Soho

• Barrafina Dean Street to feature Frith Street favourites on menu

  

  A ripple of excitement goes through the London food scene when a new Barrafina opens. So we confidently predict a positive reaction to news that the new one on Dean Street is about to open.

  Taking over much of what used to be the main restaurant at Quo Vadis, Barrafina Dean Street came about when the restaurant was given notice on its Frith Street site.

  The key information you'll be wanting to know is how many stools are there? Well the new one

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• Dumpling Shack are coming to Soho's Leicester House for one week only

  

  The hugely popular Dumpling shack is heading for a pre-Christmas pop-up before settling on a permanent venue. You might have come across them (aka John Li) in Broadway market and they also had a very successful pop-up in Shotgun. Now they're coming to One Leicester Street. 

  They'll have a Chinese sharing menu with 11 dishes coming to the table, including their famed pan-fried soup dumplings

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• Quo Vadis celebrates its 90th birthday with a starry Soho party

  

  From the naked male torso vodka luge to a guest list that ranged from Hugh Bonneville and Alastair Little to Suggs and James Blunt, the great and the good of Soho turned up last night to celebrate the 90th birthday of Quo Vadis. It's been an interesting year for the restaurant, which has seen a lot of upheavalin the past few months. But we saw that the new Barrafina

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• Bonnie Gull to open up their second seafood shack in Soho

  

  If you like your seafood a bit more interesting than your bog standard cod and chips, then you may have come across the Bonnie Gull Seafood Shack, who’ve been enjoying a rather popular five years at their Fitzrovia home. Now they’ll be bringing their ‘Squid Toast’ with ink aioli and ember-cooked mussels to a new, second branch in Soho.

  You should only eat oysters in the months with an ‘R’ in them, as the saying

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• Pilau’s Indian wraps find a permanent home on Goodge Street (with Soho to come)

  

  Pilau is the newest in a flurry of roving food vendors to find a home for just in time the winter. After a series of successful residencies, the Indian street food seller has opened its first permanent site in Fitzrovia, and will shortly be taking over another space in Soho before Christmas.

  Those visiting their new Goodge street premises will be able to get your hands on a their hearty Indian wraps, choosing

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• Hipchips brings conveyer belt crisps and dip to Soho

  

  04/11/16 - updated with soft launch details.

  First, there was Bubble Dogs. Then, there was Cereal Killers. And now, arriving on Old Compton Street this autumn comes Hipchips, taking pairings back to their most basic - chips and dip. Also, everything is served on a conveyer belt (for some reason.) 

  London’s voyage towards peak hipster is still going strong with the arrival of yet surprising dining concept,

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• Dum Biryani House in Soho is all about the Biryani

  

  We've had plenty of one-dish restaurants in town of late, but there's always room for more and we do like the sound of one coming our way - that's all about biryani.  

  Called Dum Bryani House, it's opening in Soho by Dhruv Mittal who's got a good background behind him, having worked at The Fat Duck, Hibiscus and Sat Bains. The food itself is mainly focused on Telugu Cuisine from the regions of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana

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• Lobos Meat and Tapas is bringing all the Iberico pork to Soho

  

  27/10/16 - updated with soft launch details. 

  A new tapas joint is heading to Soho - the second Lobos Meat and Tapas from the same team who opened the original in Borough. Of that original, Marina O' Loughlin said: "I want to fall out of here post-midnight and not remember leaving, reeling from sherry and fine pork" - so we're expecting big things here. 

  Little is known about the new menu but expect a mix of new and

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• Test Driving Kiln, must-visit Thai counter dining in Soho

  We Test Drive Kiln, the latest counter-dining sensation in Soho, from the man behind Smoking Goat. 

• Neil Rankin is opening Temper in Soho

  

  21/10/16 - updated with soft launch details.

  Following up his successes at Smokehouse and Bad Egg, Neil Rankin is getting ready for his next venture, Temper. This time, he's setting up shop in Soho, and as expected you can expect a big focus on meat. 

  What we know so far is:

  • It's in Soho, round the corner from Yauatcha
  • There will be a big focus on meat (the name refers to the process of tempering meat) and
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• Six Storeys of bohemian food and drink decadence to arrive in Soho

  

  From the start of 2017, if you so desire, you’ll be able to dive back in time to a prohibition era-style dining experience spanning a whole building at Six Storeys. It’s the newest offering from the people who brought you Tanner & Co, the traditional restaurant in a highly untraditional gymnasium venue, and is similarly esoteric in style.

  Based in the heart of Soho, Six Storeys’ food and drink

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• Gelupo launch a Michelin gelato range with Roux, Koffmann and more

  

  We're pretty partial to a scoop or two of Gelupo ice-cream so we're quite taken with their latest wheeze. To tie in with the launch of the new Michelin guide they've come up with a special collaboration - seven gelato collaborations with seven Michelin-starred chefs. Each flavour ties in with the kind of dishes you'd find at their restaurants. And they are:

  • ‘Dr Henderson’ (an unusual blend of Fernet-Branca and crème de menthe) from Fergus
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• Test Driving the revamped Quo Vadis - compact yet still delivering great British food

  There are some big changes afoot at one of Soho's oldest institutions. We make a return trip to Quo Vadis to see what's up. 

• Adam Rawson is popping up in Soho with his award-winning burgers

  

  After winning the Slider Decider two years in a row, Adam Rawson is bringing those burgers along to his next week-long pop-up. He's appearing at the Sun & 13 Cantons with the winning burgers AND a Seven Wonders of the Culinary World menu.

  The ex-Pachamama chef's evening menu will be seven courses, each from a different place that he's visited in the past few months. So that's a VERY enticing menu that

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• The best of the Lockhart has arrived at Soho's Shotgun

  

  Earlier this year, there was the sad news that The Lockhart was closing, but if you lived in fear at never getting that cornbread again - then worry no more. Some of the best dishes of the Lockhart are finding their way over to a new menu at Brad McDonald's Soho restaurant Lockhart. 

  Finding themselves on the menu are: 

  • Cornbread with Honey Butter - ordered fresh to the table, it's
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