New opening
- Cocotte brings ethical rotisserie chicken to 8 Hoxton Square
After a good start in Notting Hill, Parisian restaurant Cocotte is moving East to trendy Hoxton Square, where they’ll be serving up ethically sourced chickens by quarter, half or whole, plus healthy salads, sides, and a selection of rather nice-sounding homemade sauces…
- Cora Pearl in Covent Garden will be the new restaurant from the Kitty Fisher's team - updated
Following on the success of their Shepherd Market restaurant, the team behind Kitty Fisher's have announced that their second restaurant will be on Covent Garden's Henrietta Street
- Daisy Green are opening Scarlett Green in Soho with new dishes and a huge Aussie wine list
If you're after a bottomless brunch, vegemite doughnuts or simply a glass or two from the biggest Aussie wine list in London, you'll have come to the right place when Scarlett Green opens up in Soho.
- Alto from the San Carlo group is Selfridges' new rooftop restaurant
Building on their partnership in other stores, Selfridges' Oxford Street store is the latest to get into bed with the San Carlo restaurant group who'll be launching Alto in the store's iconic rooftop space.
- Harrods unveils its Fine Wines and Spirits Rooms
Over in Knightbridge, Harrods are continuing their massive makeover of their Food Halls one by one and today the Fine Wines & Spirits Rooms are the latest to be revealed.
With the aim to "change perceptions on the world of wines and spirits" they'll be categorising wine by terroirs in an attempt to persuade purchasers to go outside their comfort zone. In keeping with that exploration theme, they're introducing an ‘Aroma Table’ which is described as
... - The Lebanese Bakery are bringing their flatbreads from Beirut to Covent Garden
Originally a hit in Beirut, the Lebanese Bakery is coming a long way for its second restaurant - to Covent Garden. Set up by two brothers, expect Lebanese flatbreads to be the main draw.
- Gordon Ramsay has opened Street Pizza doing bottomless pizza at One New Change
Gordon Ramsay has just switched the ground floor of his restaurant at One New Change into a pizza restaurant. The selling point? This one is doing bottomless pizzas for just £15.
- Cereal Grind in Whitechapel is London's first hotel cereal cafe
If your day needs something seriously sugary to kickstart it, then head over to this new East London hotel where the all day cafe is serving up cereal cocktails and crazy shakes.
- Laki Kane tiki bar is opening on Islington's Upper Street this summer
Ex-Mahiki bar manager Georgi Radev is bringing his love of rum and all thing tropical to Islington with a tiki bar where you can mix your own rums and enjoy crazy cocktails.
- Grays and Feather are opening a sparkling wine bar in Covent Garden
With a wine merchants business and a stall on the South Bank under their belt, Grays and Feather are getting ready to open their first wine bar. And it's all devoted to sparkling wines.
- Fitz's cocktails bar brings bone marrow croquettes to The Principal
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- Homeslice are bringing their huge pizzas to White City
The openings at White City are growing apace with another on the way to the revamped BBC Television Centre. This time it's the turn of Homeslice, which has come a long way from stalls at street food markets to this, their fifth restaurant in the city.
Expect all the usual Homeslice fare - huge wood-fired 20" pizzas with toppings that include Margherita and Salami, Rocket & Parmesan, Lamb Shoulder,
... - Ardiciocca in Fulham sees the Macellaio RC team go down the healthy route
The team behind Macellaio RC have become known for their amazing steak, but for their new Fulham restaurant they've taken a different approach with a gluten, dairy and sugar free menu.
- Andina comes to Notting Hill with Picanteria and Panaderia - Peruvian restaurant and bakery
This is the latest from Martin Morales, the man behind Andina and Ceviche. It sees him bringing not only another Andina restaurant to Notting Hill but is bringing London's first Peruvian bakery to the area.
- Kricket are returning to Brixton opening up a permanent restaurant under the arches on Atlantic Road
Having begun life in a container at Pop Brixton, the return of the restaurant to a more permanent spot under the arches on Atlantic Road is good news.