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- 1864 Bar and Kitchen is the new-look John Lewis rooftop
They've had restaurants up on their rooftop before, but this year John Lewis Oxford Street are trying something new with 1864 Rooftop Bar & Kitchen (which is named after the year John Lewis was founded).
This time around, it's a team-up with Benugo, and it sounds like they're going for more of a party vibe than before, with space for 200 standing, but only just over 60 if you
... - The old House of Fraser building on Oxford Street is getting a rooftop restaurant with panoramic views
Have you been wondering what the plans are for the old art deco House of Fraser building on Oxford Street? Well, it's getting more than £130m thrown at it in a massive refurb that's planned to bring with it new shops, a gym and even an indoor swimming pool. The building is being renamed The Elephant, but you can guarantee we'll all be calling it the old House of Fraser
... - Viral brunch spot Apple Butter is opening a second cafe, off Oxford Circus
With perma queues outside its Seven Dials restaurant, it was only a matter of time before the super popular brunch spot Apple Butter opened a second place in London. And so it has come to pass. They're just about to open off Oxford Circus and while the all-day brunch that made them go viral will be on offer, this new restaurant has a lot of new dishes planned.
In addition to the Lotus Biscoff and Oreo pancakes that
... - Carmel is expanding from Queen's Park to Oxford Circus
12/3/24 - updated with the opening date
The team behind Carmel, Berber & Q and Shawarma Bar are heading into the West End to open a second Carmel restaurant just off Oxford Circus. They've taken over the site on Market Place that was previously La Rampa (and before that a string of other restaurants, so here's hoping this venture breaks the curse).
As with their Queen's Park restaurant, Carmel's
... - Test Driving Jackson Boxer at The Corner - a restaurant worth braving the Oxford Street crowds for
Jackson Boxer's long term residency at Selfridges is giving the Oxford Street shop the edge in London's competitive in-store dining scene. We popped down for a weekend lunch to check it out.
- Kebhouze brings the UK's biggest kebab house to Oxford Street
Is a massive kebab house the one thing that Oxford Street really needed? Kebhouze seems to think so.
They're a big kebab chain restaurant mainly with outposts in Italy, including Rome and Milan, but also in Ibiza. Here in London, they're taking a big corner side on Oxford Street, just a few doors down from Marks and Spencer, taking over what used to be a souvenir and vape shop
... - Jackson Boxer is behind the latest Selfridges Corner Restaurant residency
We're still waiting to hear if Jackson Boxer is going to be opening his Lumette restaurant that he previewed last year, but in the meantime, the chef behind Orasay and Brunswick House is popping up at Selfridges with a new residency.
He's taking over the
... - Test Driving BAO Marylebone - a Taiwanese dumpling house off Oxford Street
The BAO team branch out into dumplings with their latest branch, just off Oxford Street. We went to check it out.
- BAO Mary is the BAO group's take on a Taiwanese dumpling house beside Selfridges
2/5/23 - Updated with the opening date
Oxford Street shoppers are going to have a handy new pitstop to drop into this summer. BAO are opening up BAO Mary on James Street. They've taken over the space next to Patty & Bun (where Sidechick used to be) and this latest restaurant of theirs will focus on dumplings.
BAO Mary, as it'll be known, will have an open kitchen, with handy
... - Sarap's Budgie Montoya brings Filipino BBQ skewers to Market Halls Oxford Street with Apoy
Filipino restaurant Sarap finished its run on Heddon Street at the end of 2022 and, since then, the restaurant has been looking for a permanent home. In the meantime, after an appearance on Great British Menu, chef Ferdinand ‘Budgie’ Montoya
... - Selfridges opens Howl’s Moving Castle pop-up, Calcifer's Kitchen
Studio Ghibli's Howl's Moving Castle is coming to Selfridges in food form as it takes over their Dolly’s Café for a month.
It's all part of Loewe's new capture collection inspired by the movie. It's actually the third of Loewe's Studio Ghibli collections (they've already done My Neighbour Totoro and Spirited Away) but the first to come with a pop-up on
... - 20ft Chicken sees Black Bear Burger moving to fried chicken on Oxford Street
If you're a fan of Black Bear Burger (and we are), then it's worth knowing they have something new up their sleeve. Next up after burgers, it's fried chicken with their new 20ft Chicken.
They'll be launching this as part of Market Halls in Oxford Street.
... - Test Driving Saltie Girl - the Boston seafood import hits Mayfair
All the way from Boston, this US import is hoping to make itself an indispensable seafood spot for anyone shopping on Oxford Street.
- Cuban feasting and cocktails by Oxford Circus with La Rampa
La Rampa brings a Cuban flavour to Oxford Circus with their unique take on Cuban food classics and cocktails - plus lots of rum...
- London's first Tasty by Greggs cafe in Primark on Oxford Street has a sausage roll swing
It's the partnership that brought us such sartorial delights such as the Greggs clogs this summer, now Primark have gone on step further and opened a Greggs cafe in their Oxford Street shop.
Tasty by Greggs will, they say, be "the most Instagrammable’ Greggs in the world". That sounds like hyperbole until you hear that it has a Greggs Sausage Roll swing. It's the second such cafe to open in
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