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Leytonstoners stuck in London for the summer are being offered a hit of the Italian coast on their high street instead. Local entrepreneur Gianluca Colini, who opened hit coffee shop Unity Café, is the man behind new restaurant Bocca Bocca.

Gianluca's put together a tight and impressive team for this new opening. Jemma Londt-James, former manager of JOY at Portobello, will be in

If fusion food is your chilli jam, then you might be interested to know that Fatt Pundit are heading to Covent Garden. The Indo-Chinese restaurant first opened in Soho two years ago, building up a fanbase for its food inspired by Canton and Guangdong immigrants who settled in Kolkata and Mumbai.

Now they're opening a second restaurant, this time on Maiden Lane on the old Polpo site. And while they'll

We already know that top Spanish chef Dani Garcia is opening a restaurant at the new Mondrian Shoreditch. Now we've got details of the other big food opening there, taking over the hotel's ground floor space.

Christina's will be the Mondrian's all-day eating space. But far from being

The restaurateur behind Jamavar and Bombay Bustle is opening another Mayfair venture in September. This one’s called MiMi Mei Fair and will evoke the opulent wonders of old-world China.

Updated 30/7/21 with opening date

Santa Maria have been hailed by some as serving up London's best pizza, so news of a new opening by them is definitely welcome. We already knw tew that they were gearing up for their first vegan pizzeria, but they're also going to be opening in the ever-shifting

Updated 12/8/21 with soft launch offer

A new egg-based restaurant is coming to London, but this has a more unique starting point. It comes from Sohail Ahmad, an Afghan refugee who came to the UK on his own on the back of a lorry at the age of 12 - but then eventually built up a career as a professional boxer and personal trainer. 

Now he's getting into the

Hackney Wick is home to a new sustainability-focused space called Two More Years, encouraging locally sourced dining and drinking, as well as artistic endeavours.

The brothers who brought us Pizza Pilgrims are behind this Neapolitan/NYC style mash up pizza slice bar.

In these unpredictable times for international travel comes the heartening news that Brindisa, London’s beloved Spanish tapas emporium, is opening a new outlet and the lucky locale is Richmond. If you fancy avoiding the queues at Heathrow, then you can soon find Spain in London’s southwest for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

With seating for 150 inside and 60 on the terrace with Thames views, it sounds like an ideal

Taking over the space where Mash restaurant was, this is a huge DC Comics experience - with a big lean towards Batman in particular. Expect a multi-room experience that's inspired by Gotham City. 

The evolvement of new dining spaces post-lockdown is showing no signs of stopping anytime soon. Over at New Cross in southeast London, a bar with a heavy focus on pizza and soft-serve ice cream (already: what’s not to like?) has been creating a stir over the past few weeks. Called Radio Delicious, it opened in early July near Goldsmiths University. 

“During the end of lockdown an

August may mean summer holidays for most (albeit staycations in general) but there's still a lot to look forward to. Here are the new additions to the London restaurant scene, coming in August. 

Pan Pacific Hotels Group is coming to London, taking over a huge new space in the Bishopsgate Plaza development. There will be three new bars and restaurants as well as a further two in the adjoining Devonshire House. 

Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber can put aside his Cinderella opening night woes, with the happy news that his newest venture, a complete restoration of Covent Garden’s Theatre Royal Drury Lane has launched without a hitch. Two years and £60 million in the making, The Lane will host four different drink and dining venues: The Garden, The Rotunda Bar, Cecil Beaton

What was once known as The Monarch pub is reopening under the name of Monarchy. Live music and events are in the works, and North London’s burger heroes Nanny Bill’s are providing the sustenance.