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- El Pollote are bringing their Latino fried chicken to Carnaby
You'll probably know them from various Kerb markets, including Seven Dials, but now the Venezuelan team behind El Pollote are getting ready to open their first standalone restaurant. They'll be opening up in the heart of Carnaby on Ganton Street in a space big enough for 40 diners which will also have room for a small terrace too.
If you haven't had the pleasure, El Pollote has built up a reputation for using the best
... - The big new London restaurants opening in June 2023
As we hit Summer, the new restaurant scene really starts to heat up, with some big new openings coming this month. Here's your guide to the best of what's coming in June.
- Kachori comes to Elephant Park with an ex-Gymkhana head chef
2/6/23 - updated with the opening date
Kachori is a new restaurant coming to Elephant Park that looks rather promising.
The restaurant takes its influences from Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi and the Punjab. Here's a taste of what to expect, the menu features everything from street food-inspired creations and burgers through to larger sharing
... - Larry's Bar will be an underground cocktail bar at the National Portrait Gallery
When the National Portrait Gallery reopens this summer after a three-year renovation we were expecting it to feature a rooftop restaurant by Richard Corrigan and a ground floor cafe by the folk at Daisy Green. What we didn't know, until now, was that the Daisy Green team have
... - Previewing Cantinetta Antinori - luxe yet cosy Italian in Knightsbridge
Cantinetta Antinori arrives in Knightsbridge as a joint venture between a global restaurant group and a top Italian winemaker. We popped in to check it out in a recent preview dinner.
- Broken Eggs is London's first tortilla restaurant
London's already got a restaurant devoted to croquetas, so perhaps it isn't surprising that someone's now decided to open a Spanish restaurant specialising in tortilla.
Siblings Gabriel and Marta are the brains behind Broken Eggs which has been doing delivery for the past year. Now they're getting
... - Revamped pub the Earl of Derby and Gengelly's are coming to New Cross
With lots of news about pubs closing, it's always good news to hear of those getting a little more love. From Telegraph Hill, New Cross, news reaches us of such a promising pub overhaul.
The Earl of Derby is getting a proper restoration by a team who are looking to bring it back to its Victorian finest. The pub has been taken over by Parched, an independent group that also
... - A preview visit to The Campaner at Chelsea Barracks
We took in an early doors preview of this new SW1 restaurant, tucked away in the Chelsea Barracks.
- Brazilian restaurant Bossa coming to London from a World’s 50 Best chef
22/5/23 - updated with opening details
Alberto Landgraf, chef patron of two-Michelin-starred Oteque in Rio de Janeiro, ranked 47 on the World’s 50 Best Restaurants list, is bringing some Brazilian flavours to London with a new restaurant called Bossa. We'd been waiting to hear more about the
... - Wonderland hope to keep carnivores and vegans happy with their Soho burger restaurant
Updated 26/6/23 with opening date and launch info
You've got to really stand out to make a dent in London's burger scene, so the founders behind new Soho spot Wonderland are hoping that they've got what it takes. Brothers Alex and Oliver Santoro certainly have the background for it. Their grandfather founded Smithfield butchers Direct Table Foods back in the 1950s. In spite of, or maybe of that, the pair
... - Sam's Kitchen sees Sam Harrison launch a cafe in Hammersmith
22/5/23 - Updated with the new opening date
The Sam Harrison empire in west London is expanding. He's only recently launched Sam's Larder, has Sam's
... - Leo's sees the Juliets team and chef Giuseppe Belvedere opening a restaurant in Clapton
Updated 22/5/23 with booking details and opening date
The team behind Juliet's Quality Foods have something big planned. Owners Julian Porter and Lauren Johns have teamed up with chef Giuseppe Belvedere for a new bar and restaurant in Clapton called Leo's.
Belvedere had previously been one of the guest chefs at P Franco before moving on to
... - Empire Empire brings Indian food and disco to Notting Hill
17/5/23 - updated with more details about the menu
Notting Hill continues to go from strength to strength and the latest to enter the fray there is the man behind popular Indian restaurant Gunpowder. Empire Empire is on the way.
Led by Gunpowder's Harneet Baweja, it's actually planned to be a mix of Indian food and disco music, with a focus on the seventies music scene in
... - Casa do Frango pick Victoria as the next home for their Piri-Piri chicken
They've had great success with their Piri-Piri chicken around London and now Casa do Frango are getting ready to open their next big restaurant, this time in Victoria (taking over the space left by Jason Atherton's Hai Cenato).
As you might expect, the menu will be primarily all about the Frango Piri-Piri chicken, the heart of the menu which takes its inspiration from
... - House of Ming Chinese restaurant comes to London via New Delhi
House of Ming is a Chinese restaurant that's big in New Delhi - and now it's opening in London. Like its Indian sibling, the restaurant is opening in a Taj Hotel, The St James's Court (you'll find that in Westminster).
With a focus on Sichuan and Cantonese cuisine, it looks like being a luxury affair with a menu that includes:
- Prawn truffle siu
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