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- Caravel is a floating restaurant on Regents Canal from The Spiteri brothers and Studio Kitchen
We do like a floating restaurant (the Cheese Barge is a thing of wonder) and this latest restaurant on the water sounds like another very promising addition to Regents Canal. Caravel comes from brothers Fin and Lorcan Spiteri who have taken over a restored barge next door to Studio Kitchen (on the canal between Hoxton and Islington) and converted it into a
... - Tell Tale is a promising new Crystal Palace spot with a former Michelin-starred chef behind the menu
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Ever since the various lockdowns, London's neighbourhood restaurant scene has been seeing some really interesting openings. Now we're hearing about a new place in Crystal Palace that's definitely going to be worthy of note to locals.
Tell Tale sees Jamie Edwards and Arron Curtis (who recently opened Radio Delicious in New Cross) teaming with chef Martin Blunos for what they're calling
... - Chotto Matte doubles up with a new Marylebone restaurant
After success in Soho, restaurateur Kurt Zdesar is getting ready to open a second Chotto Matte in London - this time in Marylebone (taking over from where Fucina used to be). That makes it the fourth Chotto Matte overall (they're in Miami and Toronto as well) although they are opening in San Francisco, Nashville and Los Angeles too so they're definitely on an expansion
... - Mao Chow is moving and transforming into Facing Heaven
Vegan restaurant Mao Chow has come to an end - but Facing Heaven is rising to take its place.
Julian Denis, the man behind Mao Chow, has closed that restaurant in Hackney but is opening just around the corner in a new guise. It's a bigger space which means that they can do a little more with the menu, broadening their influences to take in Cantonese, Yunnan and Shaanxi cuisines as well
... - Brother Marcus comes to Borough Yards with their stellar brunch and more
Updated 18/2/22 with opening date
London's next big food and drink development to watch is definitely Borough Yards. We already know that Barrafina, Butchies and Vinoteca will be opening new restaurants there - and now
... - The Sidemen bring Sides to Boxpark Wembley
Huge on YouTube, The Sidemen (which is a team of KSI, Miniminter, Zerkaa, TBJZL, Behzinga, Vikkstar123 and W2S, all big individually on YouTube too) are also pretty big in the food delivery game having launched Sides as a delivery-only virtual chicken restaurant late last
... - Firebird comes to Soho bringing cooking over fire from St Petersburg restaurateurs
New Soho restaurant Firebird is taking over the spot where Corazon used to be. It's from two restaurateurs who hail from St Petersburg, Madina Kazhimova and Anna Dolgushina where their Wong Kar Wine restaurant has been a real success. With the London restaurant name as a clue, it'll focus a fair bit on cooking over fire, using both charcoal and wood (with a bit of
... - Three Uncles brings Cantonese roast meats to Brixton with its first restaurant
They're big in Camden and The City with their Cantonese roast meats and now Three Uncles are continuing their journey with their next opening, in Brixton Village, as reported by
... - Haggerston is getting a cake-themed cafe and bar from The Big London Bake
East London cake fiends will soon have something new to get their teeth into when the Big London Bake East opens. This new space, which channels the Great British Bake Off, will feature a 12 station baking tent along with its first cake themed bar.
If you haven't been before, the Big London Bake is all about learning how to bake (or improve your baking skills) in a fun environment. They're firmly pitched at the
... - Ochre restaurant to launch at the National Gallery by Muriel's Kitchen team
11/2/22 - Updated with details of the restaurant
The food at London's galleries is starting to get very interesting indeed. We've already had Jose Pizarro taking over at the RA and next up are South Kensington's Muriel's Kitchen who are going to be
... - The Oystermen are opening Walter's in West Dulwich
10/2/22 - Updated with the opening date
Following their Covent Garden restaurant (which doubled in size after they opened it), Rob Hampton and Matt Lovell, aka The Oystermen, are getting ready to open their next restaurant. This time they're heading south to West Dulwich to launch Walter's.
Heading up the kitchen is Head Chef Khalid Hassan (previously at Social Eating
... - Upstairs at The George sees James Knappett take pub dining to the next level in Fitzrovia
Back in November, we first reported on the second project by dream team JKS (Gymkhana, Hoppers), James Knappett (Kitchen Table) and publican Dominic Jacobs (The Running Horse) - a makeover of The George in Fitzrovia. That followed their successful opening of The Cadogan on the King's Road in Chelsea.
The Fitzrovia pub opened its ground floor offering before Christmas. That
... - Chaiiwala are coming to Dalston Junction
Last month they opened their 50th store, in Knightsbridge, with fans including Konan and boxer Amir Khan. Now the UK-based South East Indian cafe chain Chaiiwala have set their sights on Dalston.
The company was founded in Leicester by a family whose great grandfather was indeed a chai wallah in Delhi back in the 1920s. Since then they've been opening places like crazy across the UK and London.
In addition to
... - Kerb Counter brings pop-ups and residencies to Shoreditch, starting with From The Ashes
After the success of Seven Dials Market, Kerb are branching out further from the street food scene with a new venture in Shoreditch - Kerb Counter. It's both relocating from its previous home in Camden, to new digs just off Old Street roundabout, and evolving in the process.
It'll be a test kitchen, designed to host a number of pop-ups and residencies
... - New Islington cafe TRAMPOLINE serves up hope to refugees
If you prefer your morning coffee to come with a side order of goodwill, then a new cafe opening in Angel next week sounds like just the place for you.
TRAMPOLINE is a new social enterprise cafe by Founder Pranav Chopra on Camden Passage which is all about helping refugees to the UK enter the workforce. How they do that is by working with Groundwork London and Hotel School a hospitality training
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