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The team behind Culpeper, the roof garden-resplendent Commercial Street cocktail joint, is opening a third establishment called The Green, named after Clerkenwell Green where it lives.

Director Nico Treguer has been working together with his counterpart Gareth Roberts for some years now, on a quest to convince London’s landlords to utilise what can often be the only bit

Big news today from the Jumeirah Carlton Tower in Knightsbridge. They've just announced that they'll be partnering with Michelin-starred chef Tom Kerridge. Kerridge will open a restaurant in the space currently occupied by The Rib Room in 2017.

We don't have too many details at the moment. What we do know is that The Rib Room

Just when we thought 2016 had little else to offer us, along comes a new bar by one of the shining lights of the London bar scene. 

Tony Conigliaro has announced the launch of ‘Untitled’ in Dalston this month. The enigmatically named bar will be the third bar from Tony and his team, already known for his award-winning 69 Colebrooke Row in Islington and Bar Termini in Soho. 

The new space has been put together with the help

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.

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

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 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

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

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

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

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 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,

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

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

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