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- Sushi, steak and pasta are all on the menu at huge new Fleet Street development Peterborough House
It's all change over in Fleet Street where one of the area's best-known buildings, which used to house The Telegraph, is being transformed into a modern mix of offices and restaurants. The Telegraph Building, which is now being called the Peterborough Building, was built in the 1880s but given a very Art Deco makeover in the 1920s. The new name, taken from its address on Peterborough Court, matches the newspaper's longstanding
... - Bluebird City sees the Chelsea favourite opening in Moorgate
For over two decades, Bluebird Chelsea has been a stalwart of the SW3 restaurant scene, appearing in more scenes of Made in Chelsea than we care to remember. Now it's about to make the move east. The team behind it are opening a second restaurant in the City at South Place Hotel where they're taking over the hotel's former 3SP dining space.
Fans of the Chelsea original will be pleased to hear that plenty of signature
... - Sandwich Sandwich's second London shop is upon us
12/3/24 - updated with the opening date
They only launched their first London sandwich shop last year, but Sandwich Sandwich already have their next place ready to go. And this time they're going big.
When they revealed the opening, they rather
... - There's a three month Guinness pop-up bar coming to The Ned
We're impressed by the perfect timing behind the new Guinness pop-up experience that's coming to The Ned. On for three months, they've chosen the perfect time of year to launch it, just in time for St Patrick's Day.
The Guinness Bar will take over the Long Bar on the lower ground floor of The Ned. They're describing it as an immersive experience so there'll be all kinds of Guinness paraphernalia and old Toucan posters.
... - Bowls with soul, trying the Ivan Ramen pop-up at The Ned
For just two months Londoners can try a special menu by Ivan Orkin of NYC's Ivan Ramen being served up at The Ned. We went along for a slurp.
- Is Big Mamma coming to the City?
News reaches us that the Big Mamma Group has designs on the City of London. While we wait to hear what they're doing over in Canary Wharf, we hear that they're also looking at opening a new restaurant in the heart of the financial square mile. According to reports they're fairly far down the
... - Test Driving TENrei the art of tuna ceremony at Los Mochis London City
Los Mochis London City is offering an immersive experience where diners get to see a whole bluefin tuna broken down for an omakase dinner. We managed to get some seats at the sushi counter to see what exactly goes on at an evening like this.
- Ivan Ramen is back in London with a residency at The Ned
A year after his longish residency in Islington won him legions of London fans, top ramen chef Ivan Orkin is back in town with another residency. This time he's heading into the City with a two-month stay at The Ned. The chef, who runs the highly-rated Ivan Ramen in NYC and has been the subject of a Netflix Chef's Table episode, will be presenting a special menu at The Ned's Kaia restaurant.
There will be four new ramens on
... - Honest joins the smash burger trend with Smash + Grab in the City
They've dabbled in the whole smash burger scene before with a special burger on their main menu, but now Honest Burgers are making a bigger move in that direction. From today, their Liverpool Street restaurant has become the first Honest Smash + Grab.
That means, for the first time in a while, an Honest Burgers location will have a completely new menu. While full details
... - Pick Your Own are all about sustainable salads in the City
If you're in the City and permanently thinking about what to have for lunch, the arrival of brand new salad spot Pick Your Own (aka PYO) should be of interest.
As the name somewhat gives away, it's a choose-your-own salad place. You'll be creating a salad of four key parts. The base could be seasonal shredded veg, chopped lettuce or some fava beans. Then another layer gets added for "texture" like
... - Nancy Spains are opening their next Irish pub in the City
Their first pub opened in Shoreditch only earlier this year, but a second Nancy Spains is already on the way (and we now wouldn't be surprised if more were planned).
It's taken over the space that was once City pub, The Wine Lodge (which appears to have been closed for over five years). As before, it's run by Kerry-born brothers Peter and Nicholas O’Halloran and they'll be
... - Gordon Ramsay is opening London's highest restaurants at 22 Bishopsgate
Updated 10/10/24 with more details
It's big news when Gordon Ramsay reveals he's opening five (FIVE!) new restaurants at 22 Bishopsgate next year. The skyscraper in the City of London is the UK's tallest office building and Ramsay will have a number of restaurants and bars right at the top.
The biggest reveal is that the 60th floor of the
... - New Spitalfields bar 68 & Shanghai pairs wine and katsu sandos
Regular Hot Dinners readers will know that we're very much in favour of all the new wine bars opening in London of late and this latest Spitalfields addition sounds very promising.
68 & Shanghai comes from the team behind 68 & Boston in Soho, who also run the nearby Yuu Kitchen (as well as Opium, The Last Talisman and Lucy Wong). It's replaced what was the
... - Test Driving Leydi - Selin Kiazim's new modern Turkish restaurant in the City
Selin Kiazim (previously behind Oklava) returns to the London restaurant scene with a large Turkish restaurant right in the heart of the City. We went down for a first look at Leydi.
- A Cantina Malibu vs Breddos Tacos collaboration is coming to The Ned
For the month of September only, there’s a tacos takeover coming to Cantina Malibu in The Ned London. Breddos Tacos will be bringing their Mexican-flavoured joy every Friday.
If you’ve not sampled the fare of Breddos Tacos, this is an ideal cameo appearance, given the
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