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- Marugame Udon comes to the O2, their second London restaurant in a couple of months
They've only just launched in Spitalfields in July, but huge udon chain Marugame Udon were never going to stop there. Already, they're gearing up to launch their second London restaurant, this time at the O2.
A taste of what's on offer includes:
- Beef Nikutama - udon with beef and caramelised onions in a dashi broth with a poached
- Hawksmoor Wood Wharf is their Canary Wharf restaurant - floating on the river
The Hawksmoor empire is expanding as they get ready to open their seventh restaurant, this time in Canary Wharf. Their latest place will actually be floating in the water. Expect steaks, cocktails, lots of outside seating and one of their biggest bars to date.
- Wing Shack Co and Eggs n Stuff team up on Holloway Road
If you've ever wondered if a restaurant serving eggs all day might do better in the morning - then that's clearly what this Holloway Road duo thought. Here, it'll be an egg restaurant in the morning and serve up chicken the rest of the day.
In an announcement that thankfully doesn't have any "what came first" jokes, Wing Shack Co and Eggs ‘n’ Stuff are teaming up
... - Santo Remedio Cafe sees one of London's best Mexican restaurants return to Shoreditch
22/10/21 - updated with opening info
It's been a busy old year for Edson and Natalie Diaz-Fuentes, the couple behind popular Mexican restaurant Santo Remedio. Fresh from having published their first book, the couple have just announced they're opening a second restaurant, Santo Remedio Café. The opening of the café sees the pair coming full circle. Their first restaurant was in Shoreditch
... - Patrick Powell takes over the menu at Booking Office 1869 in St Pancras
22/10/21 - updated with the opening date
The Booking Office at St Pancras, always a beautiful-looking destination, is getting a big uplift on the food front. It's getting a new design, a new name and a new menu that's by Patrick Powell of Allegra at Stratford (very handy for him as it's only 10 minutes on the train between the two
... - Four Legs turn Finsbury Park's Auld Triangle into The Plimsoll
After two years building up a stellar rep for their burger and other dishes at Islington's The Compton Arms, the team at Four Legs have bought their own boozer in Finsbury Park.
- Dai Chi sees the Angelina team deep frying skewers in Soho
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The people behind Angelina are getting ready to launch something a bit different in Soho. It's taking over the spot they previously opened as the bar Golden Gai, which is now going to be transformed and relaunched as their second restaurant - Dai Chi.
Dai Chi will be all about bringing Osaka's kushikatsu dining to Soho (that's kushi for
... - Corrochios is the new Mexican kitchen at Ruby's in Dalston
It's all change at Ruby's in Dalston on the food and drinks front as they unveil Corrochio's. It comes from Daniel Corrochio, a man who has run Ruby's itself before and now finds himself in charge of their food and cocktails.
Corrichio's leans on his heritage, with a menu of Mexican dishes matched with Mexican spirits and cocktails. Planned for the menu
... - Where to eat at Camden Market Hawley Wharf
Camden has seen a fair bit of development over the past few years and the new Camden Market Hawley Wharf may be the biggest change yet. It's a 580,000sq ft site (aka VERY big) and, as a result, will be adding loads more in the way of places to eat, drink and be entertained to the area.
Now the second part of the development is opening, bringing even more to the canalside at Camden when it opens on
... - Yatay is a new Japanese grill restaurant for Soho
Taking the place of Ichibuns in Chinatown, Yatay is a new Japanese robatayaki grill restaurant, inspired by the izakayas and street vendors of Tokyo (indeed, ‘Yatay’ is a reference to those very street vendors).
In addition to the aforementioned grilling, pickling and fermenting will be a big thing on the menu by Head Chef Marco Ardemagni, who comes from Sushisamba. That
... - The Mildreds team are opening Mallow - a plant based restaurant at Borough Market
19/10/21 - updated with the opening date and menu
It's been 33 years since Mildreds first opened its doors in Soho, in a flash transforming London's vegetarian restaurant scene. Now they're getting ready to open their first brand new restaurant in over three decades.
Mallow is going to be a totally new restaurant from the team in Borough Market. Located in a building right opposite
... - Frank and Jackson Boxer launch Below Stone Nest, a dive bar on Shaftesbury Avenue
This is a turn up for the books. You don't normally think of Shaftesbury Avenue when you're looking for a cool place to drink in the West End. But a new dive bar being opened by the Boxer brothers, Frank and Jackson, sounds like it'll be the hottest place to be this autumn.
Below Stone Nest sees the brothers behind Brunswick House, Orasay and Frank's Cafe in Peckham, take on the bar space
... - The Little Yellow door is coming to Soho, door colour TBD
The Little Door company have been a big hit in Notting Hill with The Little Yellow Door (as well as having opened Little Orange Door in Clapham and the Little Blue Door in Fulham). Now they're opening their latest in Soho.
There's no word on whether the team have settled on a door colour at the time of writing - but we do know a few things. The first is that the bar is
... - Hithe + Seek at the Westin London City is London's newest riverside wine bar
There's one obvious USP at the wine bar opening up at the new five star Westin London City - the view. Hithe + Seek is right on the river with amazing views across the Thames to the Tate Modern and The Globe.
It's one of two eating and drinking spots at this new luxury hotel on the north bank's Queenhithe, a part of London so old it's thought to have been a Roman dock even before it got its current name back in the 11th
... - Gazette Chancery is a new trad French brasserie for Chancery Lane
City workers looking for a new place to have a business lunch or after work catch up should try out new French brasserie Gazette which has just opened up off Chancery Lane in the old Vanilla Black spot.
The restaurant comes from Walter Lecocq, who worked with Alain Ducasse and Gordon Ramsay and was GM at Richard Corrigan's Lindsay House before setting up Gazette with Pascal Even in 2007. Since then, the
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