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• Dom's Subs are on the move in the City, heading to Ludgate Circus and Leadenhall

  

  17/1/24 - updated with opening details.

  Just a few short months after they closed their store in Bevis Marks, to the despair of City workers, sandwich folk Dom's Subs are storming back, opening up not one but two sandwich shops in the Square Mile again. Back in October, they opened at Ludgate Circus in an incredibly small space described by them as a "little teeny tiny sandwich

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• Good Manners is the new coffee and sandwich stall from Bad Manners by Canonbury station

  

  Bad Manners (formerly Quarter Kitchen) have been a big deal in Hackney since launch, with their take on Mexican food forging quite the fan base. And now they've just launched a spin-off in Islington (as first spotted by London on the

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• A British restaurant is opening at the new Tanner Krolle shop in Mayfair

  

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  Quite a few London high-end shops have gone down the in-store drinking or dining route. There's the very popular Café Leon Dore, Dunhill has its bar and courtyard cafe at Bourdon House, and

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• Clap is spreading to Knightsbridge

  

  10/1/24 - updated with the opening date

  In a strong case of "you really should have renamed this before opening in the UK", Clap is coming to Knightsbridge. 

  Clap, a restaurant that's inevitably only going to be referred to with a definite article attached, has opened in Dubai, Riyadh and Beirut before landing in London. Referred to as "sensory Japanese dining" (which we're not sure makes it any

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• Bruno is Michael Sager's passion wine bar project in Victoria Park Village

  

  After half an hour chatting to wine bar owner and importer Michael Sager we're already feeling extremely jealous of anyone living in Victoria Park. In addition to the food and drink delights already there, they're about to get what sounds like the perfect neighbourhood wine bar.

  Of course, Sager has a lot of experience in the game - his first place, Sager + Wilde pretty much reinvented the London wine bar

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• Alley Cats Pizza brings NYC slices to Marylebone

  

  Fans of NYC style pizza pies should take note of a new pizzeria that's just opened up off Baker Street. Alley Cats Pizza is from the restaurant group that run Ochre at the National Gallery and (whisper it) Angus Steakhouse. Here in Marylebone their head chef Francesco Macri, who's ex-Pizza Pilgrims and Princi, has put together a tight menu that takes New York's pizza scene as its inspiration.

  There are just seven thin

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• The big new London restaurants opening in January 2024

  

  One of the quietest months of the year for new openings, there are still some very interesting new restaurants coming to London in January. 

• Emilia's Crafted Pasta comes to Baker Street

  

  5/1/24 - Updated with the soft launch info

  The march of fresh pasta restaurants across London continues, with a fourth Emilia's about to join the fray. This time they're heading to Baker Street, just down the road from Sherlock Holmes' pretend gaff and next to Regent's Park.

  As with every Emilia's, all the pasta will be made fresh on-site. Here it'll be in a special pasta station

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• Shrimp Shack makes its London debut in Streatham

  

  If you feel that London's restaurant scene has quite enough burger chains or fried chicken shops, then a new opening in Streatham may have your name on it. The owners, who include the co-founder of Creams Balal Aquil, reckon that shrimp is where it's at in 2024.

  Shrimp Shack opened in the weeks before Christmas on Streatham High Road. The idea is for the diner to build their own shrimp platter. First, you pick

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• The big new London restaurants opening in 2024

  

  As another year begins, here's our guide to the very best new restaurants that will be opening in London throughout 2024.

• Bellazul brings the Med to Marylebone

  

  If the current dire weather has you dreaming about summer sunshine on the Med then the arrival next month of Bellazul in Marylebone might be the cure to your winter blues. Taking over the old Il Baretto site on Blandford Street this sees head chef Simone Serafini running the show having previously been Head Chef of Cecconi's Mayfair and 5 Hertford Street.

  Simone's inspirational trawl around the

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• Big Night restaurant is taking over the old Nest place on Morning Lane

  

  When Hackney restaurant Nest announced its move from Hackney to Shoreditch, their old space on Morning Lane suddenly became available and a new restaurant duo have taken it over. Jack O'Connor and Joshua Ralphs both met while working at Larry's in Peckham where Jack was head chef. Their combined CV is a tour of London's hippest restaurants like Flor, Lasdun and Jolene, so news that they're opening their own

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• Tabisca Italian steakhouse opens in Chelsea

  

  Opening very under the radar between Christmas and New Year in Chelsea is Tabisca, an Italian restaurant which started in Lecce. The original restaurant over there describes its offering as "dishes with particular attention to the flavours of Salento and Puglia". 

  The restaurant has an enormous menu featuring everything from crostini to meat and cheese platters. But the main focus is meat with

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• Stevie Parle is opening a new restaurant in the West End

  

  It's been eighteen months since chef and restaurateur Stevie Parle was forced to close his fabulous pop-up Joy at Portobello Dock. Problems with the lease and landlord, followed by protracted efforts to regain that lease eventually ended in failure, leaving Parle's many fans with only the chef's

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• Dzo! Viet Kitchen arrives on Islington's Upper Street

  

  A new  Vietnamese restaurant has just appeared on Islington's Upper Street and it looks like it could be worth checking out. Dzo! Viet Kitchen has taken over the space that used to be the sports bar Valderrama's and has given it quite the makeover.  

  As for the menu, there are summer and spring rolls (pork and prawn, seafood and taro and mung beans) and banh mi which include

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