Italian

• Harrods Fine Watch department revamp to include a new Chucs

  As part of Harrods overhaul of its Fine Watch department the store is opening up a Chucs so you can contemplate your most recent timepiece purchase over a plate of pasta or a negroni

• Soho icon Lina Stores is opening a pasta restaurant on Greek Street

  The original deli has been open for over 75 years in Soho, giving them plenty of time to get things right before opening this, their first restaurant

• Via Emilia on Hoxton Square is all about the pasta

  If you want the best egg pasta in Italy, so they say, you have to go to the Emilia Romagna region where it was created. But if you can’t *quite* justify getting on a plane yet then Hoxton Square’s new Italian Via Emilia looks like the next best thing, and in traditional Italian style, they’re keeping it ultra simple with eight pastas, one pudding and a wine list that’s short but sweet.

• A new Italian by Old Street - we Test Drive Passo

  From the team behind Fitzrovia spot Foley's, this new restaurant on Old Street roundabout already has the buzz of a place that's been open for ages. We went to check it out.

• Amalfi-inspired Sorella takes the place of Clapham's The Manor

  It's farewell to The Manor and hello to Sorella, a new Italian restaurant from The Dairy group that'll be springing up in its place. 

• La Tagliata Italian Kitchen opens sister restaurant in Fitzrovia - with a wine bar too

  Picking up from where Sardo left off, the La Tagliata team are moving into Grafton Way with their traditional Italian cooking, which means masses of tagliatelle, plus a wine bar where you’ll be able to get your hands on 50 different bottles.

• Affordable pasta, wine and gelato in Bermondsey at Flour and Grape

  There'll be just eight pastas on the menu at Flour & Grape, who aim to create a beautifully pared back selection of Italian antipasti, pasta and gelato. They promise very reasonable prices, pasta to go and a very healthy (and affordable) wine list. Colour us interested...

• Murano has a new head chef as Oscar Holgado leaves Pitt Cue

  From city meat palace to swanky Mayfair Italian, Holgado has returned to his roots

• RIGO' brings fine dining to Fulham from an Italian chef

  After training under Alain Ducasse and earning Michelin stars in top European restaurants, Gonzalo Luzarraga is now bringing his expert skills in high quality Italian food to Fulham’s New King’s Road, in a luxe new restaurant that’ll be spread across three rooms.

• Counter Termini has pizza, aperitivo and antipasti in Vauxhall arches

  Vauxhallites can tuck into wood-fired sourdough pizzas and traditional Italian desserts while enjoying a seat at the marble-topped counter in Counter Terminini.

• Sood Family pops up with Italian cuisine in Hackney Wick’s Stour Space

  

  Get down to Hackney Wick’s the Stour Space before the summer’s out, and you’ll be able to enjoy an al fresco canalside aperitif and traditional Italian food, thanks to Sood Family’s new residency.

  The warehouse pop-up sees the Sood Family getting back to their Puglia roots with traditional Italian cuisine that’s been given a modern twist by Michele, a relatively new chef who’s spent the past two years working

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• Stecca brings fresh, simple Italian food to Chelsea’s Hollywood Road

  Stefano Stecca is keeping it simple in his latest project by using top grade ingredients to create traditional Italian cuisine, including Crudi - a raw fish dish made with freshly caught Cornish fish. Perfect for the warmer months.

• Francesco Mazzei is opening Fiume - a riverside restaurant at Battersea Power Station

  Chef Francesco Mazzei plans his third restaurant for D&D with a riverside restaurant as part of the huge Battersea Power Station redevelopment

• Test Driving Radici - Francesco Mazzei comes to Islington

  Francesco Mazzei's Sartoria in Mayfair is one of our favourite restaurants. We take a look at his next, Radici, a neighbourhood Italian restaurant in Islington.

• Popolo Italian from Jonathan Lawson in Shoreditch