The City of London

• Bloomberg Arcade brings a new Koya, Brigadiers from the people behind Gymkhana and more

  

  We've had a lot of food quarters opening up all over town of late, from Broadgate to King's Cross to Nova in Victoria. Now another is on the way to Bloomberg's new London hub and they've lined up some pretty special new restaurants. And it's all bang in the centre of the City too.

  There will be ten new restaurants in all - under a "covered pedestrian arcade" and Bloomberg's own Richard

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• Island Poke heads for the City

  

  Whether you call it poke or Poké and there's a LOT of debate about that, the fact is Londoners are getting a lot of new places serving up this Hawaiian dish. 

  Opening today in the City is a second restaurant for Island Poké. They've got a few new things to add to the menu for the City branch - namely Poké Nachos, Poké Tacos and a special bowl from Yum Bun founder Lisa Meyer on for the whole of August. 

  If you're a City

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• The City is getting a Nikkei restaurant as Waka prepares to open on Eastcheap

  The City gets a new lunchspot as Waka brings Nikkei Peruvian/Japanese cuisine to the takeaway market

• Cafe Sou is the ninth restaurant to open at The Ned

  The Ned teams up with chef and author Rachel Khoo to open their final restaurant, an all-day Parisian cafe

• Neil Rankin's Temper comes to Angel Court in the City - and it's all about curry and gin

  Neil Rankin turns his barbecue expertise to his second temper restaurant. But while the first was about meat and tacos, this is all about curries cooked on open flames using creative ingredients, and there’ll be 20 different types of gin for you to sample too…

• Bean & Wheat brings 'no waste' salads, snacks and more to Liverpool Street

  Not satisfied with adding more outposts of The Frog to London, Adam Handling is also opening his own cafe in the City. And it's all about helping his restaurants to go fully waste free. 

• Sub Cult pops-up with bagel-brioche subs in Finsbury Avenue Square

  

  Sub Cult is bringing their deli-style sub rolls to Finsbury Avenue Square’s pop-up shipping containers for 18 months.

  You may have seen Sub Cult around the likes of Maltby Street, Leather Lane, and Brockley Market, serving up their bagel-brioche sub rolls out of their big monochrome van. Now City workers will be able to get a taste at breakfast and lunch, including subs like:

  • ‘Skandi Sub’ – oak smoked salmon, peppered cream
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• Test Driving The Ned - 24 hours in London's hottest new hotel

  There are 9 restaurants and bars at The Ned, ranging from the members-only Vault bar in the basement to the huge ground floor food hall and up to the members' bar and restaurant by the pool on the roof. We were on a mission to try as many of them as possible during an overnight stay.

• Baba G’s Bhangra Burgers long-term pop-up in Finsbury Avenue Square

  Bhangra Burger's lamb jalfrezi burger and chicken tikka burger comes to the city, plus the new addition of the mercilessly hot double naga burger, for diehard chilli fans.

• Sky Garden launches sunrise breakfast tours

  

  If you've been wondering how to pep up your breakfast (and, frankly, who among us haven't?) we have a suggestion. How about brekkie 35 storeys high as the sun rises over London?

  That's the new offering at Sky Garden. Book a sunrise tour and you'll get a chance to roam around the indoor gardens with a guide and then finish up with breakfast as the sun comes up over the City.

  As for the actual breakfast, that'll be at Sky Pod Bar where you'll enjoy a

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• Barbecoa - home of smoke and fire. We find out more about Jamie Oliver's steakhouses

  Jamie Oliver now has two Barbecoa restaurants in London - we went to check them out.

• Kaleidoscope bar brings 200 rare whiskies to Liverpool Street

  The Whisky Society opens its first non-member bar in Liverpool Street, where 200 rare single malts will be on offer to the public alongside other liquors, cocktails and more, with food provided by upstairs neighbour Mac & Wild.

• Darbaar launches Lotus, a new bar in The City featuring Indian-inspired drinks

  

  Another new bar is heading for the City as the people behind Darbaar are set to open a new bar called Lotus. This was previously part of the restaurant itself and now it'll have a menu of spice-infused spirits and Indian twists on classics. Chef-patron Abdul Yaseen has also created a fresh menu of Royal-inspired dishes to accompany all the new booze.

  Starting with those cocktails, they're

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• WOLF II in Broadgate is the new all day City restaurant from its Stokie counterpart

  Originally a hit in Stoke Newington, this is the second Wolf to hit London. Expect aperitivo in the evening, pasta in the afternoon and eat in or takeaway breakfast - which includes fontina wild boar waffles - folk around Liverpool Street will be sorted all day long.

• Seaside in the Sky is the Gherkin’s newest pop-up

  

  The Gherkin's new pop-up for the summer will be Searcy’s Seaside in the Sky, who'll be serving upmarket versions of classic British food for six weeks.

  It'll all be themed around the Great British Seaside, and will come with the not inconsiderable bonus of epic views across London (plus zero chance of rogue bits of sand following you home in every pocket.) The pop-up will be split across two floors, with food being served at the Coastline on the 39th floor, while

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