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- Phil Howard's Notto pasta bar is coming to Covent Garden
28/9/23 - updated with the opening date
Last year, top chef Phil Howard (of Michelin-starred Elystan Street) got into London's ever-growing fresh pasta scene with Notto, just off Piccadilly Circus. In our original story, we asked "will there be more of them to come" and the answer to that seems to be yes, as new reaches us of a second Notto pasta bar that's being planned for Covent
... - Breddos Tacos are coming to Stoke Newington
We've seen a sudden influx of new taco restaurants of late. Two have been from footballers and another incoming taco joint is from a Hollywood star. So it's actually something of a change to see one of London's OG taco restaurants open a second location - and that's what we have
... - Bambi takes over the Bright site in London Fields
27/9/23 - updated with the opening date
If you've been wondering what's going to take over the old Bright space in Netil House then we have the story for you. It's been bought by James Dye - the co-owner of Frank’s Café in Peckham and The Camberwell Arms. He's opening it as Bambi which is being described as a music-led wine bar and restaurant.
The name isn't a nod to Disney but
... - SideChick mixes cocktails and American soul food in an old Brixton pie and mash shop
A new cocktail bar is coming to Brixton that looks like it will be well worth your attention.
It all comes from April Jackson, owner of Wood and Water and who you might have seen on The Apprentice and more TV besides. She's previously opened bars with partner Lee Tan in Pop Brixton, but this is their first permanent cocktail
... - Honey & Co Daily in Bloomsbury is the latest restaurant from Sarit Packer and Itamar Srulovich
Updated 27/9/23 with imagery and menu details
A new Honey and Co is on the way from Sarit Packer and Itamar Srulovich. It's their second time in Bloomsbury as they get ready to open Honey & Co Daily.
Almost halfway between Honey and Spice and their main Honey and Co restaurant, the new space is just off Tottenham
... - Colonel Saab's second Indian restaurant is off Trafalgar Square
They must be doing very well in Holborn, because the team behind Colonel Saab are about to unveil a second restaurant.
Opening about two years after they launched the first place, they've taken over the space that was Les Deux Salons near Trafalgar Square. That's been empty for a while, so it'll be good to see something back up and running in there. The
... - Il Gattopardo is a new high-end Italian for Mayfair by the group behind Zuma and Amazonico
Updated 25/9/23 with opening date and menu details
A new high-end Italian restaurant is heading to Mayfair. This time, it's the turn of Il Gattopardo, a restaurant that they say is inspired by 1960s Italy.
It's got something of a pedigree, however, coming from the same restaurant group that brought us Bar De Pres, Zuma, Roka and
... - Bébé Bob is Bob Bob Ricard's spin-off Soho restaurant
23/9/23 - Updated with the opening date
It's been almost 15 years since Bob Bob Ricard first opened their restaurant in Soho, with its infamous "press for Champagne" buttons. Since then, the glitzy restaurant has launched a second Bob Bob Ricard in the City, but is returning to Soho for its third opening, Bébé Bob (taking over from what used to be Folie on Golden Square).
This marks
... - Café Lapérouse is coming to London, opening at the OWO in Whitehall
23/9/23 - Updated with the opening date
It's all hotting up at the OWO. The massive revamp of the Old War Office, adds a new Raffles hotel to London not to mention upcoming restaurants from Mirazur's Mauro Colagreco as well as the arrival of
... - Fowl sees the Fallow team launching a pop up chicken shop
We've heard murmurings of something new coming from Fallow but while we wait to hear about that, they've a new offshoot that's almost next door to their St James restaurant.
Inside St James's Market, they've taken over what was The Beau Brummell, a relatively short-lived pub from Cubitt House. The pop up is called Fowl, and is promising to be a "chicken shop like no other" and in keeping with their
... - The Good Egg comes to Camden
The Good Egg is getting bigger - they're opening their third restaurant in Camden.
If you're unfamiliar with their current restaurants, either in Carnaby or Margate, their menus are mainly inspired by a combo of Middle-Eastern cooking and classic Jewish delis. As the name suggests, there are plenty of eggs involved and they also do a mean brunch.
This new restaurant will have a new dish on offer, the
... - Baudry Greene is the 10 Cases team's new European cafe in Covent Garden
Here at Hot Dinners we are partial to a good cocktail and bar snack offering. So when we heard that the folk behind the 10 Cases and Parsons in Covent Garden were opening a new bar and cafe with some particularly good examples of both on the menu, we paid attention.
Baudry Greene is right beside owners Will Palmer and Ian Campbell's wine bar 10 Cases and across the road from their fish restaurant Parsons.
... - Chayote brings a mix of Mexican, Spanish and Peruvian food to St Katharine Docks
London's ongoing love affair with Mexican, Spanish and Peruvian food continues with a new restaurant that's bringing all three of them together to St Katharine Docks.
Called Chayote, it comes from Tomasz Baranski, an ex-Barrafina Head Chef who's the man who helped launch Donostia tapas in Marylebone. Here, he's teamed up with husband and wife team Georgy
... - The 411 brings some stateside sass to Angel
Opening its doors in Islington is The 411, a new bar from the Incipio Group who are also behind such behemoths as The Prince in Earl's Court and Pergola in Paddington. Fittingly they've found an equally capacious space for their latest bar The 411, taking over the old Jamie's Italian site at Angel.
The 411 is being billed as a 'neighbourhood bar' taking NYC's Soho as its inspiration. That translates to the food menu
... - The Guards Bar and Lounge brings Singapore Slings and high-end cognac to Raffles London at the OWO
We're gearing up for the launch of The OWO and Raffles London at The OWO which, as you'll have read here, is packed full of new bars and restaurants. The latest we're hearing about is The Guards Bar and Lounge which is the first of two bars opening on the hotel side.
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