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- Nourished Communities are opening their next independent producers shop in Walthamstow
We've always been impressed by the Nourished Communities shops, having been into the ones in Islington and Finsbury Park many times. Now, Walthamstow residents can see what we mean as another store is just about to open there.
As with the other shops, they store food, drink and produce from over 200 independent producers, with the range including organic veg and veg boxes,
... - The big new London restaurants opening in May 2025
Even by London standards, this May is a hugely busy month for new restaurant openings, with lots to look forward to over the coming weeks. From the return of chefs Giorgio Locatelli and Stevie Parle to a Dishoom offshoot in Notting Hill and so much more besides - here's what's coming your way in May.
- Dom Taylor takes on the Caribbean takeaway with Marvee's Food Shop in Ladbroke Grove
Dom Taylor's residency at The Langham was our most-read story of 2023 so news of his new Ladbroke Grove restaurant should go down well with many of you.
Marvee’s Food Shop, his new restaurant, is due to be a more laid-back affair than The Good Front Room, as
... - Kokin brings whole tuna nights and sushi to Stratford (taking over from Allegra)
You may recall a few weeks ago we reported on the changes afoot at South Bank restaurant Hannah which was morphing into a claypot offering Donabe at the same time as moving their sushi operation to Stratford in the form of Kokin.
Now we can reveal exactly what they have planned for their foray into East London.
... - Dishoom are opening a Permit Room in Notting Hill
26/4/25 - updated with the opening date
Dishoom already has seven restaurants in London, but for the eighth, they're going in a (slightly) different direction. Outside of town, they've opened three Permit Rooms, which are essentially offshoots of the main Dishoom, billed instead as all-day bars and cafes, and now they're bringing one of those to Notting Hill.
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... - Bancone's next fresh pasta restaurant will be in Kensington
Slowly but surely, some notably interesting restaurants have been opening around High Street Kensington station. We had the excellent Krokodilos fairly recently and now Bancone have picked the area for their fourth location.
If you're unfamiliar with Bancone, they're predominantly
... - Belgravia gets in on the London noodle trend with a new noodle bar at The Peninsula London
Not wanting to be left out of the general London obsession with noodles, super luxe hotel The Peninsula London is getting in on the trend. They've just opened up a noodle bar that serves up a tight menu of noodle dishes alongside Gweilo beers from Hong Kong and the bar's own cocktail list.
The chefs behind the menu are the multi-award-winning Hou Yurui who has worked on the concept with Jonnie Liang,
... - Blinds is a 'groovy new wine bar' opening on Hackney Road
If you feel that your part of London could do with a few more decent wine bars, then you might feel that one particular part of East London has more than its fair share. Hackney Road is already home to the likes of Sager + Wilde (the OG natural wine bar) and Provisions but it's gearing up for another new opening this summer.
Blinds is a new bar that's opening up in a former blinds shop, hence the name, almost
... - Brillo sees Forno transforming into an evening listening bar with pizza and natural wine
In Hackney, Forno (from Mitshel Ibrahim, the man behind Ombra) has already been doing some impressive things with pastry. Now it's trying something different in the evenings, launching Brillo.
Brillo will be taking over the Forno space every Friday, transforming it into "a listening bar of sorts". Each Friday, they'll be cooking pizzas in the ovens,
... - Duchy sees an ex-Leroy team give their former restaurant a reboot in Shoreditch
Updated 23/4/25 with opening date
Last year, Leroy restaurant in Shoreditch closed after seven years, with the restaurant having won and lost a Michelin star along the way. Now two Leroy alumni are taking over the space and relaunching it as a brand new restaurant, Duchy.
In charge of Duchy are Alex Grant and chef Simon Shand, who both first
... - Osteria Angelina sees the Dalston restaurant opening a grill and pasta restaurant in the City
21/4/25 - updated with the opening date
Angelina has been a big success in Dalston and while their other restaurant Dai Chi didn't last the distance in Soho, they're sticking to what they do best in the City by opening a second Angelina.
Called Osteria Angelina, it'll be opening in the Nolton Folgate development by Shoreditch station that's seen
- Filipino bakery and cafe Panadera is opening in Soho
Updated 21/4/25 with opening date and more details
A few weeks back, we wrote about how Filipino bakery Panadera was being forced to close in Kentish Town. Owner and co-founder Florence Mae talked then about "operational challenges" but now it transpires that she
... - HIDE chef Yiannis Mexis to bring live-fire Greek restaurant PYRO to London Bridge
17/4/25 - updated with the opening date
This PYRO comes from chef Yiannis Mexis, previously at Elystan Street, The Ledbury and Petrus and most recently head chef at HIDE. It sounds not entirely dissimilar to a nearby Borough Market restaurant in that it's billed as a Greek restaurant that's "a celebration of cooking over fire". PYRO is taking over the space
... - Supernova are bringing their burgers to Mayfair
When they opened in Soho last year, Supernova were an instant hit. It certainly helped that they carefully cultivated scarcity by only opening at certain days and times to start with. That meant that queues built up quickly and soon one of their burgers became the thing to try.
It was also right at the forefront of the smash burger revolution that's continued ever since, and saw rivals
... - Spring Street Pizza sees chef pivot from Michelin restaurants to a Borough arch
Being the chef of a Michelin-starred restaurant isn't an easy task, so you can totally understand why they might want to swap the pressures of that job for one that's a bit more fun. That's the new career path of chef Tom Kemble, who won a Michelin star while running the restaurant at Bonhams and has also worked in top-level kitchens like Hedone and Faviken, but is now opening a pizzeria.
Spring Street is the end
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