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- The Boutique Grocer opens its luxury store and food hall in Islington Square
Firefighter turned food entrepreneur Nick Scallan is behind new Islington high end grocery store and food hall, The Boutique Grocer which has just opened in the Islington Square development off Upper Street.
The luxury food retailer will serve up everything from shrub mixers and coffee from The Roasting Shed to organic fruit and veg and other products.
But it's also going to be somewhere to dine in, launching with
... - Old Brompton and Nocturne sees Xavier Rousset bring a wine and cheese bar and a basement cocktail bar to South Kensington
Coming to South Kensington is Nocturne, a new underground cocktail bar, underneath a restaurant whose own opening was a little below the radar.
The wine bar first. That's Old Brompton, a wine and cheese bar from Xavier Rousset (Cabotte, Black Book, Cafe Comptoir and more) and Steve Pineau and opened this April.
... - Hector's has ex-Hill & Szrok partner and Harry Potter actress opening a wine bar in De Beauvoir
Updated 14/6/21 with opening date
If you, like us, have been missing spending your weekends doing bar crawls of the cave à mangers in Paris or San Sebastian's drinking holes, then this new North London wine bar opening should be right up your street.
The indie project is a family business and a passion project of former Hill & Szrok partner Jimmy Stephenson and his actress wife Anna Shaffer
... - The Phoenix rises at Westfield London with a huge outside terrace this summer
The team who opened The Hawk's Nest in Shepherd's Bush last year are expanding their West London empire. Next month they'll unveil The Phoenix, their new dining space at Westfield London. They've taken over the old Jamie's Italian site to serve up a mixture of Italian street food, Mexican-inspired cocktails and live music.
The key factor in the new opening will be the huge terrace, which has room for 400 hungry and
... - Juliette is a new Provencal rosé bar for Harrods (with pithiviers and patisserie too)
Updated 11/6/21 with new pictures and opening date
In summer (or any time of the year, frankly) Hot Dinners' heads always turn at the promise of Provencal rosé (we like it very pale in colour). So when news of a new rosé bar coming to Harrods reached us, we were all ears.
The bar is called Juliette's and comes from Unlocked Brands,
... - Darby's chef Dean Parker and his wife Anna head to Glasgow to open Celentano’s
He's had big success in London at Darby's as Head Chef (and at Sorella and The Dairy before that) but now Dean Parker is heading out of London - very out of London, to Glasgow. He and his wife Anna, a Glasgow native, will be launching their first solo restaurant, Celentano’s, in August.
It'll be in Glasgow's Cathedral House building and will carry on the couple's love of
... - Niklas Ekstedt is bringing his wood-fired cooking to London with Ekstedt at The Yard.
Famed Niklas Ekstedt is coming to London with a new restaurant at the Scotland Yard Hotel that will be all about showcasing his wood-fired Nordic cooking style.
- Taqueria's second restaurant in sixteen years is in Exmouth Market
They've been a hit in Notting Hill for years, but now Taqueria is heading to the east to open its second restaurant. Expect tacos, tostadas, quesadillas, margaritas and more.
- Bar Liber wine bar arrives in Islington, along with a £100 cocktail
Last week, we had spotted signs going up for Bar Liber on St Paul's Road in Islington in the cafe/wine bar that we knew as St Paul and were intrigued. Now that it's actually opened its doors, we have a lot more info about this latest addition to Islington.
It turns out that it's from Stuart Hudson, who's previously worked at Milk & Honey as Head Bartender, Sake No
... - The White Horse in Mayfair's Shepherd Market is Hedonism Wine's first wine-led pub
As of last week, Mayfair had a new pub. But this isn't any old pub, it's a Hedonism Wines pub. The White Horse has taken over the old Hatchett's site on White Horse Street and is the high end wine merchants first public house.
What will you find in a wine-led pub? Well, for starters things like a 1974 Blandy’s Verdelho Madeira, and a Lagavulin distiller’s edition 2005 on the optics.
There are
... - Kudu Grill in Peckham will be a new braai restaurant from the Kudu team
4/6/21 - updated with full details.
Fans of the Kudu group of restaurants and bars will no doubt be thrilled to learn that the team are opening a new restaurant in South East London. The new restaurant in Peckham/Nunhead will be called Kudu Grill and has taken over the old Babette site on Nunhead Lane which was, before that, the Edinburgh Castle pub.
"As South Africans, we can’t resist a good braai," they
... - The Night Owl and Someday are two new music led bars coming to Finsbury Park
Updated 4/6/21 with The Night Owl opening date
It's all happening at Finsbury Park. As part of the station's massive redevelopment, there's plenty to look out for with a large new M&S food store, Picturehouse Cinema and Honest Burgers all coming to the station environs.
But that's not all. It looks as though this part of N4 is going to get two new bars, both of which
... - Fitzrovia is the new answer to Where The Pancakes Are
After success at London Bridge and with their lockdown deliveries, Where The Pancakes Are is opening a new restaurant in Fitzrovia, filled with all the sweet and savoury pancakes (and Dutch Babies) you could ever want.
- BAO's next restaurant is a noodle bar in Shoreditch
The latest BAO is coming to Shoreditch and it's something od a departure for the team. This time the main focus will be on noodle bowls, inspired by Taiwanese beef noodle shops (but there will be bao buns too).
- Aspen & Meursault is the new Battersea wine bar from Diogenes the Dog
The people behind the much-loved Diogenes The Dog are opening a new wine bar, with low intervention and natural wine as the focus.
