The City of London

• Patty & Bun are coming back to Liverpool Street, bigger than ever

   

  Liverpool Street has been doing rather well for burgers of late. Following the recent opening of Honest Burger, the Patty & Bun opposite Liverpool Street station is about to get a lot bigger. 

  Originally mainly takeaway with a few stools inside, they're

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• The Ivy Asia, St Paul's comes to London, taking over Jamie Oliver's Barbecoa

  The latest Ivy is opening in the impressive space that once held Jamie Oliver's Barbecoa. This time they'll be launching an Ivy with an Asian-influenced menu. 

• Honest Burgers come to Liverpool Street - and bring a special burger

  

  Liverpool Street is getting more burgers with the announcement of the opening of a new Honest Burgers. Their new place is just up the road from the station on Old Broad Street, taking over from Gow's restaurant. It'll be one of the bigger Honests, seating 136 inside.

  As usual, you'll be able to get all the usual Honest favourites - like the Tribute which is beef, bacon, American cheese, burger sauce,

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• Le Bun are back - taking over New Street Grill and Old Bengal Bar with their truffle burgers

  

  If you've been missing Le Bun's French-inspired burgers, then this is the news for you. They're kicking off a residency in The City at New Street Grill and Old Bengal Bar, taking over the food for four weekends. 

  The burgers on the menu include

  • Double Double burger - double aged patty, double American cheese, truffle veal jam, truflle
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• Flat Iron X Winemakers Club in The City combines steak with magnums of wine

  The next restaurant from steak masters Flat Iron is something of a departure. They'll be concentrating on bavette steak - and pairing that with a huge range of wines by the magnum.

• Join The Jugged Hare for the Murphia Games dinner

  Join The Jugged Hare’s infamous gourmet dinner series this game season, The Murphia Games, as they enjoy the finest culinary creations from Ireland’s most celebrated chefs.

• Vinery London is a pop up honesty wine bar where you pay what you think it's worth

  

  Would you describe yourself as an honest person? One way to really put that to the test is with the return of Vinery London next month. This irregular pop-up boasts that it's the only honesty wine bar in London where they trust you to pay what you think you should.

  The idea is that you buy a ticket (£7.50) which gives you entry plus a wine glass which you can then top as much as you like throughout the evening. When you head off into the night,

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• Farmer J are bringing their trays to Finsbury Square

  This will be the fourth Farmer J in London as they serve up healthy breakfast and lunchtime snacks in their signature "fieldtrays". 

• Test Driving the Dining Room at The Ned - a seasonal tour of the British Isles

  

  The Dining Room at the Ned sees an Italian chef enjoying himself, using the bounty of the British isles.

• Waka is bringing its grab and go Nikkei dishes to the City

  Waka is coming back to the City, bringing its Nikkei Peruvian/Japanese grab and go food to Houndsditch.

• Black Rock expands with a whisky hotel, pub and a blend-your-own room

  

  You might remember that a couple of years ago, we tried out a one-room hotel in London - above the Black Rock Whisky bar. Well, that's going through a bit of a change - planning to become what they're calling "London's first Whisky hotel".

  Black Rock, the whisky bar previously only in the basement, is taking over

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• Ex-River Cafe chef Shuli Wimer launches The Fancy Fork at Farmer J in the City

  

  A City restaurant has brought in an exciting new chef to charge up its evening offering. By day Farmer J serves up breakfasts and 'field trays' for lunch to City workers beside Monument. By evening it'll now turn into The Fancy Fork - with chef Shuli Wimer running the kitchen.

  Wimer, who was born in Galilee, trained up at L28 in Tel Aviv and then spent five years working at The River Cafe in London will serve up a menu inspired by Middle Eastern and Mediterranean

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• 14 Hills will be the new high-rise restaurant at 120 Fenchurch Street

  The prolific D&D restaurant group (who own Blueprint Cafe, German Gymnasium, Quaglinos and more) are gearing up for their next opening. Fen will be near the top of a big new building on Fenchurch St.  

• Sub Cult's award-winning sandwiches get a permanent City spot

  They've been street food legends for five years and now Sub Cult are getting a much-deserved permanent place in the City. With brand new subs along with the classics, this looks like your new City lunch spot. 

• Konditor bring their cakes to The City with a new Bank shop

  

  We'll admit, we're quite partial to a Konditor cake, particularly their wonderful Curly Whirly concoction. And now, after a rebrand (they've dropped the "and Cook") they're heading to Bank for their next shop. 

  And this store will be familiar if you've visited their others, featuring all the celebration cakes you could ever want as well as salted caramel brownies, desserts and more. They'll have ten seats

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