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  • Chicken and Gochu take over the Friday night residency at Walthamstow's Ye Olde Rose and Crown

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    We don't know about you, but the idea of a Friday night pub menu devoted to Korean and Japanese style 'anju', or bar bites sounds EXACTLY what we'd want to stave off a Saturday morning hangover.

    And if you live in Walthamstow, that's just what you've got as Chicken and Gochu become the latest folk to take over the Friday night slot at Ye Olde Rose and Crown. This is the first time the Highams Park-based husband and wife team have popped up anywhere. Korean

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  • Camden boozer The Good Mixer gets a makeover from The Magic Roundabout team

    the good mixer camdenExpect live music, top beer and plenty of pies at this iconic North London pub's revival.

  • Smoking Goat wins the 2018 Scotch Egg Challenge

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    Islington pub The Canonbury Tavern was packed out last night with chefs and foodies all keen to discover who would be turn out this year's winning entry in the 8th Scotch Egg Challenge.

    23 restaurants and gastropubs were in the running this year and the judging panel facing all those eggs were new Sunday Times Magazine food editor Lisa Markwell, Guardian and New Statesman writer Felicity Cloake, Restaurant Magazine

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  • New Liverpool Street pub Lady Abercorn’s Pub & Kitchen serves up bottomless Yorkshire puddings

    ladyaCity hotel the Andaz London Liverpool Street has just opened a public house brewing its own beer and serving up a roast every day of the week

  • Racine’s Henry Harris is running the menus at THREE new pubs in London

    Racine’s Henry Harris is running the menus at THREE new pubs in London

    8/12/17 - updated with Three Cranes soft launch details

    There was much rejoicing when it was announced that Maida Vale's Truscott Arms would reopen (to be renamed Hero of Maida), home to top roasts and a widely beloved upmarket boozer, with none other than Racine’s

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  • Rock and roll at Stoke Newington's new 50s pub Be-Bop-A-Lula

    Rock and roll at Stoke Newington's new 50s pub Be-Bop-A-LulaIf you love puns, the 50s, and American diner food via Stoke Newington, then get down to Be-Bop-A-Lula, a new watering hole from the team behind very respected pub The Alma.

  • The Coach Maker's Arms in Marylebone gets a big makeover from Cubitt House

    The Coach Maker's Arms in Marylebone gets a big makeover from Cubitt HouseThe people behind pubs like The Thomas Cubitt have taken over this 140-year-old pub for a full renovation. Expect a new British menu, an underground cocktail bar and more. 

  • Mc & Sons is Southwark's new Irish boozer with a Thai kitchen

    Mc & Sons is Southwark's new Irish boozer with a Thai kitchen Traditionally, deep fried carbs are the mainstay of Irish pub grub. Not so at Mc & Sons, who's Chiang Mai head chef will be cooking up heavily spiced traditional Thai food - perfect to accompany your Guinness.

  • Hammerton Brewery have opened House of Hammerton on Holloway Road

    houseofhammertonIslington beer folk Hammerton Brewery have opened their own pub on the Holloway Road

  • The Clifton in St John will reopen as a modern all-day gastropub

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    What: The Clifton

    In a nutshell: The Clifton in St John's Wood is saved and reopening as a new pub.

    Summing it all up: Haggis sausage rolls, Wild Grouse ketchup and roast cod with arrocina beans will be some of the dishes on offer to those who visit The Clifton, St John’s Wood’s newest pub.

  • Chefs and judges announced for the 2017 Scotch Egg Challenge

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    Updated 19/1/17 with shortlist

    After six years, the Scotch Egg Challenge is now one of the key dates in the London food calendar. This year's event will take place at The Canonbury in Islington on 8 February.

    Confirmed judges for the event itself include Fay Maschler from the Evening Standard, Ben Chapman of Smoking Goat and Kiln and Bob Granleese of the Guardian, while the evening will be compered by Joe

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  • Clerkenwell’s The Green gets a revamp courtesy of the Culpeper folk

    Clerkenwell’s The Green gets a revamp courtesy of the Culpeper folk

    The team behind Culpeper, the roof garden-resplendent Commercial Street cocktail joint, is opening a third establishment called The Green, named after Clerkenwell Green where it lives.

    Director Nico Treguer has been working together with his counterpart Gareth Roberts for some years now, on a quest to convince London’s landlords to utilise what can often be the only bit

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  • Fullers Ale and Pie pubs are now open for breakfast

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    One time, the only pubs in London you'd find serving breakfast would be those next to the key markets like Smithfields. But now Fuller's Ale and Pie pubs will all be open serving the most important meal of the day.

    14 London pubs, including The Old Bank of England on Fleet Street and The Barrowboy and Banker in Borough will serve a breakfast menu featuring ingredients from local suppliers, including Mrs Owton’s bacon and Fuller’s own black pudding

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  • Upstairs at John the Unicorn in Peckham lands ex Opera Tavern chef

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    Every once in a while a new opening of note slips by us. Upstairs at John the Unicorn on Peckham's Rye Lane is one such place.

    The pub opened an upstairs restaurant around eight weeks ago and it's of note, mainly, because of the chap in charge of the kitchen. Many of you will know Ben Mulock from his previous role as senior sous at The Opera Tavern.

    A quick look at one of Ben's sample menus made us want to eat there very badly. Dishes are priced between £4

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  • Yeah Burger are launching a Slider Bar residency at Off Broadway

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    Who doesn't love sliders? You can eat them and pretend you're a giant. Or, if your appetite precludes eating more than one normal sized burger in a sitting, they're the perfect way to try more of a menu. So we're stoked to hear that Yeah! Burger are putting on a residency at Off Broadway, but even more pleased to hear it's going to be a slider bar.

    Adam Creissen and Scott Hopkins - the chaps behind Yeah! Burger - both worked in the kitchen at this East London

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