Pop-up

• Harrods has a fabulous new gingerbread Café Dior pop-up

  

  Grab your handbags, Harrods is bringing the best of fashion and food together, with a gingerbread-themed Café Dior opening on its ground floor for a limited time.

  Yes, the department store that needs no introduction and which certainly doesn’t shy away from extravagance, is taking your gingerbread fantasies to the next level. You can book now for that catch-up with a friend that is more than a

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• KFC are opening a fried chicken-fueled pub in Hammersmith

   

  They've launched clothing and hotel rooms and next up for KFC is a pub. 

  As part of the World Cup, they're launching The Colonel's Arms in Hammersmith a pub that yes, will be serving KFC - sort of. It's actually a KFC delivery pub, so there will be a "ring for KFC

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• The Bishop at The Berkeley is the Knightsbridge hotel's new winter pub pop-up

  

  Updated 8/11/22 with images

  If you've been wondering what form the alfresco space at The Berkeley would take on for winter, let us enlighten you. This year they've moved away from Alpine influences and gone instead for their own British gastropub. The Bishop at The Berkeley will be, they say, a place to "pop in for a shandy and snacks".

  On the menu you'll find:

  • Crispy pork
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• Notting Hill's The Pelican is popping up in the Cotswolds this winter

  

  Ever since it opened its doors this summer, Notting Hill pub The Pelican has been packing them in, whether it's locals wanting a piece of that lobster pie or celebrities after a quiet-ish drink.

  Now the chaps behind it - owners James Gummer and Phil Winser – are taking the pub on a jaunt to the countryside. They're popping up at The Bull Inn in Charlbury in the heart of the Cotswolds. It's a

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• Chinatown's new popup space gets wheelcake vendors Dragon Cat Café as its first residents

  

  It's hard taking your first step up the restaurant ladder, doubly so if you're looking to open anywhere in Zone 1. Which is why Chinatown has just launched a pop-up space that's all about giving fledgling food businesses a leg up.

  They've carved out a spot right in the heart of Chinatown on Little Newport Street which will be used to give emerging brands a chance to showcase their wares on a busy West End

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• Argentinian chef Fernando Trocca is bringing pop-up restaurant Mostrador to Shoreditch

  

  He opened the acclaimed Sucre in Soho in 2021 and now one of Latin America’s best known chefs is about to bring a pop-up dining concept to Shoreditch called Mostrador. It follows hot on the heels of Mostrador success stories around the world, starting with a summer-only pop-up a

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• FKABAM (Black Axe Mangal) teams up with Tabasco for a pizza pop-up

  

  Here's a pop-up for the diary. Lee Tiernan's FKABAM (Formerly Known As Black Axe Mangal) is teaming up with Tabasco for a special pop-up pizzeria. 

  Taking place at the Islington restaurant, it'll turn into a pizzeria for the night with everything cooked in the huge wood-burning oven. The pizzas for the night include new creations as well as spin-offs of FKABAM favourites. So

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• Jamie Oliver returns to restaurants with pasta pop-up, Pasta Dreams

  

  For the first time since closing down his Jamie's Italian business in 2019, Jamie Oliver is back with a new restaurant - although this one is for collection and delivery only.

  He's just launched Pasta Dreams in Soho. It's not a full restaurant launch though - Pasta Dreams will be a pop-up in the run-up to Christmas and seems to be designed to expand as delivery only across the

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• Norman's Cafe comes to Seed Library in Shoreditch, matches cod's roe with Frazzles

  

  The relatively new 100 Shoreditch hotel already has a top drawer bar in the basement in the shape of Ryan Chetiywardana/Mr Lyan's Seed Library. Now they're upping their game by bringing in North London legends Norman's Cafe to take care of the food. 

  As with the original cafe in Tufnell Park that's become a big hit, there's an extremely English caff feel

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• LGBTQ+ neighbourhood bar Adam's is popping up at Snackbar

  

  Freddie Janssen’s Snackbar in Dalston is about to get a new look at the weekends as it turns into a pop-up LGBTQ+ neighbourhood bar, Adam's. 

  It comes from Adam Caddy, previously at Brasserie Zedel, Annabel’s, Quo Vadis and Century Club. He has been looking to open a permanent bar - and this should hopefully be the stepping stone to doing just that. As Adam himself says, "Over the last decade, London

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• Asma Khan's Darjeeling Express is popping up in Kensington

  

  This is going to be the hottest of hot tickets.

  Asma Khan's Darjeeling Express is moving to a new location having closed in Covent Garden last month. But, while we wait for that, she's just announced that the restaurant will be popping up at a pub in Kensington

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• P Franco's new resident chef is ex Burro e Salvia pasta chef Mitchell Damota

  

  Often viewed as a space where chefs get ready for their next big thing in an environment where they can only use two induction hobs, P Franco in Clapton has a new resident chef lined up. Recently they've had Seb Myers, who's now getting rave reviews at Planque and Jamie Smart, who's now leading hot new Newington Green wine bar Cadet. Next up, according to their Instagram feed, is

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• A Nutella breakfast cafe is coming to Soho

  

  We've already had a Veuve Clicquot breakfast cafe in Soho and now the same space is about to be taken over by another brand - this time it's going to be a Nutella breakfast cafe. 

  Called Happy Portion Parlour, this pop-up is all about using one serving of Nutella in its dishes -

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• Happy Endings are popping up in Shoreditch with ice cream sandwiches and soft serve

   

  We've been big fans of Happy Endings' ice cream sandwiches for a while now. They've cornered the market in delivering London's very best ice cream sandwiches and there's a good chance you'll have come across them on some restaurant menus, or at shops like Nourished Communities.

  But now - and for three months - you can find them in Shoreditch. They're

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• Cult Japanese brand Lemonade by Lemonica is popping up in Soho

  

  When life gives you a heatwave, go in search of lemonade. It looks as if cult Japanese brand Lemonade by Lemonica has chosen pretty much the perfect time to launch its first UK pop up shop, which opened over the weekend in Soho.

  Originally from Kanazawa, the idea is that each glass of lemonade is made to order. In London the options will be their original lemonade, matcha lemonade, and fruity lemonades

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