GENUINE Liquorette is coming to London, crunching cans in Fitzrovia

  Fancy making your own cocktails by jamming a miniature into a soft drink can? Then GENUINE Liquorette, inspired by an NYC bar, is just what you've been looking for...

• Sushi Atelier

  Sushi in Fitzrovia from the people behind Chisou

• Flesh and Buns new Fitzrovia restaurant will have a Press for Pisco button - updated

  Covent Garden's Flesh & Buns is opening a second restaurant just north of Oxford Street and this one's going to be huge with more of a Peruvian Nikkei vibe going on as well as the old izakaya favourites.

• Test Driving Kyseri in Fitzrovia - another Turkish winner from the people behind Oklava

  Laura Christie and Selin Kiazim already have success in Shoreditch with Oklava - and now they've brought their take on Turkish cuisine to Fitzrovia with Kyseri. We went down to try it out. 

• Flesh and Buns

  Serving steamed buns, izakaya pub-style 

• Santa Maria Pizzeria

  Top authentic Neapolitan pizza in Fitzrovia