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• Cornerstone's Tom Brown is opening Pearly Queen oyster bar and seafood restaurant in Spitalfields

  

  He's had a lot of success with Cornerstone and now Tom Brown is getting his second restaurant ready, the seafood-led Pearly Queen in Spitalfields (taking over from The Space on Commercial Street). 

  Billed as both an oyster bar and a restaurant, UK-sourced oysters will be a big thing on the menu, both fresh and grilled, and there will be

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• The Sidemen are opening their first Sides restaurant in Dalston

  

  Up until now, YouTubers turned fast food giants The Sidemen have kept their food offering to food halls. But now they're about to step into fully fledged restaurants with the opening of their first standalone place in East London.

  Sides will open in Dalston in a site that allows 40 dine-in spots. The menu will be the same fried chicken/vegan chicken formula that's won them so many fans to date. There are

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• Indegno is bringing Bolognese street food to Brick Lane

  

  London is getting its own version of an Italian street food snack shop designed to be the perfect drinking food. Crescentina are a dish from the Emilia Romagna region of Italy - they're fried dough crescents (hence the name) that are filled with savoury ingredients.

  Now Indegno which has three branches in Bologna is gearing up to open its first UK restaurant in East London. On the menu will be:

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• Atelier Coupette sees the Coupette team serving up cocktails and French small plates in Soho

  

  Fans of Bethnal Green's Coupette, get ready - they're coming to Soho.

  The new bar will be called Atelier Coupette and, as the name suggests, it'll be a bit different from their original bar. Following on from the Sunday sessions in the Bethnal Green which were more experimental events used to create new cocktails, Atelier Coupette is also going to have an

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• The Knight of Notting Hill takes over from The KPH

  

  Updated 6/10/23 with opening date

  The pub that was once The KPH in Notting Hill is going through another big revamp and is set to emerge as The Knight of Notting Hill. 

  It'll be the second free house pub from Zora Singh, who also opened Three Falcons in St John's Wood, which ...

• Naughty Piglets chef to launch the kitchen at The Bear in Camberwell

  

  A Hot Dinners exclusive

  Earlier this year, The Bear in Camberwell finally reopened after being shut for six years. It was brought back to life by the team of Joe Sharratt and Teddy Roberts and now they're getting ready to kick off a very interesting food offering.

  Coming in early 2024, they'll be opening The Kitchen, where Sharrat will be running the kitchen.

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• Brasseria Brompton is taking over the old La Brasserie site on Brompton Cross

  

  Three years after the closure of La Brasserie on Brompton Road, a new owner is intending to breathe life into what was once a super-popular neighbourhood restaurant. Andrea and Alberto Fraquelli, who own La Brasseria Milanese in Marylebone and Brasseria Notting Hill are opening it as Brasseria Brompton. Taking on this restaurant space is particularly poignant for the brothers who used to come here with their

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• Claude Bosi's rooftop restaurant Brooklands heads up the openings at The Peninsula London

  

  Updated 04/10/23 with new photos

  Claude Bosi is having a very busy year. Not only has he opened Socca in Mayfair, but he's opening a brand new restaurant, Brooklands, at the top of the new Peninsula London hotel. 

  His rooftop

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• Super trendy Paris spot Daroco is heading to London's Soho

  

  3/10/23 - Updated with opening details

  We've already had the successful launch of Milk Beach and Kapara at the new area of Soho that is Ilona

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• The big new London restaurants opening in October 2023

  

  If September was a big month for restaurant openings, then October has gone completely insane. Here's our guide on everything from big-name Michelin-starred chefs to beak-to-tail restaurants that are coming your way this month.  

• Bone Daddies are bringing their ramen to Leicester Square

  

  Updated 2/10/23 with opening date and launch offer

  Just over a decade since they first served up a steaming bowl of ramen to Londoners Bone Daddies are gearing up to open their eighth restaurant. The new place will be just opposite Leicester Square tube station making it a super handy spot for shoppers and tourists alike.

  Taking over two floors of a site between Leicester Square and

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• Milan's Paper Moon comes to London as part of The OWO on Whitehall

  

  2/10/23 - Updated with details of the menu and new images

  Paper Moon is the first restaurant to open at The OWO that's outside of the main Raffles hotel. The high-end Italian restaurant hails from Milan, with the original opening there in 1977 and they also have restaurants in Doha, The Algarve, Hong Kong and more. They say that the space in London has been designed around the

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• LULA sees chef Paul Delrez giving Med vibes in Queen's Park

  

  Over the summer, Queen's Park residents have had an early look at a brand new restaurant on Lonsdale Road. LULA has been running residencies and private events for the past month or so, gearing up to today's opening. Describing themselves as an 'all-day dining Modern European restaurant' the really interesting thing about this place is the executive chef they've brought in.

  Paul Delrez may not be a household name here,

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• Here are all the restaurants and bars opening at The OWO

  

  Many of London's well-known historic buildings have been turned into hotels (work is also apace on Admiralty Arch and the

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• The Som Saa duo are opening Kolae Thai bar and grill in Borough Market

  

  28/9/23 - updated with the opening date and menu details

  We knew way back in 2019 that the people behind Som Saa, Mark Dobbie and Andy Oliver, had a successful crowdfunder for a new restaurant. But with the pandemic messing up the timing a little, things went quiet - until now. The

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