Summer

• Tottenham Hale club The Cause launches the Costa del Tottenham

  

  With nightclubs the businesses most affected by the Covid shutdown (and the last to come out of it), it's unsurprising that some have found other ways to make money in the meantime.

  Up in Tottenham, The Cause nightclub has done a deal to double the outside space it has, and they're planning to make the most of it over the summer. The club has taken over some of the neighbouring industrial units at their site by Tottenham Hale station, and food

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• Prawn on the Lawn moves to a Padstow farm for the summer

  

  In news that has got us googling prices of train tickets to Padstow, Prawn on the Lawn's Cornwall outpost is switching locations for the summer.

  Katie and Rick Toogood, who run the restaurant and fishmongers in Highbury & Islington as well as the place down in Cornwall, are relocating their Padstow restaurant to a nearby Cornish farm for the summer.

  Prawn on the Farm will be their summer residence, taking over space at nearby

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• Tom Kerridge is bringing his Drive & Dine Theatre to London this summer

  

  At a time when there appear to be no summer festivals on the foreseeable horizon, we have to say that this new wheeze from Tom Kerridge and the Pub in the Park team sounds like a perfect substitute.

  Drive & Dine Theatre will be a mash-up between a drive-in cinema and a food festival and it's coming to London for the summer. On the movie front, there'll be the world’s largest mobile HD LED screen showcasing crowd-pleaser

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• Dominique Ansel's Summer Marche is a three day fruit tart festival

  

  If you're looking for a fun way to bump up your five a day intake, may we suggest a trip to the Dominique Ansel Bakery this weekend? For three days only they're holding a Summer Marché.

  The idea is to celebrate the best seasonal fruits from around the world. So they're filling their pastry section with 10 rather lovely sounding fruit tarts. They're using blueberries from Hertfordshire, British Jubilee Strawberries grown exclusively at only

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• Free ice-creams and giant watermelon margaritas help Londoners cope with the heatwave

  

  As London girds its loins and prepares to do battle with temperatures predicted to hit 37 degrees tomorrow, there are a number of ways you can cool down that are a lot more fun that standing in front of your open fridge.

  On Thursday, folk using the Central Line will be met by Deliveroo riders handing out free Judes and Oppo Ice Creams. You can find them at 12pm at Bank, Tottenham Court Road and Bond Street stations.

  If you're further east, then maybe

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• Somerset House gets a taste of Spain with their summer San Miguel terrace

  

  Stuck in London while everyone else is off on their hols? At least if you head to Somerset House over the coming months you can at least pretend you're in Spain.

  They've just launched a terrace in partnership with San Miguel. Yes, you're looking over the Thames rather then the Med, but with a chilled beer in your hand and a range of Spanish snacks to choose from, things could be a whole lot worse.

  Open daily from lunchtime the bar will serve up a

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• Taste of London reveals exclusive dishes for 2019 plus the chance to join the judge's panel

  

  Updated 4/6/19 with full list of restaurants and dishes

  If your idea of heaven is spending hours roaming Taste of London with a free pass to eat all the food in sight, then we have good news for you. For this year's festival, they're offering one lucky London foodie the chance to do just that, becoming one of the Best in Taste Awards tasters.

  The winner of the competition will get a chance to

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• My Million Pound Menu's BBQ Dreamz take to the rooftop at John Lewis on Oxford Street

  

  Despite the recent chill, London's summer plans are well underway and the latest spot to reveal their colours for the season are John Lewis. They're bringing in My Million Pound Menu winners BBQ Dreamz for their rooftop space this summer. The newly titled Filipino concept, Bong Bong’s Manila Kanteen will serve up all manner of treats. Here's the menu: 

  • Lechon Kawali - Crispy fragrant pork belly, with pickled papaya salad and a Filipino lechon
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• The Prince's summer line-up features Jefferies - a new chicken concept from Patty and Bun

  

  Over in West London, The Prince is gearing up for its summer season and they're going BIG. Not content with managing to install a retractable electric roof over London's biggest pub garden making it - at a click of a button - British weatherproof, they're also the first to showcase an entirely new concept from the folks at Patty & Bun.

  The summer season kicks off on 25 April and,

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• Harrods unveil their summer Perrier-Jouet Champagne Terrace

  

  There's no surer sign that summer's on its way than when terraces, all across town, begin to be unveiled in their new plumage.

  Top of your to-try list has to be the new Perrier-Jouet terrace at Harrods which launched to a celeb crowd last week. The fourth floor terrace (we honestly didn't even know it was there) is apparently a sunny spot facing due south west - perfect to sit and sip Champagne in. And when the weather properly bucks up there's an

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• 10 super summery dishes to order in London restaurants

  Now that we're slowly settling into this proper summer weather lark, it's time to start eating like our continental friends. We pick out some of the best sunshine food we've spotted London restaurants sharing on our Insta feed recently.

• New London restaurant openings to look forward to this Summer

  We've rounded up the key restaurants you need to have on your restaurant radar this summer - all of which will make staying in town over the summer a total delight.  

• All the crayfish at Mayfair's The Harcourt's Nordic summer party menu

  Crayfish and aquavit go on the menu in Mayfair for a spot of Nordic late summer fun

• London's summer pop-up bars

  Summer has arrived and while we’re cautiously optimistic that it’s here to stay, London’s restaurants and bars are shaping up to launch a series of summer bars

• Pierre Herme and Hong Kong's Duddell's head up international roster for Taste of London 2017

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  If you can believe it, London which is about to see its 14th Taste of London festival hitting Regent's Park for the summer! The event is a celebration of the London restaurant scene. But it's also a massive draw for visitors and for visiting chefs.

  This year there are two international chefs in particular that you should make a beeline for at the festival.

  First is Pierre Herme, named

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