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Chef Paul Foster already has a Michelin-starred restaurant to his name in Stratford-Upon-Avon, called Salt, but now he's getting ready to open in London too. He'll be taking over a space in Camden's Hawley Wharf for Grassfed. 

That name refers to the grass-fed beef that will have a big presence on the menu, with much of it cooked over hot coals. On that

It's been a while since we had a brand new opening from the people behind Quality Chop House, The Woodhead Restaurant Group. They're also the people who brought us Fitzrovia restaurants Clipstone and Portland and that area must be working very well for them because they're about to open a third restaurant nearby, 64 Goodge Street. 

In charge of the space will be Head

London's galleries are shaking things up a little. We've only just had the reopening of The National Portrait Gallery with Larry's in the basement and Richard

A few weeks back we brought you news of Aynho Park, a frankly epic undertaking opening in the Cotswolds with five new restaurants. Now we're back with details of a new place to entice Londoners out of the city, Estelle Manor. Twenty miles away from Aynho you'll find this seriously swanky new

Last year Sonora Taqueria beat their crowdfunding target and got on with getting their first taqueria off the ground - and now it's time to officially open. 

Sonora has been touted as serving up some of London's best tacos, ever since their days in Netil Market. After that closed they popped up at Arcade Food Hall in the meantime, and even fought off legal action that would have prevented them using

20/6/23 - updated with the opening date

Now, this is the kind of showdown we like to see. There's obviously been a lot of hype about the new £70m Guinness Brewery opening in Covent Garden. So it takes a considerable amount of cojones for another brewery to

It's been almost eighteen months since Claridge's hotel in Mayfair closed their Davies and Brook restaurant following a disagreement with chef Daniel Humm over the direction it was going in (he wanted to go fully vegan, they weren't so sure). Now, very quietly, the hotel has reopened their signature restaurant space.

In charge of things as Head Chef is Coalin Finn. He's was at Davies & Brook as

Masala Zone is ramping things up a notch for its latest opening, taking over the highly impressive Grade II Criterion building on Piccadilly Circus.

Easily one of London's most impressive dining rooms, the building has changed hands a few times over the past decade or so with Masala Zone promising an entirely new look for the room (where the Grade II restrictions

We've known for some time that multi-Michelin-starred chef Yannick Alleno was opening a top-tier restuarant, Pavyllon, in London (they're apparently deep in soft opening mode right now). But news that he's also going to be running a bar alongside that surprisedlu us today.

Bar Antoine, named after the chef's late son, sounds like it might be just the place to try some of Alleno's cooking, without the

Updated 15/6/23 with opening date and restaurant details

There are many reasons to rejoice in the forthcoming reopening of the National Portrait Gallery, not least is the return of The Portrait Restaurant which has been taken over by chef Richard Corrigan.

Closed for essential building works and renovations since 29 June 2020, The National Portrait Gallery houses not just the world’s most extensive collections

14/6/23 - updated with menu details and the opening date

The man behind Macellaio RC, Roberto Costa, is trying something different for his next opening, Fish Game in Canary Wharf. 

That name should give you a pretty big clue as to what to expect. Yes, it's a menu of fish and game dishes and, similarly to Macellaio RC, everything will be cooked over a

14/6/23 - updated with the opening date

For their next opening, pizza group Zia Lucia are doing something a little different. 

One of their USPs is that there are four different doughs to choose from when ordering a Zia Lucia pizza - white flour, wholemeal, vegetable charcoal, and gluten-free. But in their new West Hampstead

If you're into your gelato you'll probably have encountered Badiani, a Florentine gelato chain that's been slowly expanding across London, serving up flavours like cobnut, green tea, pear sorbet and more.

The next part of London they've scoped out for an opening is Balham, where they're going to be setting up shop next door to the popular cafe Milk. But Badiani are planning something very different for their spot in Balham.

Cicchetti must be doing rather well for themselves. Owned by the San Carlo Group (the same people who run the Selfridges rooftop restaurant), the Piccadilly Cicchetti is getting ready to move to a much bigger space - just down the road. 

They're moving to part of the Grade II listed Piccadilly Arcade. It's a two-floored part of the arcade that will be double the

London does love a themed cafe and the one arriving in West London this summer is going to go big on one ingredient, oats. OATIS will be open for breakfast and lunch on Queensway and oats will be at the heart of everything they serve. And these are not just any old oats but steel-cut oats which, we're told, gives them more 'bite'.

To kick off your day there will be oat bowls, smoothies and pancake offerings