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New opening
- Swift bar launches in Soho
Cocktail duo Bobby Hiddleston and Mia Johansson will join forces with the team behind Night Jar to launch a new bar in the heart of Soho this month.
Taking the place of what was once the iconic LAB Bar on Old Compton Street, Swift will feature an 'elegant and grown up' cocktail offering. Staying true to its name, the venue will be characterised by slick, speedy service and will feature two distinctive bars spread across two floors.
... - Hackney’s got a new smallest wine bar, thanks to the Pidgin duo
Barbershop by day, and Hackney’s tiniest wine bar by night - newly opened Enfant Terrible couldn’t be more suited to its East London location.
Headed up by the owners of the nearby set-menu-only Michelin-starred restaurant Pidgin, Enfant Terrible is “a gonzo take on the tiny wine bars of Paris” where you can “eat a tin of smoked oysters and some epoisses while drinking a bunch of wine” they say, which sounds damn
... - The Other Naughty Piglet is coming to Victoria's Other Palace Theatre
Brixton neighbourhood restaurant Naughty Piglets is set to open a second restaurant in Victoria, and they’ll be co-running it with none other than Andrew Lloyd Webber, with former The Clove Club's Joe Knowlden as head chef.
As the story goes, musical theatre impresario had dinner at Naughty Piglets and was so impressed with the whole affair that he suggested they take over the soon to be revamped St James Theatre’s in-house
... - Gin fans rejoice: Portobello Road Gin to open four-storey bar The Distillery
Gin fans will have plenty of reasons to celebrate: Portobello Road Gin’s four-storey gin bar and restaurant paradise The Distillery will finally open this December.
Die hard gin fans will feel like they’ve finally come home - not only will there be two bars, or three if you include the one in the private dining room, but also a distillery (hence the name), a museum, an off-license shop, a hotel
... - The Game Bird with James Durrant brings upmarket British dining to The Stafford
There’s big change afoot in The Stafford London Hotel: the restaurant is set to close, undergo a hefty redesign and reopen in early 2017 as The Game Bird, with James Durrant at the helm.
The menu is set to be an ultra-British affair, with no chance to praise the provenance of each ingredient left untaken - there'll be Clarence Court eggs and Lincolnshire smoked eels, while the scallops hail from
... - Pizza Toscana is coming to Wardour Street
There do seem to be rather a lot of pizza restaurants opening at the moment - and the latest is coming to Wardour Street, called Pizza Toscana. This one comes with proper Italian heritage by Italian restaurateur Stefano Cresci, owner of Florence's La Bussola, which has been going since 1960. He's now come to London and taken over La Scala.
Here, they'll use exclusively Tuscan ingredients - including pecorino cheese instead of
... - Cantonese restaurant Miusan is coming to Camden Town
A new pan-Asian restaurant and bar is heading to Camden that is based on the 1940s opium dens of New York and Paris. It's coming from the person behind Cotton's Caribbean restaurants.
It's a three-floored affair, made up of a ground floor bar and dining area, a basement dance floor and a mezzanine area for private hire. On the menu will be:
- King prawn & squid tempura with tamarind guava
- New bar alert - ETM opens Burdock and Aviary in Finsbury Square and Greenwood in Victoria
25/11/16 - Updated with Aviary soft launch info.
The ETM group - known for The Botanist and The Gun have three new pubs on the way - coming to Finsbury Square and the new Nova development in Victoria.
First up is Burdock, at the Royal London Hotel in Finsbury Square. That one features a 2,000 square foot bar, four (very "now") overhanging tank beers with rotating guest craft ales
... - Boom Burger brings Boom Shack cocktails and sandwiches to Brixton
Boom Burger have been meaning to open in Brixton for some time - and now they're finally settling down with the Boom Shack. It's the latest venture from the founder of the original burger joint on Portobello Road, Joshua De Lisser.
The main part of Boom Shack is the cocktail bar, with the focus is more firmly on the Caribbean-influenced drinks menu. At breakfast,
... - Corazon is a Mexican taqueria opening on Soho's Poland Street
24/11/16 - updated with soft launch details.
London may be down one Mexican joint with the closure of Santa Remedio, but come November there'll be a new taqueria to boost our spirits. Corazón is opening in Soho on Poland Street (taking over the spot where Posini's used to be). So if you're after casual, comfort food with a kick, this is where you'll need to be. Expect to be mesmerised by watching all their homemade tortillas being freshly made in front of
... - Emilia's Crafted Pasta bar prepares to open at St Katharine Dock
23/11/16 - updated with soft launch info
Does London have room for two places serving up freshly rolled pasta? Given the permanent queues outside Padella, one would think so. All of which is good news for newcomer Emilia’s Crafted Pasta which is opening next month at St Katharine's Dock.
The restaurant's founder Andrew Macleod’s says he wants this to be the best pasta restaurant outside of Italy. To that end, every bit of pasta in the place
... - Neighbourhood restaurant The Juniper Tree to open in Belsize Park
Tuck into classic British dishes made with organic ingredients in the cozy north London haven of Belsize Park this winter when the Juniper Tree opens.
They’ll be serving dishes with a focus on provenance, with a modern twist - appetisers will include a game terrine, updated thanks to the addition of the pear and saffron chutney, while the West Mersea oysters are given extra oomph with a shallot and Cabernet
... - Pastries, matcha and much more from Japanese cafe Kova
East Asian-style cakes, crepes and pastries will be now readily available in central Soho now that Kova Patisserie, a Japanese cafe, has opened its doors.
Kova can be found tucked away in St Anne’s Court (that little bit that links Dean St and Wardour St), and will be serving up a variety of hot drinks and sweet treats, including a creamy shortcake, roll cake and mille
... - Sourced Market Victoria is the first food place to open at Nova
The food quarter at Nova Victoria is coming on apace with more restaurants announced as well as the first opening its doors.
Sourced Market, which currently has stores in St Pancras and Marylebone, will be the first place to open at Nova, today. Their deli/cafe will stock all manner of local goods ranging from Bread Ahead doughnuts to Regent’s Park honey, Cobble Lane charcuterie to Dalston Chillies hot sauce. They'll serve up fresh coffee in-store and to take
... - Tandoor Chop House is coming to Covent Garden
The latest from the people behind Eggbreak in Notting Hill is coming to Covent Garden next week. They're launching Tandoor Chop House which, as the name suggests, is a cross between a British chop house and a North Indian "communal eatery".
Much of the cooking will be based around their three big tandoor ovens which will be the focus of the room. From those, you can expect:
- Tandoori masala chicken - half corn
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