Italian

• Theo Randall to open new casual restaurant Theo's Simple Italian

  

  A Hot Dinners exclusive

  Theo Randall's a busy gent. Not only has he just relaunched his restaurant at the Intercontinental in London, but he's also got a new bit on the side. Theo’s Simple Italian is going to be a new casual spot, openng at the Hotel Indigo® London Kensington – Earl’s Court next month.

  Randall's brought in a top chef to run the kitchen. William Leoni worked with Theo Randall at the InterContinental and,

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• Trullo duo to open Padella pasta restaurant at Borough Market

  

  Updated 29/2 with launch details.

  Way back in the mists of time, the first restaurant story Hot Dinners ever broke was the opening of Trullo, just off Highbury Corner. Well, it's taken a little time, but we've eventually got round to bringing you another exclusive story from Tim Siadatan and Jordan Frieda, the duo behind Trullo.

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• Bernardi's launch a weekend brunch with weekday breakfasts planned

  

  There's a new breakfast spot in town. Bernardi's in Marylebone has just launched their breakfast menu (and weekend brunch) and it does look rather enticing.

  The brunch menu, which launched this weekend, features the now ubiquitous bottomless Prosecco and Bloody Marys (£16 per person) all day Saturday and Sunday. But what's new is the breakfast N’duja, egg & basil pizette (£8) and their Full Italian – a homemade veal, pork and chilli sausage

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• Test driving Sartoria - Francesco Mazzei's new Savile Row restaurant is a better fit

  Franceso Mazzei's new home on Savile Row is an instant hit - serving up some cracking Italian food

• Chucs is opening a restaurant, cafe and menswear store on Westbourne Grove

  

  When Chucs swimwear opened a cafe of the same name over on Dover Street, AA Gill popped in and reviewed it, describing it as "not just a little Italianish caff in Mayfair; it’s an enormous amount of fantasy and wishful thinking made real in miniature". Now the Mayfair spot is opening a second place in Westbourne Grove in February.

  The restaurant will take over the ground floor of the building in Notting Hill with the company's menswear collection upstairs. There'll also

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• Bocca di Lupo owners reveal details of Vico street food restaurant at Cambridge Circus

  

  Updated 24/8/15 with soft launch details 

  So, we've been waiting patiently to hear what Bocca di Lupo owners Jacob Kenedy and Victor Hugo were going to open at Cambridge Circus, and this week we've been rewarded with details of what will be called Vico.

  The new restaurant will focus on affordable Italian street food, and it sounds as

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• A real central London tourist attraction: we Test Drive Cafe Murano Covent Garden

  Angela Hartnett's new Covent Garden spot is a welcome oasis in a touristy location.