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- From Spain via the Ukraine, Boca a Boca will serve up tapas on Charlotte Street
War may be ravaging their country, but Ukrainians are still getting up every day and going to work and that includes opening new restaurants. And one that opened its doors in Kyiv last year is getting ready to expand to London. Boca a Boca was set up by Ukrainian entrepreneur, Andrii Nikonov, who wanted to open somewhere in Kyiv to share his love of Spanish food.
Now he's bringing Boca a Boca to London where
... - Test Driving Chishuru - Adejoké Bakare's West African restaurant shines in Fitzrovia
Adejoké Bakare's Chishuru has made the move from Brixton to Fitzrovia. We head down to see what the West African restaurant is cooking up in its bigger, central London home.
- 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
... - Must & Lees head to Warren Street for their second wine bar and shop
Updated 13/9/23 with opening date
Two years after opening their wine shop and tasting room in Islington, Must & Lees are expanding. Their second place will open this autumn on Warren Street, taking over Miel Bakery's old site.
Owner Chris and his team are aiming to jump straight into Fitzrovia community life, joining the likes of Miel, Honey & Co and Bang Bang on the street. So while their
... - Test Driving 64 Goodge Street - a boutique French bistro in Fitzrovia
The group behind Clipstone and Portland have opened another restaurant in Fitzrovia with 64 Goodge Street. This time it's all very French indeed. We head down to take a look.
- Test Driving Studio Gauthier - the French chef takes his vegan food to a new audience
Studio Gauthier sees chef Alexis Gauthier bring some of the extremely accomplished (and Michelin-starred) cooking from his Soho restaurant to a more casual affair in Fitzrovia. We went down for a look.
- 64 Goodge Street is the latest opening from the team behind Clipstone and Portland
It's been a while since we had a brand new opening from the people behind Quality Chop House, The Woodhead Restaurant Group. They're also the people who brought us Fitzrovia restaurants Clipstone and Portland and that area must be working very well for them because they're about to open a third restaurant nearby, 64 Goodge Street.
In charge of the space will be Head
... - Broken Eggs is London's first tortilla restaurant
London's already got a restaurant devoted to croquetas, so perhaps it isn't surprising that someone's now decided to open a Spanish restaurant specialising in tortilla.
Siblings Gabriel and Marta are the brains behind Broken Eggs which has been doing delivery for the past year. Now they're getting
... - The Gurkhas is a modern Nepalese restaurant opening in Fitzrovia
Nepalese cuisine isn't something that we have too much of in London (although there are a few classic establishments dotted about) but a new restaurant is looking to change that.
The Gurkhas comes from the same group that's behind Hot Stone and the upcoming
- Kibako brings sushi and sashimi boxes to Fitzrovia from the Hot Stone team
The team behind Hot Stone have a new restaurant on the way, taking over from what used to be Rai in Fitzrovia.
Kibako is being billed as a modern Japanese restaurant, which takes its name from omakase-style boxes that are one of the key parts of the menu. These kikabo boxes feature 10-12 pieces of sushi and sashimi which they say are "chosen personally by the kitchen for
... - Jun Tanaka's The Ninth restaurant to reopen after being closed by a fire for nine months
It's been closed for nine months after a fire last July but now Jun Tanaka's The Ninth is getting ready to make a comeback (cue Rocky music).
While the look of the restaurant will apparently be "reassuringly familiar", we're told that they've taken the opportunity to freshen things up a bit with new leather banquettes, new tableware and new bathrooms (always
... - Fitzrovia will be home to pasta restaurant Officina 00’s second site
Updated 21/11/22 with launch offer and opening date
As the nights draw in and thoughts turn to steaming bowls of hearty pasta, it’s like Officina 00 is reading our minds. They’re opening a second restaurant, this time in Fitzrovia. If you’ve been hitherto unaware of the Old Street venue that opened in mid-2019, Officina 00 is an Italian kitchen and workshop with
... - Ex-Noma chef John Javier is opening his members-only London restaurant to the public
He's worked at Noma and Momofuko Seiobo and ran a London supperclub that once saw the legend Harrison Ford turn up. Now chef John Javier is opening the doors of his London restaurant to members of the public.
The Tent (at the end of the universe) first opened back in February as part of members' club 17 Little Portland Street. But what was an invite-only spot will now be a regular restaurant
... - Carousel brings US burger bar Lucky Buns to London for a long-term pop-up in Fitzrovia
If you’re in the mood for burgers or have ever encountered Lucky Buns while on your travels in Washington DC or Baltimore, then you’d best get to Carousel Fitzrovia next month, because the US burger brand is about to take over the 12-seater incubator space that frequently hosts guest chefs from around the world.
Filling the spot vacated by Mumbai’s Goila Butter
... - Test Driving Lisboeta - Nuno Mendes returns to the kitchen with a Portuguese winner
Nuno Mendes returns with a Fitzrovia restaurant that's a celebration of Portuguese cuisine. We head to Charlotte Street to try it out.
