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- Good Measure is Daddy Bao's new underground bar in Tooting
Tooting folk looking for a new drinking hole are about to get one in the form of a Taiwanese subterranean bar. Good Measure is opening downstairs from popular spot Daddy Bao and will serve up cocktails with a Taiwanese twist.
The owners have taken inspiration from Taipei's cocktail scene where bars pop up in the most unusual places. Here, in the former storeroom, you'll be drinking
... - You Call the Shots is a residency-fuelled bar in Hackney from the team behind The Plough
A new bar is coming to Hackney, taking the space that was once Silver Lining (and very briefly House of Hades). You Call the Shots comes from the same team as The Prince Arthur in London Fields and The Plough in Homerton (Emma Piggott and Jonathan Mercer) but this will be a little different to those pubs.
- JKS are opening Ambassadors Clubhouse on Heddon Street
13/8/24 - updated with more details about the launch.
We reported earlier that JKS(the group behind Gymkhana, Hoppers, the nearby Sabor and lots, lots more) were taking over the building where Momo used to be and now they've revealed what's planned for the space.
Called Ambassador's Clubhouse, it is, as we expected, much closer to Gymkhana and Brigadiers in terms of
... - It's Bagels are opening in Notting Hill
Updated 13/8/24 with the new opening date
A few weeks back, super viral bagel bakery It's Bagels put a post up on Instagram looking for staff. "We are expanding," they said. Thanks to a Hot Dinners reader, we discovered that they were coming to Notting Hill. Since then we've found out more about what this new location is bringing.
They've picked the site that used to belong to Rika Moon on
... - Jason Atherton is opening Sael British brasserie in St James's Market
Jason Atherton is teaming up with his wife, Ihra Atherton, for Sael brasserie which we're told it will celebrate "all things British".
- Abney Park in Stoke Newington has a chic new cafe
As part of £5m spent on its restoration, Abney Park in Stoke Newington now has a modern new cafe. The pair behind it are Hackney locals Toby Williams and Lianna Jewell, a husband and wife team. They also run local catering company Sabel Food which has worked on festival food for Lost Village and Wilderness as well as doing events like a birthday bash for Ottolenghi and TV and film shoots.
The cafe they say
... - Dalston's The Marquis of Lansdowne is reborn as The Marquee Moon
The Team behind Docklands nightclub The Cause are revamping a pub in Dalston. Once The Marquis of Lansdowne, it's being relaunched as The Marquee Moon (the second opening recently to take its name from a classic song - see also Goodbye Horses). The same people are
... - Daisy Green is opening Glamarama Green in South Kensington
Daisy Green's slow march across London continues with their latest opening, this time bringing them to Kensington. They've gone to town with the name too, calling it Glamarama Green.
They're opening just around the corner from South Kensington tube station, taking over from Brown and Rosie on the lower end of Exhibition Road.
We're getting full details about the launch
... - Oy Bar bring their oysters and wine to Balham, with Wimbledon next
We're a bit slow to this, as Oybar has been open in Balham for almost a month, but the duo behind this new oyster bar are already working on their second place. Owners Evgeniy and Catriona are gearing up for a Wimbledon opening later this year.
As the name suggests, oysters are the main thrust of the menu with options available depending on the season. They can be enjoyed as an Oy shot, with a shot of vodka or a
... - Popular Sydney brunch cafe The Rusty Rabbit is heading to Notting Hill
Homesick Aussies will want to make a beeline for Notting Hill soon as popular Sydney cafe Rusty Rabbit is gearing up to open on Westbourne Grove.
With two cafes in the Sydney suburbs of Darlinghurst and St Leonards, brothers Jamesray and Joshua Khoury have picked the posh central neighbourhood of Notting Hill for their first London opening.
Billed as a Sydney brunch club, it serves up a
... - The big new London restaurants opening in August 2024
This month, Jose's Bermondsey takeover continues, there's a new floating French restaurant in Canary Wharf, Jason Atherton revamps Pollen Street Social and more besides.
- Chatsworth Bakehouse open a second place in Crystal Palace
If there's anything that London simply can't get enough of at the moment, it's bakeries. And one of those bakeries that Londoners are obsessed with is about to open a second place - a second Chatsworth Bakehouse is on the way.
However, if you're hoping they'll make it to your side of the capital, we're sorry to tell you that they haven't gone far. The current bakery is at
... - Marceline French grand brasserie is the next floating Canary Wharf restaurant
21/7/24 - updated with interior pictures
If you've been to Wood Wharf any time over the past couple of years, you'll be familiar with the huge floating restaurant that is Hawksmoor. However, you'll also have noted that there's another similar floating
... - Junk is bringing French smash burgers to Soho
On a time when all eyes are on Paris for the Olympics, one French burger company is making its way over to the UK. Junk is getting ready to open a burger bar in Soho (where Wonderland was briefly).
It's not the first French burger brand to try and make a go of it in London, of course. Big Fernand had a few sites around London and are still serving up their French burgers in South Kensington.
... - Milk opens new bakery Milk Run in Tooting Bec
They're already big with their cafe in Balham and now Milk have opened a brand new bakery just down the road towards Tooting Bec called Milk Run.
If you fancy a Milk pastry to-go, this will be the place for you with croissants, pain au chocolat and more sweet or savoury pastries on offer, as well as sourdough loaves. They also have a small pantry offering drinks, cupboard staples and bags of coffee
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