New opening

• Big Easy Bar.B.Q & Lobstershack is coming to Crossrail Place, Canary Wharf

  

  The huge Crossrail project is bringing with it lots of new stations and one of the biggest will be Crossrail Place in Canary Wharf - and that's where the next Big Easy is coming to, before they look at expanding across the UK.

  They'll be taking over the top floor roof terrace of the new Norman Foster Cross Rail Terminal. As part of that, there will be loads of space for alfresco BBQ (and

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• Bull in a China Shop rotisserie chicken and whisky bar coming to Shoreditch

  

  Updated 17/4 with soft launch offer.

  The Chan brothers, who are behind The Drunken Monkey are opening a second venture that appears to be a distillation of all that is East London right now. Bull in a China Shop will be a rotisserie chicken restaurant and whisky bar alongside breakfast bao buns and savoury congee porridge.

  Taking over a pub opposite the Tea Building in the heart of Shoreditch, the all-day restaurant and whisky bar

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• Fu Manchu dim sum bar coming to Clapham North

  17/4 - updated with soft launch info.

  If you're after some late night foodie fun, south of the river, sounds like Fu Manchu opening this summer in Clapham North might be for you. This late night dum sum and cocktail bar is taking over a space under the arches on Lendal Terrace. Featuring a long bar and raised seating area, the cocktails are inspired by the Sax Rohmer book titles, so expect The Kiss Of Death and Mancho’s Mind Control made from Chinese tea

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• Barzetti Italian Kitchen opens in St Pancras

  

  This one's come under the radar a little - a new addition to St Pancras station (just beside the big Marsk & Spencer at the back). It's an Italian restaurant with a short menu of pizzas salads and some simple Italian starters and mains. You can see the full menu online here.

  They'll be open fully on the 18th, but today they're having a 50% off soft

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• Fatburger is coming to London, starting with Camden

  

  We've had it the rumours section of the Coming Soon page for a long time now, but now there's confirmation that US chain Fatburger is definitely coming to London. And it looks like they have a Five Guys style approach, with a plan to open 20 Fatburgers across the country, starting with Camden. That site is already being

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• Bouillabaisse seafood restaurant coming to Mayfair from Kurt Zdesar

  

  Bouillabaisse is the next restaurant from Kurt Zdesar, who most recently opened Chotto Matte in Soho - and is best known for opening the first Nobu in London. This time the focus is firmly on seafood and with a particular effort at sustainability. To that end, he's done a bit of travelling visiting day-boat fisherman in Greece, Spain and the UK and is aiming to bring some of their practices to the

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• Broadgate Circle is about to completely revitalise City dining

  

  We've been hearing for a while about various restaurants opening up in the new Broadgate Circle which properly opens tomorrow, 15 April. And with this opening upon us, we're really becoming aware of what a big deal it is to City dining. In the next couple of months, 10 new restaurants are going to open there and some of them are a very big deal indeed. It's similar to the changing dining scene at King's Cross, but

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• Yauatcha City brings dim sum and a patisserie to Broadgate Circle

  

  While Alan Yau is just opening a new place next to the original Yauatcha, the Hakkasan group are moving further afield with their next venue, opening on Broadgate Circle (which itself have loads of openings in the next few weeks). So if you're in the City and have a craving for a venison puff (of which we are still massive fans of at Hot Dinners), you won't have far to go.

  As with the original, Yauatcha City will have all-day

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• Hawksmoor duo to open second Foxlow on Stoke Newington Church Street

  

  Update 9/4/15 - We popped into the soft launch of Foxlow over the weekend. The room looks great, with loads of light getting into both the ground and lower ground rooms. The outside seats (two tables of 4) will definitely be hard to grab as the weather improves (but well worth it) and the same Foxlow menu from Smithfield remains intact. We've added the pics from our soft launch below and you can

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• Camino is bringing their Spanish tapas to Bankside, Southwark

  

  Already popular in King's Cross and Blackfriars, Camino are about to open south of the river in Bankside, which has had a slowly improving restaurant scene over the past year. 

  As with the original Camino, the menu will have tapas and sharing platters and dishes prepared on a plancha grill. Dishes to expect include:

  • Pulpo – pan-roasted whole octopus tentacle, purple potatoes, paprika and olive
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• Athenian Grill house Suvlaki is bringing souvlaki to Soho

  OK, now it really IS a trend. Another Greek restaurant is coming to London, this time an "Athenian grill house" called Suvlaki which will be opening in Soho.

  The souvlaki is a grilled meat skewer that can be eaten plain or inside a wrap and the owners of this new restaurant want to make is as popular a fast food as burgers or hot dogs. They have Elias Mamalakis on board as a consultant chef, who is a TV food personality in Greece,

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• Salt & Honey coming to London from the people behind Manuka Kitchen

  

  Manuka Kitchen is one of those rare restaurants that AA Gill has awarded five stars for food (9/10 overall) so anything from the same people is definitely worth paying attention to.

  The owners, Joseph Antippa and Tyler Martin, are getting ready to open their second restaurant Salt and Honey in Sussex Place, just north of

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• Smokehouse goes west - Neil Rankin brings BBQ to Chiswick

  

  Only a few steps from this writer's flat, the original Smokehouse has been a huge hit and part of a group of restaurants that has been bringing quality back to the Islington food scene. Now, after launching Bad Egg in the City, Neil Rankin and Noble Inns have set sights on Chiswick as the first place

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