Soho

• Kricket Indian small plates in Soho
• CLAW will be the next residency at Soho's Sun and 13 Cantons

  

  Updated 27/1/17 with extended dates and new dishes

  You've got to hand it to Soho pub The Sun & 13 Cantons, they really know how to pick their pop-ups. Following hard on the heels of Sambal Shiok and Adam Rawson's residency, the next folk in charge will be CLAW.

  The sustainable seafood streetfood vendors will stay in situ over the winter in an extended residency which will allow them to serve an expanded menu. In addition to their signature

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• Test Driving Kricket - the Indian small plates wonder comes to Soho

  Kricket has been winning fans in Brixton for their Indian small plates. Now they've come to the centre of town - we head along to find out what's new...

• Barrafina Dean Street

  Excellent Spanish tapas In Soho

• Encant chef to open Rambla in Soho, his second Catalan restaurant

  

  We’ve seen a couple of Catalan-style Spanish restaurants popping up around Soho, from Copita to Lobos Meat and Tapas. And now Dean Street is set to see another in the form of Rambla, which'll be the the second solo venture from Encant and Bravas Tapas.

  The menu at Rambla is inspired by Victor's childhood in the Barcelona barrio of the same name. It’ll be split into three sections - the ‘Cru, which comprises

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• Temper Neil Rankin's Soho BBQ meat restaurant
• Four Winters opens a nitro ice cream bar in Soho with mince pie ice cream

  

  How can you make opening an ice cream parlour feel festive when it’s this dreary outside? By creating a mince pie flavour of course. That’s according to Four Winters, who’ve just opened a new liquid nitrogen ice cream shop in Soho.

  The ‘Mince Pice Cream’ comes with chunks of with said pies mixed through the ice cream, which has been frozen at -196c thanks to the power of liquid nitrogen.Then

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• Kricket are bringing their Indian small plates to Soho

  

  14/12/16 - updated with soft launch info

  Based inside Pop Brixton, Kricket's menu of modern Indian small plates has been hugely successful and highly rated by the critics too. Now they're doubling up with a new restaurant that's coming to Soho.

  It'll be a much larger site than the original - not surprising as that one is in a shipping container - fitting in 70 people across two floors. The main event

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• Pilau’s hearty Indian wraps are now in Soho too

  

  Pilau, who only a few weeks ago launched their very first bricks-and-mortar joint, have now opened their second branch in Soho.

  They found a permanent home in Fitzrovia back in November, bringing with them all the robust Indian wraps they’re famed for, plus a few new items, like poppadoms, cold press coffee and overnight oats. Now they’ll be using the experience gained up in Goodge Street to launch their Soho branch, which will be

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• The Ivy Soho Brasserie is their new all-day brasserie

  

  The Ivy are continuing to open up brasseries all over London and this latest, the Ivy Soho Brasserie on Broadwick Street, is a little closer to the flagship original.

  It’ll be a seven day a week affair and is aiming to be a friendly all-day dining option for nearby business owners as well as the usual mix of residents, shoppers and tourists.  The Ivy Soho Brasserie will be split up into the main restaurant, a bar and an

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• Test Driving Temper - a meat and taco palace on Broadwick Street

  Nothing is left to waste at Neil Rankin's Soho restaurant devoted to specialist breed meat

• Vico launches a Panettone & Gelato menu for Christmas

  

  As the Christmas season is well and truly with us, you can't help but notice that panettones are starting to fill the shops. And going one step further, Vico has launched the Panettone & Gelato menu - all paired with warm drinks in case it's a little bit too cold outside.

  On the menu is: 

  • Panettone with Gelato: mini panettone filled with your choice of 2 gelati (recommended
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• Pizza Toscana is coming to Wardour Street

  

  There do seem to be rather a lot of pizza restaurants opening at the moment - and the latest is coming to Wardour Street, called Pizza Toscana. This one comes with proper Italian heritage by Italian restaurateur Stefano Cresci, owner of Florence's La Bussola, which has been going since 1960. He's now come to London and taken over La Scala. 

  Here, they'll use exclusively Tuscan ingredients - including pecorino cheese instead of

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• Corazon is a Mexican taqueria opening on Soho's Poland Street

  

  24/11/16 - updated with soft launch details.

  London may be down one Mexican joint with the closure of Santa Remedio, but come November there'll be a new taqueria to boost our spirits. Corazón is opening in Soho on Poland Street (taking over the spot where Posini's used to be). So if you're after casual, comfort food with a kick, this is where you'll need to be. Expect to be mesmerised by watching all their homemade tortillas being freshly made in front of

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• Pastries, matcha and much more from Japanese cafe Kova

  

  East Asian-style cakes, crepes and pastries will be now readily available in central Soho now that Kova Patisserie, a Japanese cafe, has opened its doors.

  Kova can be found tucked away in St Anne’s Court (that little bit that links Dean St and Wardour St), and will be serving up a variety of hot drinks and sweet treats, including a creamy shortcake, roll cake and mille

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