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Having already torn up the scene in Chinatown and Charing Cross, the stupidly popular Korean corndog vendors Bunsik are heading to North London. For their third opening they've found a space on the high street where Camden locals can enjoy all their usual corndogs and a whole lot more.

The Camden branch will, it seems, have more to offer on its menu than the first two branches. So there'll be

26/9/22 - Updated with photos

Kentish Town's popular French restaurant Patron has found an easy way around the problem of too many customers and not enough room - knock through into the shop next door.

Having taken over the old vape shop next door to them on Fortess Road they've expanded into that. There's more dining space at the front (the renovations revealed some beautiful details from when the space was a

22/9/22 - Updated with photos of the restaurant

If you’re looking for a restaurant rooftop view that your mates aren’t talking about yet, then plan a little cultural jaunt to Covent Garden’s Royal Opera House. But if culture is not your thing, worry not. For the first time, you won’t need to be in possession of opera or ballet tickets to gain access to the Piazza

Updated 20/9/22 with opening date

N16 residents may have noticed the hoardings going up on Stoke Newington Church Street for a promising-sounding bagel shop. Turns out Good Things is going to be a standalone bagel and deli counter from the folk behind The Good Egg.

As they explained to Hot Dinners, their own love affair with bagels grew during lockdown when their delivery kits kept the business afloat.

Updated 20/9/22 with opening date

If inventive, towering sarnies stacked with the best ingredients are your thing, then we bring you good news indeed. The folks behind Sons + Daughters sandwiches in Coal Drops Yard are expanding. They're taking over the old 26 Grains site on Stoney Street at Borough Market for their second sandwich shop.

"After a long search we couldn’t be more pleased

A new restaurant that's all about Indian cuisine from the Awadhi region is coming to Marble Arch. 

Setting its stall out quite clearly with the name BKC - which stands for Biryani Kebab Chai - the restaurant is from Executive Chef Arsh Thakur, who's teamed up with Subjahit Mitra, the man behind East London's Coupette.

As the name suggests,

A new pub that quietly opened a couple of months back has just appeared on our radar with its official opening today.

The Holland (it used to be the Princess Victoria but it is very close to Holland Park) comes from chef Max de Nahlik, who previously co-ran popular pop-up Oxalis, and was most recently at The Duke of Cambridge in Islington. He's billing his menu as “unpretentious and fun” and

There's been a new round of openings in Chinatown and it includes the first live hand-pulled noodle restaurant within the official Chinatown area (Lanzhou Lamian Noodle Bar is apparently just outside the boundary).

Kung Fu Noodle specialises in dishes from China's Gansu province in the North West of the country. On the menu, you'll find a range of hot, cold and soup noodle dishes

13/9/22 - updated with the opening date

Soho's Mr Ji got a brand new lease of life when the team behind TĀ TĀ Eatery, Zijun Meng and Ana Gonçalves, took over the kitchen. Adding more dishes to the menu, with a little TA TA twist, it became a big Soho Hit and