New opening

• Sycamore Vino Cucina in Covent Garden is an all day Italian with a destination bar

  

  This new Covent Garden Italian sees top chef Paul Robinson inspired by Northern Italy from the nduja pizzas for breakfast through to hand-rolled pasta for dinner.

• Joan is a new Mediterranean restaurant for Shoreditch

  

  This new restaurant in Shoreditch takes Mediterranean food (with an emphasis on Greece) as its starting point, headed up by an ex-Caravan chef.

• Rudy's is bringing a vegan butcher to Islington's Upper Street

  

  They already have a vegan diner in Camden - but in uncertain times, Rudy's have also branched into the "butchery" business in Islington - vegan butchery of course. They've taken over the site on the corner of Islington Park Street and Upper Street that was previously Burger Lux. 

  If you're wondering what exactly does a vegan butcher mean in practice? Well, you'll be able to stock up on some of their vegan

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• Knoops bring their chocolate drink knowhow to Kensington

  

  We feel that Chocolate is definitely a perfectly acceptable way of coping with the current climate, so are happy to bring you news of a hot chocolate shop coming to Kensington High Street. Knoops already has a popular shop at Clapham Junction and Rye - now they're moving into Kensington. 

  Both hot and cold chocolate drinks are at the heart of the menu and you can create a bespoke drink using one of the 21

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• The Silver Birch brings British cuisine and an chef with an impressive CV to Chiswick

  

  This neighbourhood Chiswick restaurant is focussing on British cuisine in a menu led by Kimberley Hernandez, previously head chef at both Xu and Kym's. 

• Truman's Social Club in Walthamstow gets ready to open its indoor section

  

  As the reopening of London's restaurants, pubs and bars looms (we're definitely not calling it "super Saturday" though) we've already seen many ways in which restaurants are shifting the way they work, from removing tables, adding more screening and capitalising on outside space. But there are also two huge new additions to the scene that are really making the most of the increased demand for

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• St John Bakery comes to Borough with Eccles cakes, doughnuts & wine

  

  The great St John Bakery continues to very slowly expand across London, amazing doughnuts in tow. 

  The latest bakery of theirs is coming to London Bridge and will be supplied with baked goods from their main bakery in Bermondsey, just down the road. So you'll find the doughnuts there (and you can bulk order in advance) as well as their legendary Eccles cakes, chocolate brownies, pastries and plenty

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• Los Mochis brings a Mexican/Japanese mash-up to Notting Hill

  

  This new Notting hill restaurant from a Middle East restaurateur is something of a mash-up between Mexican and Japanese cuisines with plenty of added mezcal and tequila. 

• The Connaught unveils a brand new Patisserie (with a River Cafe dessert)

  

  While you may not be able to have a martini at the Connaught Bar after 10pm, the hotel has just unveiled something new for the daytime - a brand new patisserie. It's on the side of the building on Mount Street with its own entrance, meaning you can pop in and pick up Connaught cakes and patisseries all day long.

  It's both eat-in and takeaway and they'll be featuring 10 seasonal patisseries,

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• Rudies are bringing their Jerk Shack to Brixton Village

  

  Rudie's have already built up a big following in both Shoreditch and Borough Market, but this will be their first main restaurant. Jamaican jerk chicken will be at the centre of the menu.

• WC find a new Water Closet to convert into a wine bar in Bloomsbury

  

  After success with their first loo-turned-wine-bar in Clapham, WC are at it again. This time they're renovating a Victorian loo in Bloomsbury to become their second wine bar. 

• Behind is a new chef's table restaurant for London Fields

  

  Andy Beynon, former development chef for Jason Atherton, is opening his own restaurant in London Fields which is all centred around the workings of the kitchen.

• The Italians wine bar and bistro heads to Marylebone's Devonshire Street

  

  The team behind Chiswick deli and pizzeria, The Italians, are preparing for a Marylebone opening this winter. The Italians' new home on Devonshire Street will be a wine bar and bistro.

  As with their Chiswick site, the key thing will be the sourcing of top drawer Italian food and drink. The all Italian wine list will change seasonally and there'll be loads available by the glass. They'll be baking focaccia fresh in-house

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• Ollie Dabbous' Hideaway finds a permanent place on Mount Street in Mayfair

  

  Over the past two years, Hide's 'diffusion range' - a cafe called Hideaway - has been popping up in various locations - first in the Burlington Arcade and then, for a longer period, down at Chelsea Barracks. Now Ollie Dabbous and his team are getting ready to open it in a permanent spot on Mount Street.

  The cafe will take over the spot previously occupied by the Mount Street Deli. Open all day and

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• Mo Diner is Momo's 1930s Los Angeles diner with food by Eric Chavot

  

  Next door to Momo in Mayfair Mo Diner takes the American diner concept on a spin through the Med with Eric Chavot doing the food.