New opening

• A new restaurant called SW7 will open in… South Kensington

  SW7 restaurant features Madrid chef Javier Rodrigo Alviz, opening at the Hotel London Kensington. At this new brasserie and bar in South Kensington, expect a fusion of Mediterranean and classic British cuisine.

• Lina Stores is bringing pasta to King's Cross

  As the original Soho deli marks 75 years in London, Lina Stores prepares to open a new pasta restaurant and deli in King's Cross. Their largest yet, expect some of their best pasta dishes plus a lot of new additions too. 

• Bleecker are bringing their burgers to Westfield London

  

  24/10/19 - updated with opening date

  Yes, that's right - another Bleecker is coming to town - and this time they've gone west, opening up in Westfield London in their food court.

  We're not shy of touting Bleecker as one of our favourite burgers in London, and they've also been voted as best burger in London by Time Out for three years. If you're out west shopping and haven't tried them

  ...
• Stoney Street is the new Borough Market restaurant from 26 Grains

  They made their name with porridge, but the team behind 26 Grains has a much more varied menu at its Borough Market opening, Stoney Street. There will be a seasonal menu that adapts from breakfast through to dinner and a handy hatch too. 

• High-end Japanese coffee % Arabica comes to London, opening in Covent Garden and Broadway market

  

  Following the launch of Omotesando in Fitzrovia, another high-end coffee shop % Arabica (not to be confused with the Levantine restaurant) has come to London. They're going one better than Omotesando, launching two stores almost simultaneously, in Covent Garden and Broadway Market. 

  It has to be said, the coffee shops look very stylish indeed - a very paired back, clean look with their signature coffee

  ...
• Other Side Fried come to Brixton for their first permanent restaurant

  They started serving up fried chicken in Brixton five years ago and now Other Side Fried are back with a permanent restaurant under the arches. 

• IT Ibiza comes to London, taking over a Mayfair gallery space

  Dinner, aperitivo, art and Balearic DJs arrive on the ever-changing Mayfair restaurant scene from Ibiza.

• Italian and Japanese deli Vallebona pops up in Coal Drops Yard

  

  Interesting foodie news for anyone near King's Cross. Wonderful foodie store Vallebona has just opened a pop-up shop down at Coal Drops Yard.

  Run by Stefano Vallebona and his wife Naoko, the company - which began life as a stall in Borough Market back in the 90s - has for a while been a major foodie destination down in Wimbledon. It supplies all manner of amazing Italian and Japanese produce, and does a roaring trade with chefs and

  ...
• Cahoots gets a new Ticket Hall and Control Room - all still set in the 1940s

  They already have a hidden 1940s immersive cocktail bar in a tube carriage - now Cahoots is about to grow. They're opening up two new spaces in Soho, keeping the 1940s theme - with a ground floor cafe and a hidden cocktail bar below. 

• Gordon Ramsay stealth opens a Bar and Grill on the old Maze Grill space

  This new restaurant from Ramsay is replacing the former Maze Grill on Grosvenor Square. This time it's an all-day restaurant where the focus is very much on steak. 

• Zero-waste Silo comes to CRATE Brewery in Hackney after moving from Brighton

  One of the pioneers of the zero-waste Douglas McMaster is moving his Silo restaurant from Brighton to the first floor of the CRATE Brewery White Building. He'll be putting that zero-waste ethos into everything in the new restaurant with an ever-changing menu. 

• Madrid's Amazonico rainforest restaurant is coming to London - updated

  Amazonico is best described as a luxe rainforest-themed restaurant - with a menu that takes in European, Asian and South American cuisines. It's been a big hit in Madrid and is now opening in London. 

• Emile on Curtain Road is a residency by the Drapers Arms' Nick Gibson and chef Damian Clisby

  

  10/10/19 - updated with soft launch details

  Well, this is exciting. If you've been wondering who's taking over the site vacated by Rok on Curtain Road, then we have the answer. It's going to be a long term, six-month residency Emile - run by Damian Clisby ex Restaurant Director of Petersham Nurseries, and Nick Gibson, landlord of the Drapers Arms.

  In an Instagram

  ...
• Slapfish bring their chowder fries and shrimp tacos to London

  

  A US seafood chain - founded by an award-winning food truck chef from Orange County, California - has landed on the shores of Camden. Slapfish is the brainchild of Andrew Gruel - a chef turned restaurateur, who's fairly well known across the pond as a contestant and judge in shows like Food Truck Face Off (yes - we'd watch that).

  The company is all about serving up sustainable seafood - their mantra is "Choose the dish, not the

  ...
• Copper Chimney Indian restaurant is the latest addition to Westfield

  Copper Chimney have several popular restaurants in India and this will be their first in the UK - opening at Westfield London in White City. Expect all of the dishes that have been popular in India, all cooked with the same techniques from the very first Copper Chimney in 1972.