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- Flat Iron returns to Shoreditch and they're bringing a huge spit roast too
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Since originally popping up as a Shoreditch residency, Flat Iron have gone on to become very big indeed. Best known for their affordable steaks, they've been a big hit all over town. And now they're about to return to Shoreditch, but
... - Calcutta Street, Bengali restaurant by Shrimoyee Chakraborty is heading to Fiztrovia
Best known for setting up successful pop-up events cooking Bengali cuisine at home, Shrimoyee Chakraborty is now getting ready to open her first permanent spot, Calcutta Street, in Fitzrovia.
There are two sides to Calcutta Street. First, there's the ground floor no-reservations restaurant which is more of a casual affair with a central bar. But downstair is the (bookable) dining
... - Basque specialist Sagardi comes to London with restaurant in Shoreditch
It's that time of the year when you either have to have some sort of great foodie trip planned or avoid Instagram for the next few months. Happily there's something to make any homebody happy as a major player on the Basque region's restaurant scene is heading this way.
Grupo Sagardi was founded 18 years ago in Barcelona by Iñaki Viñaspre. The goal was to champion Basque gastronomy. In the intervening years he founded more restaurants in Barcelona, Madrid, Valencia,
... - Test Driving Legs in Hackney
Legs is the new Hackney restaurant from Magnus Reid - a small plates restaurant with a big focus on wine. We take it for a Test Drive. - Pitt Cue's Tom Adams and April Bloomfield are opening a farm and guesthouse in Cornwall
A Hot Dinners exclusive - updated 8/6/16 with opening dateThanks to an eagle-eyed Hot Dinners reader, our attention was brought to one of the biggest restaurant news stories of recent times. Turns out that Pitt Cue's Tom Adams and top NYC chef April Bloomfield have gone into the farming and guest house business together.
... - Farley Macallan brings wine, food and soon coffee to Hackney
It's all happening over on Hackney's Morning Lane. First came the new wine-focused restaurant Legs, then the new Nike store opened and now there's Farley Macallan. It's a new wine bar and restaurant run by Luke Ramsden whose CV includes time spent at the Arts Club and Home House and it's setting out to reinvent the local.
The 100 seat spot on the
... - Upstairs at John the Unicorn in Peckham lands ex Opera Tavern chef
Every once in a while a new opening of note slips by us. Upstairs at John the Unicorn on Peckham's Rye Lane is one such place.
The pub opened an upstairs restaurant around eight weeks ago and it's of note, mainly, because of the chap in charge of the kitchen. Many of you will know Ben Mulock from his previous role as senior sous at The Opera Tavern.
A quick look at one of Ben's sample menus made us want to eat there very badly. Dishes are priced between £4
... - Bone Daddies brings ramen to The Bower in Old Street
27/5/16 - Updated with opening details.
The Old Street space The Bower is finally getting going. We've recently had Draft House opening there and now Bone Daddies are nearly ready.
This will be the third Bone Daddies in London, and will be a combo of bar counter and 60 seats. As with the others, it will be a no
... - Test Driving Jidori yakitori restaurant in Dalston
We head over to Kingsland High Street to check out this fast and fun Japanese spot - Andaz London Liverpool Street launches its 1901 wine lounge
What better time than during London Wine Week to launch a hot new wine bar? You've got to hand it to the Andaz London Liverpool Street - their timing is impeccable.
This week the City hotel launches its 1901 Wine Lounge which focuses on a more adventurous selection of wine, with much available by the glass. The list will feature over 160 wines in total
... - Coppa Club opens first London outpost at Tower Bridge
Resisting EVERY urge to write a headline along the lines of Coppa Loada That View! we're gobsmacked by the outlook of a new all day eating/drinking/workplace that's about to open on the river. Coppa Club is the first London outpost of a rapidly growing business that started up river in Sonning-on-Thames.
They're billing themselves as an all day space that you can use to work in, or meet people or just hang out. As MD Tiffany Renwick explains; "There are great
... - Tooting is getting a new meatball restaurant Belpassi Bros
Tooting is getting a meatball shop as twin brothers and street food traders Livio and Lorenzo Belpassi move into their first bricks and mortar operation. Belpassi Bros will sell the hand rolled meatballs that the brothers have been dishing out in Spitalfields for the past few years, served up with homemade sauces in a sandwich, on polenta or with pasta.
The South London restaurant is the result of three years hard slot from the brothers who jacked in their old jobs
... - Rok Smokehouse's second restaurant will be on Islington's Upper Street
Jay Rayner praised the "the sheer pleasure" of their food. Grace Dent eulogised their "highly devourable sharing plates". And on the back of such success Shoreditch smokehouse Rök are now opening their second restaurant. They're taking over a Grade II listed building halfway up Upper Street where they'll open a 60-seat restaurant and bar in July.
Rök Islington will launch with a seasonal summer menu by executive chef Matt Young featuring aged beef rump with
... - Ruby Violet ice cream parlour is coming to King's Cross
Summer is nearly here, so it seems the right time to be announcing the opening of a new ice-cream parlour. Popular Tufnell park ice-cream purveyors Ruby Violet are going to be opening their second place in King's Cross later this month.
The new parlour and cafe will be in the Midland Goods Shed, just off Granary Square. As with their first shop, the fittings and furniture have come from around the world. The centre of the cafe will feature a huge slab of wood
... - Yard Sale Pizza choose Finsbury Park for their second opening
Updated 12/5/16 with opening details and launch offer
The food scene in Finsbury Park is hotting up further with the news that Clapton pizzeria Yard Sale Pizza is opening there soon. The venture, which started out in one of the three founder's back garden, was voted Hackney’s best restaurant in Time Out's 2015 Love London Awards.
The Finsbury Park branch will be on Blackstock Road, just down the road from Salvation in Noodles. Seating around 30,
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