New opening

• 56 Smithfield gives Farringdon an affordable new wine bar

  

  We're always keen to hear about new wine bars opening in London. The arrival of 56 Smithfield in Farringdon couldn't be more handy in these cash-pressed times, particularly when you hear that this new spot is selling all the wines at their original, local winery prices. If you fancy drinking in, then just add a fiver as a corkage fee.

  The folk behind it are the family who run organic vineyard Château De La

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• Edo Izakaya comes to Old Street from the people behind Soho's Robata

  

  The team behind Soho's Robata is expanding - they're coming to Old Street with Edo Izakaya (taking over the space that used to be Flamboree, next to Officina 00)

  The name comes from the inspiration for the menu, the Edo period of Japan (1603-1867), in which izakayas began to become prominent. Food-wise traditional-style and new-style sushi rolls, hand rolls and nigiri

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• Restaurant at Sun Street sees ex-Roast chef serve up modern British in the City

  

  Tucked in between Moorgate and Liverpool Street a luxury boutique hotel has just opened its doors. Sun Street Hotel is part of a new City development called One Crown Place. And, as you might expect, they've got a restaurant and bar they want everyone to know about.

  Restaurant at Sun Street is going to be a modern British affair run by chef Stuart Kivi-Cauldwell who comes here via Gordon Ramsay's The

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• Zia Lucia is opening a pizzeria in Canary Wharf

  

  Canary Wharf's food revolution continues apace. While we wait for the launch of Dishoom, another popular restaurant is opening. This time it's the turn of Zia Lucia, the pizzeria that's been a hit all over London. 

  As with their other pizzerias, it's all about the 48-hour-fermented dough,

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• Saltie Girl are bringing their Boston lobster rolls and tinned fish to Mayfair

  

  21/10/22 - opening date added

  Here at Hot Dinners, we're always up for a good lobster roll and it sounds as though Mayfair should have a new place serving up just that before the end of the year.

  Saltie Girl is a popular Boston restaurant that's taking over what used to be Prezzo on North Audley Street, next to The Mayfair Chippy.

  For their London opening they've brought in

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• Maresco sees team behind North London's Bar Esteban and Escocesa hit Soho

  

  "We should have been open months ago," says Maresco's owner Stephen Lironi in the bright but slightly punchdrunk way of anyone trying to open a restaurant in London in the current climate. Apparently, energy supplies have been the last remaining piece in the puzzle for this Spanish, by way of Scotland, seafood restaurant that's just getting ready to open its doors in Soho.

  The whole project has actually been five

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• Former supperclub Pasero are opening a Tottenham restaurant

  

  19/10/22 - Updated with news of the opening and what's on the menu

  Have you moved somewhere in London and thought it could really do with a few more restaurants? Well, you could do what Genevieve Sparrow is doing in Tottenham and just open your own.

  Genevieve worked in restaurants for years (including for the ETM Group and Quality Chop House) and moved to Tottenham a few years back. After

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• Miznon is opening a pita 'kiosk' in Notting Hill

  

  Just a few short months after opening his first branch of Miznon in London, Tel Aviv chef Eyal Shani is heading across town to work on a kiosk version of Miznon for West Londoners.

  Described as a kiosk but with seating inside for 40 pita lovers and a decent sized terrace, the Notting Hill Miznon will serve all the London specials that Eyal debuted in Soho along with a new exclusive pita that he's currently working

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• King’s Cross station’s Great Northern Hotel relaunches its restaurant and bar, now called RAILS

  

  If you’ve been looking for somewhere new to dine while waiting for a delayed train at King’s Cross, then the answer is here: RAILS. It’s the relaunch of former Plum + Spilt Milk, the restaurant within the Great Northern Hotel.

  Frequent Eurostar travellers will be aware that the Great Northern Hotel opened in the final stages of the ...

• Sam Harrison brings deli and cafe Sam's Larder to Chiswick

  

  Updated 20/10/22 with opening date

  Before he launched Sam's Riverside in Hammersmith, Sam Harrison ran Sam's Brasserie in Chiswick for 10 years. Well, now he's back in Chiswick - albeit in a slightly different guise. 

  Sam's Larder is the second version of a food store that opened alongside Sam's Riverside and managed to make quite a name for itself locally,

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• Eline restaurant and Kimchi’s Wine Shop opens in Hackney

  

  Skulking around Hackney and feeling a bit peckish? Then let us nudge you in the direction of Eline, a new restaurant not far from Hoxton Overground Station.

  Named after the grandmother of co-founder and chef Alex Reynolds, Eline offers a touch of French-inspired food along with natural and low-intervention wines. Reynolds has spent the past decade cooking in London restaurants, such as

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• The Libertine bar and restaurant to open in London’s Royal Exchange

  

  19/10/22 - updated with the opening date

  One reason to go underground this year is the news that the vaults of London’s historical Royal Exchange will be transformed into The Libertine, a drinking and dining destination that has been in the planning since pre-pandemic.

  You may have enjoyed a bit of luxurious shopping and dining in The Royal Exchange, without

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• US restaurant Sparrow Italia launches in Mayfair

  

  19/9/22 - updated with images and menus

  If Mayfair wasn’t already buzzing with forthcoming new restaurant openings, here is news of another. This time it’s by way of Los Angeles as well as the southern European coast. Allow us to explain.

  Hospitality group Noble 33 first launched fine-dining Italian restaurant Sparrow Italia in downtown Los Angeles late last year and now they’re

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• Mayfair is about to get its first Armenian restaurant, with the arrival of Lusin

  

  A Hot Dinners exclusive

  If you’ve not travelled to Armenia lately (quite frankly, that’s probably a lot of us) then your palate will soon be able to take a trip there, thanks to Lusin restaurant, which is opening in the heart of Mayfair. Spanning two floors and seating 100 diners, it’s the first London outpost of Lusin, which initially launched in Riyadh in 2011 where it has hosted notable dignitaries,

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• Viajante87 brings Mexican-Japanese cocktails and wagyu sandos to Notting Hill

  

  Agave cocktail fans will have a new reason to get excited about Notting Hill, with the news of Viajante87’s opening. It’s a cocktail bar from the founders of Los Mochis, who have not been shy with new launches lately. Heading up the innovative mixology lab (something we all wish we had at home) is

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