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- Grab a selection of sweets and savouries at Knightsbridge’s new Platter
Whether you’re two people heading to the Hyde Park, or a bigger group eating in, catering firm Platter are setting up a permanent spot in Kensington to suit.
- Dan Doherty is taking over the Royal Oak in Marylebone
Update - Dan Doherty tells us all about the new pub, right over here.
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Dan Doherty has been very busy of late. Not only is he a judge on the BBC's Britain's Best Home Cook and is
... - Morso brings grappa galore and homemade pasta to NW8
The team behind Morso have been biding their time at their Bloomsbury and Holloway Road pop-ups, but now they’ve finally secured a permanent location in NW8 from which to dish out sharing plates, pastas, and cocktails made with their beloved grappa.
- Thanks to Soane’s Kitchen, you can now have bottomless brunch in a walled garden
With bottomless brunches, guest chefs, and a light, summery menu served from within a walled garden, there’s about to be a whole heap of new reasons for you to make the trek out west to Walpole Park and Soane's Kitchen.
- New London restaurant openings to look forward to this Summer
We've rounded up the key restaurants you need to have on your restaurant radar this summer - all of which will make staying in town over the summer a total delight.
- Test Driving Neptune - a stylish seafood spot in Bloomsbury
Bloomsbury just got itself a very stylish seafood restaurant - we went to see what Brett Redman and Margaret Crow have done with Neptune at The Principal on Russell Square.
- Mayfair's Gazelle restaurant pairs an ex-El Bulli chef with top mixologist Tony Conigliaro
Tony Conigliaro is teaming up once more with chef Rob Roy Cameron to open a two floor restaurant and bar on Albermarle Street
- Hank's Burgers and Beers are coming to the Deptford Market yard arches
They've been a staple of the Deptford street food scene for some time, and now Hank's are launching their first permanent site in an arch at Deptford Market Yard, with their Burgers and Beer restaurant.
It's clearly a does-what-it-says-on-the-tin type of place - with the burger offering being:
- The Big Cheese - 6oz aged beef patty, American cheese, Hank’s
- Chef Tony Fleming tells us why The Baptist Grill at L'oscar will be a place "to come, hang out and have fun"
London's newest stylish hotel, L'oscar (read our story on its opening here) has opened for business in Holborn. And running the food side of things is Tony Fleming - who picked up a Michelin star at Angler in the South Place Hotel. With the hotel's all-day spot Cafe 'Oscar already open and the main restaurant The Baptist Grill
... - A second By Chloe. is coming to London at Tower Bridge
The popular US vegan chain is following up its first opening in Covent Garden with it's second at One Tower Bridge. Expect vegan fast food aplenty.
- BOB's Lobster Wine Bar and Kitchen is opening at London Bridge
Bob's Lobster are the latest to graduate from street food markets to a place they can call their own. They're setting up shop in the arches of the fully revamped London Bridge station. And yes, there will be lobster.
- The original Mayfair Chisou is moving to a bigger spot just down the road
After 16 years of business, Japanese restaurant Chisou is on the move - but they're not moving far. They're leaving their former base on Princes Street and opening up a bigger place on Woodstock Street (the same street that Neo Bistro is on).
The new restaurant adds a chef's table at the sushi bar, and they'll be serving "by the piece" sushi omakase there as a new addition. And they're also adding two new basement private rooms for up to 20
... - Viet Lounge is a 'hidden' Chinatown Bar you need on your radar
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- Jackson Boxer and Andrew Clarke are opening St Leonards in Shoreditch - updated
The Brunswick House restaurateur and his chef and partner Andrew Clarke have a fire and ice focus for their new Shoreditch restaurant with an ice bar for raw fish and shellfish and open hearth cooking for meat and vegetables.
- Pleasant Lady are bringing their jian bing trading stall to Spitalfields
They've been doing a storming trade out of their street hatch in Soho, but now Pleasant Lady Jian Bing Trading Stall are bringing their Chinese snackage to Spitalfields. They'll be opening a stall in The Kitchens at Old Spitalfields Market.
If you haven't made it down yet to the original Soho hatch in the wall, what you've been missing out on are crispy skin crepes, stuffed with savoury fillings - including aromatic Iberico Char
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