New opening

• 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.

• The White Horse is Wembley's newest pub

  

  It's not every day a brand new pub opens in London - but if you're after a pint and live in the Wembley Park area, then you now have The White Horse to check out.

  This new Fullers pub opened at the weekend and is named after the first FA Cup Final to be played at Wembley Stadium - the White Horse Final. The huge new pub on Arena Square takes up two floors and has loads of outside space with a garden on the ground floor and a large terrace

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• Havana-inspired Bar Bolivar in Canary Wharf is from the Casa do Frango team

  Expect strong drinks and a bar food menu to match at this Havana style cocktail bar in Canary Wharf from the Caso do Frango team.

• Cinquecento pizzeria expands from Chelsea to Notting Hill

  

  Cinquento pizzeria first opened its doors in Chelsea last Christmas and, during lockdown, expanded with a kitchen in Battersea. Now they're getting ready to open its second eat-in pizzeria, on Portobello Road.

  The key difference with the new place though will be that it's split into a dining room at the back and a grab and go place at the front. So you can just drop by for a slice of pizza or some aracinini to take away, or settle

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• Tramshed returns as The Tramshed Project, mixing food, co-working, events & more

   

  During the pandemic, the Hix business went into administration taking Tramshed with it. But now there's a reprieve for the undeniably impressive building in Shoreditch as it becomes a space that mixes food, culture and co-working. 

  It's been set up

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• The Tapas Room brings tapas and wine to Brixton and Battersea

  

  29/9/20 - updated with Battersea opening date

  The lockdown obviously paused many plans to open new restaurants in London but we're pleased to see that many are moving full steam ahead with plans to open in our post-lockdown world.

  And one of those brand new developments and one of those is The Tapas Room. They already had two restaurants - in Deptford and

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• New London restaurants coming in October 2020

  

  As autumn continues and the temperatures cool, there are still many new openings to look forward to in October.