Shoreditch

• St Leonards launches a bargain caviar deal

  

  It's really a testament to how far Shoreditch's restaurant scene has come with the fact that we're bringing you news of a special caviar offer that's just hit EC2.

  We've already tried the lunchtime bar menu at St Leonards, but we might have to go back to have a bash at the new Caviar Service they've launched today. All day Monday and at lunchtimes on

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• Goose Island Shoreditch Brewpub promises a holy trinity of beer, pizzas and live music

  Expect a holy trinity of beer, food and live music at this American beer company's first UK brewpub which has landed on Shoreditch High Street.

• Mikkeller Bar and Rick Astley are opening their Shoreditch bar tomorrow

  They're an unlikely pair but gypsy beermaker Mikkel Borg Bjergsø has teamed up with 80s pop icon Rick Astley to open a super hip beer bar in Shoreditch. I know!! 

• Test Driving Two Lights - the new Modern American restaurant in Shoreditch from the Clove Club team

  Obviously, any new opening by the Clove Club team is going to whip

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• Pachamama East sees the team behind the original restaurant open in Shoreditch

  The team behind the original Pachamama in Marylebone and Chicama in Chelsea are bringing Pachamama to Shoreditch, with some Asian influences as well as Peruvian.

• Soho House are opening Cecconi's Shoreditch at their new Redchurch Townhouse

  Expect a bit of Italian pizzazz as Soho House open their Redchurch Townhouse hotel complete with Cecconi's Shoreditch on the ground floor, just a street away from Shoreditch House.

• Sub Cult sandwiches have just opened at Boxpark Shoreditch

  

  Shoreditch folk looking to break out of their usual lunchtime rut should head straight for Boxpark Shoreditch today where legendary sarnie purveyors Sub Cult are setting up shop. "Longer hours, 7 days a week from 12pm PLUS a pimped up menu!" they tweeted this week.

  If you haven't tried their swoonsome sandwiches before, they're New York inspired gourmet sub rolls made with their own bagel-brioche hybrid buns. Think flavours like:

  • Rodeo Sub - rare roast
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• Blacklock are opening on Rivington Street in Shoreditch and this restaurant will have a proper bar

  Expect chops,steaks and that amazing cheesecake at Blacklock's new Shoreditch opening, but the big news here is that there'll be a dedicated bar area that they're teaming up with top NYC bar owners on. 

• A MasterChef finalist caters a trip to the underworld at Pedley St Station

  

  Who doesn't love a bit of immersive theatre? And this latest - which features dinner from a MasterChef finalist - does sound rather good. it's the second event to take place at Pedley Street "station" - aka an arch in Shoreditch -  where Funicular Productions have set up a special "luxury train carriage" for these kind of events. Last time it was a murder mystery, this time it's being billed as "a

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• Genesis in Shoreditch will be a vegan restaurant with an organic award by The Soil Association

  A new two-storey vegan spot in East London with a lengthy drinks menu, lots of international food and an ingredients list that's so organic, it's certified by the Soil Association. 

• Test Driving St Leonards - Jackson Boxer and Andrew Clarke bring their Brunswick House magic to Shoreditch

  There's been a huge amount of buzz, wondering what Jackson Boxer and Andrew Clarke have planned for their second project together after Brunswick House. We went along to check their new Shoreditch restaurant out.

• Nuno Mendes is opening a 16-seat resturant experience Maos in Shoreditch

  Nuno Mendes' next project will be an intimate restaurant seating diners around one table in a space in Shoreditch.

• Jackson Boxer and Andrew Clarke are opening St Leonards in Shoreditch - updated

  The Brunswick House restaurateur and his chef and partner Andrew Clarke have a fire and ice focus for their new Shoreditch restaurant with an ice bar for raw fish and shellfish and open hearth cooking for meat and vegetables.

• Cocotte brings ethical rotisserie chicken to 8 Hoxton Square

  After a good start in Notting Hill, Parisian restaurant Cocotte is moving East to trendy Hoxton Square, where they’ll be serving up ethically sourced chickens by quarter, half or whole, plus healthy salads, sides, and a selection of rather nice-sounding homemade sauces…

• Test Driving Leroy in Shoreditch

  Ellory has moved to Shoreditch and been reborn as Leroy. We went to experience the shift in direction in action.