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Lower Wine Bar opens near Waterloo Station
If the seemingly constant threat of train strikes has you on edge, there is a heartening escape route near Waterloo Station and it’s likely to have oenophiles particularly excited. Lower is a wine bar and cellar shop that opened in a very low-key fashion in February, giving its three local owners time to hone the concept of their first project together. You may have already spotted the steamed-up windows,
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Borough Market’s Oma gets a sibling ground-floor restaurant called Agora
Borough Market shows no sign of slowing down with its exciting new restaurant openings. We recently told you about the forthcoming Greek-inspired Oma from David Carter and former Kiln and Sabor chefs. It just became even more interesting, with the news that
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Bangers are opening a permanent breakfast bar in Shoreditch
Bangers have been delivering breakfast buns to East London for a while, but now they're getting ready to move to the next level, opening a breakfast bar in Shoreditch.
The new place will be part-restaurant, part-deli, so as well as ordering yourself a breakfast bun, you'll be able to take things home like their slow-cooked baked beans in jars and amazing bacon.
As for the
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The big new London restaurants opening in March 2024
Spring proper starts in March and as the days get notably longer, we have some great new openings including the return of Jeremy King, Claude Bosi's Chelsea bistro, top burgers, sandwiches and much more.
Next up from The Oystermen is thirty7 in Covent Garden
29/2/24 - updated with more details about the opening
They already have a successful restaurant in Covent Garden (which also doubled in size after opening) as well as a wine bar and now The Oystermen, Matt Lovell & Rob Hampton, are gearing up for another.
The new restaurant (and cocktail bar) is called thirty7, as it's on 37 Bedford Street (taking over an old
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Bun & Sum brings smash burgers to Hackney
They're already a big deal in Mile End and now LA-style halal smash burger specialists Bun & Sum are opening in Hackney too. With Bun & Sim's Farbez Uddin recently crowned best chef at the National Burger Awards, this is a pretty good time for their second opening.
The menu should be pretty similar to their first opening, so you can expect burgers like their Big S Mac (yes, that's their
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Mexican/Japanese Azteca Öme in Battersea is a follow-up to the Chelsea original
They've been a success in Chelsea for 18 years, and now Mexican restaurant Azteca has decided it's time for a second restaurant. They're heading over to Battersea for the follow-up, Azteca Öme.
In Battersea, they're moving more towards a menu that mixes in Japanese cuisine with Mexican, while also using British produce. So that means adding dishes like tacos of grilled miso
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Chapel Market Kitchen sees former Basta chef opening in Islington
Islington readers who've been wandering up and down Chapel Market recently may have spotted the under-the-radar arrival of a new seafood spot on the market. Head up to the Penton Street end of the street and you'll find Chapel Market Kitchen.
The man behind this new oyster bar and grill is chef Maoz Alonim who for many years had a huge reputation for his restaurant Basta in Carmel Market in Tel Aviv. In recent years
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The new TT rooftop restaurant is headed up by ex-Oren chef Sam Lone
The rooftop at TT (previously TT Liquor) in Shoreditch has delivered some rather impressive residencies, with last year's Esti being a notably hit. So, as we (hopefully) head for more settled weather and the rooftop is about to reopen, they've announced a new restaurant taking over the space, this time permanent, that we think is worth keeping an eye on.
In charge will
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Hollywood's Danny Trejo is bringing his tacos to London

26/2/24 - updated with the opening date
Exciting news reaches us of the arrival of Hollywood actor Danny Trejo's very own restaurant, Trejo's Tacos, in London.
If you're thinking that you don't recognise the name - rest assured you've almost certainly seen him in one of his many, ...

Prelude by Oriole is popping up in Covent Garden, then the bar is staying for good
Right at the end of 2022, the very highly rated Oriole cocktail bar closed down in its original location - but with a vow to open somewhere else. Early in 2023, they popped up in Southwark, but now they're getting ready to return for good, this time in Covent Garden.
They'll be opening up the new Oriole in The Yards in Covent Garden, the same area where you'll find Lahpet, but
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Moonstruck is serving up great coffee in Stockwell
South London's collection of good independent coffee shops got a boost this week with the opening of Moonstruck on South Lambeth Road. The man behind the cafe is self-styled 'coffee nerd' Liam Clifford who was previously at Rosslyn Coffee.
His new spot is serving up coffee by Woolwich-based roasters Plot and this week they released a special collaboration Moonstruck coffee with beans sourced by Cata Export.
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Mistress is a Parisian-inspired restaurant and late-night bar in Mayfair
Updated 22/2/24 with menu details and photos
The Mayfair restaurant scene - particularly the high-end side of things - sees no sign of slowing down with Mistress opening in the area.
It's a lower-ground affair in James Street, taking over the space that used to be Aura. Instead of the R&B club it was before, it's going to be
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Liu Xiaomian take their spicy Chongqing noodles to Carnaby
You've got to hand it to whoever's curating the food offering at Kingly Court at the moment. They're really playing a blinding game. Hot on the heels of having signed up everyone's favourite Filipino spot Donia, they've only gone and persuaded the insanely popular noodle purveyors Liu Xiaomian to make a space on the
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BAM Karaoke Box in Victoria brings in chef Sabrina Gidda for a Parisian menu
As we've previously written about, karaoke has become a big thing in London, with some places offering pretty great food to accompany the backdrop of occasionally on-tune warbling. Now here comes a new karaoke bar which has a strong focus on food, BAM
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