King's Cross

• Caprice's Granary Square Brasserie is opening in King’s Cross

  This new Granary Square opening (taking the space from Grain Store) from the team behind the Ivy Collection is aiming to cater for everyone.

• Cut+Grind bring burgers created right in front of you to King's Cross

  Cut+Grind is a burger joint with a difference, where the burgers are all ground in full view, and the meat changes on a weekly basis. So you're looking at a very fresh burger here...

• Lunchtime dumpling giveaway at King's Cross

  

  Fancy free dumplings this week? Of course you do. Head to King's Cross station on Wednesday lunchtime and look out for a towering cart of dumplings outside the station. It's there to publicise the opening of the new W Hotel in Shanghai.

  W Shanghai – The Bund has come up with a London-inspired Chinese ‘Wake Up Wonton’ designed by chef Ning Ma of Mamalan. Based on traditional Chinese noodle soup, Ning Ma's wonton noodle combines coffee flavours with a twist of cream.

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• The Racketeer cocktail bar to open in Kings Cross

  This October will see the official opening of The Racketeer, a new cocktail bar / wine shop in Kings Cross. The pub, which was once The Carpenters Arms, has been given a revamp and restored to its Victorian Glory. Completely restored, the venue is now run by an experienced team who’ve spent more than 20 years honing their craft in bars across London.

• Bleecker and Bao go head to head to make 'Blao' at KERB’s fifth birthday party

  

  Get your glad rags out - KERB is turning five this October, and they’re putting on a street food party with a hell of a lot of collaborations available at only £5 a pop.

  Among the most interesting of these are burger kings Bleecker, who’ll be teaming up with the wildly popular Bao to serve up a cheeseburger/steamed bun hybrid they’re calling Blao. Needless to say, we’re more than a bit

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• Vegans get their own King's Cross food festival, courtesy of KERB

  

  Vegans, start your engines. You’re about to get an entire food festival devoted entirely to animal-free food, courtesy of street food mavens KERB when they temporarily shack up in King’s Cross Canopy.

  Livin On The Veg, as they’re calling it, will consist of eight vendors who'll all be trying to outdo each other in a chance to be crowned the best. It's all part of 'Ultimate Vegan Rumble' -  so there will

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• Wine & Rind bring Breville cheese toasties to St Pancras

  

  If you’ve got a dusty toastie machine shoved behind your pots and pans that you STILL can’t quite bring yourself to get rid of, then here’s one for you - a residency from a Tottenham cheesemonger is coming to St Pancras, and the whole thing’s going to revolve around the classic Breville toasted sandwich maker.

  The residency will be led by Wine & Rind’s Holly Chaves, a cheesemonger with a cheese and wine bar in

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• MEATliquor is coming to King's Cross

  

  27/7/17 - updated with opening date

  A new MEATliquor is nearly upon us. This time, they're heading to that ever growing area that's King's Cross. They'll be taking over the spot from 6 Chad's Place - that's a surprisingly large spot just off King's Cross Road. 

  If you've - somehow - yet to try out MEATliquor, be assured that they combine some of the best burgers and cocktails in town. So when you're in the area and

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• Bruno Loubet announces Grain Store closure with plans to retire from full-time cooking

  The King's Cross restaurant closes this summer but the Gatwick Airport branch will continue

• Piebury Corner is opening a pie deli in King's Cross

  

  17/5/17 - updated with exclusive soft launch news. 

  What: Piebury Corner King's Cross

  In a nutshell: Top notch pie and mash in King's Cross.

  Summing it all up: Famed pie sellers Piebury Corner are opening a new pie shop and deli to serve up some of the best pies in town, alongside mash and roast potatoes and all washed down with craft beer.

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• KERB brings all the chicken to the yard with The Bucket List

  

  2 days. 8 Traders. 1 Bucket. If that doesn't tell you almost EVERTHING you need to know about Kerb's upcoming fried chicken event, then let us elaborate further.

  Taking place on 5 and 6 May in King's Cross eight chicken traders will showcase their fried fare.

  Tickets are £25 (early bird - geddit - are already sold out) and for that you get a portion of fried chicken from each Bucket List trader, plus a complimentary drink of choice.

  Here's

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• Drink Shop and Do in King's Cross adds a spritz bar

  

  If you fancy a spot of after-work drinking in King's Cross, then the new revamp at Drink Shop & Do might do the trick. They've recently had a bit of a do-over and revamped their bar into a spritz bar. It kicks off after 5pm, with an Aperol and Campari Spritz menu on offer. And alongside that, there's a small food menu of vegan-friendly salads, frittatas, soups and stews. Worth a look, we think, if you're in the

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• Maple and Kings has superfood smoothies and guilt-free brunches in Pancras Square

  

  Health-food-focused cafe Maple & Fitz landed in Fitzrovia last year at the height of the clean eating trend, bringing them a guilt-free menu full of salad bowls, cold press juices and gluten-free desserts. Now, they’re heading to King’s Cross to open their second cafe, complete with superfood cocktails for brunch.

  Head chef Adria Wu, Cordon Bleu and nutrition trained, has created an

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• Bar + Block steak restaurant opening in King’s Cross

  

  23/11/16 - Updated with soft launch details

  The surge of King’s Cross restaurant openings continues this November with Bar + Block, a steak restaurant set to open on York Way. It's taking over a large space that's part of the King's Cross Premier Inn (just opposite The Fellow, where Thyme used to be) and does still appear to be associated with the hotel (they also have one in Birmingham). It's having a massive

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• Pop up Rhône wine bar and restaurant featuring Adam Rawson hits King's Cross

  Sponsored feature

  

  We were fans of YBF Chef of the Year Adam Rawson long before he cooked at our Elements party in Spring. So news that he'd teamed up with Rhône Wines to do a London pop-up made us sit up and pay attention.

  The Rhône Touch is going to be an exhibition/wine bar/restaurant open for 10 days this summer in King's Cross. And whether you're looking to experience wine from an artistic point of view at the free

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