New opening

• Piebury Corner is opening a pie deli in King's Cross

  

  17/5/17 - updated with exclusive soft launch news. 

  What: Piebury Corner King's Cross

  In a nutshell: Top notch pie and mash in King's Cross.

  Summing it all up: Famed pie sellers Piebury Corner are opening a new pie shop and deli to serve up some of the best pies in town, alongside mash and roast potatoes and all washed down with craft beer.

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• Skylight brings traditional British lawn games to its rooftop bar in Wapping

  Tobacco Dock is home to the latest themed rooftop bar and restaurant, thanks to Skylight, who’ll be providing street food, cocktails and plenty of traditional lawn games.

• Test Driving Westerns Laundry - the new restaurant from the folk at Primeur

  The folk behind Primeur have opened a second restaurant, Westerns Laundry. We went to see how their empire is expanding

• Islington's Plaquemine Lock is Bocca di Lupo chef’s pub with Louisiana cuisine

  After gaining a reputation for cooking Italian, Jacob Kenedy returns to his US roots with a stonking cajun and creole menu at his new Lousiana-themed Plaquemine Lock on Regent’s Canal.

• Darbaar launches Lotus, a new bar in The City featuring Indian-inspired drinks

  

  Another new bar is heading for the City as the people behind Darbaar are set to open a new bar called Lotus. This was previously part of the restaurant itself and now it'll have a menu of spice-infused spirits and Indian twists on classics. Chef-patron Abdul Yaseen has also created a fresh menu of Royal-inspired dishes to accompany all the new booze.

  Starting with those cocktails, they're

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• Salt The Radish is a vegcentric cafe opening on Blackstock Road

  Vegcentric cafe opens on Blackstock Road

• Sourced Market choose Barbican for their fourth store opening

  Indie food market

• Bistro Vadouvan brings French-Asian fusion to Putney Wharf

  The owners of Hammersmith institution Potli have made the jump south west, to try their hand at French-Asian fusion - think spiced bouillabaisse, duck leg pot au pho and Middle Eastern-spiced beef tartare.

• Little Bird comes to Battersea Rise from the woman behind Rock & Rose

  After three decades in the industry, Lorraine Angliss is opening her fifth restaurant on Battersea Ris​e. It looks set to be ​a leafy neighborhood joint with plenty of cocktails, with food from Riccardo Villar​,​ and Nick Marfe of the Rock & Rose.

• Bar Termini Centrale opens on Duke Street Bar Termini gets a new sister bar just off Oxford Street

  Knockout cocktails, coffee and plentiful Italian cuisine

• Made of Dough gets a permanent pizzeria in Peckham

  Legendary pizzeria Made of Dough is the latest to make the jump from temp to perm when it moves into its first proper home in Peckham. Expect all the classics, plus some new pizzas and a bar serving gelato milkshakes...

• The Lacy Nook brings Macedonian food and more to Stoke Newington

  Bringing together tastes from all over the world - think miso, jalapeno and tahini on aubergine  - The Lacy Nook experiments with international flavours, led by Macedonian friends Elena and Jana, with help from Nobu’s Tom Catley.

• Sibarita is Covent Garden’s new Catalan wine and cheese bar from Encant’s Victor Garvey

  After wowing Londoners with his Catalan food at Encant and Bravas Tapas, Victor Garvey has teamed up with his dad to open another restaurant on Maiden Lane. This time, it’ll be a laid back wine and cheese bar, with tapas and plenty more to enjoy.

• WOLF II in Broadgate is the new all day City restaurant from its Stokie counterpart

  Originally a hit in Stoke Newington, this is the second Wolf to hit London. Expect aperitivo in the evening, pasta in the afternoon and eat in or takeaway breakfast - which includes fontina wild boar waffles - folk around Liverpool Street will be sorted all day long.

• CHIK’N from Chick ‘N Sours hits Baker Street - and they do breakfast

  Baker Street will the home to the flagship branch of CHIK’N, an ethical fried chicken restaurant that’ll be open all day.