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- Bar du Champagne takes over from Avobar in Covent Garden
Should we read something into the fact that Covent Garden visitors' tastes are leaning away from smashed avos and more towards Champagne? That's one conclusion to be drawn from the closure of Avobar which has been replaced by Bar du Champagne from the same owner (although Avobar is apparently moving to a central London location next year).
This new bistro and bar is taking up two floors of the
... - Alfi wine pub and restaurant is opening in Spitalfields
Updated 2/12/23 with new opening date
When is a pub not a pub? When it's a wine pub of course. That's the distinction a new East London business is making when it opens its doors this month. Alfi is being billed as a wine pub and restaurant by experienced hospitality folk Ben Hodges and Alex Lewis and it's taken over the old Leon space inside Spitalfields market.
The pub will be the first part to
... - Wine bar Finch heads to Brixton Village, specialising in English Wines
Updated 27/10/23 with opening date and launch offer
The people of Brixton Village have a new reason to celebrate, they’re about to get a brand-new wine bar, and one that champions English wines, no less.
It’s called Finch and while it will feature a curated selection of world wines, they’ll be focusing on small and experimental winemakers, whether you fancy a
... - Bar Levan wine bar takes over from Larry's in Peckham
Larry's may be gone, along with chef Nicholas Balfe who is concentrating on his restaurant Holm in Somerset, but Bar Levan is rising in its place. That's coming from Levan co-founders Mark Gurney and Matt Bushnell and will be their new Peckham wine bar.
Taking over the old Larry's spot, right next to Levan, they say they're inspired by Parisian bars like Aux Deux Amis and Septime La
... - Must & Lees head to Warren Street for their second wine bar and shop
Updated 13/9/23 with opening date
Two years after opening their wine shop and tasting room in Islington, Must & Lees are expanding. Their second place will open this autumn on Warren Street, taking over Miel Bakery's old site.
Owner Chris and his team are aiming to jump straight into Fitzrovia community life, joining the likes of Miel, Honey & Co and Bang Bang on the street. So while their
... - Ken's in Exmouth Market is the next wine bar from the people behind Dan's
The people behind Dan's wine bar in Dalston are getting ready to open something new in Exmouth Market. This time, rather handily in keeping with the current Barbie zeitgeist, the new place happens to be called Ken's.
- Little Cellars in Camberwell is the new wine bar from the Peckham Cellars team
24/8/23 - updated with the opening date and menu details.
Michelin-rated Peckham wine bar, Peckham Cellars, is expanding. The team behind it - Helen Hall, Luke West-Whylie and Ben McVeigh - have set their sites on a space in nearby Camberwell where they'll be opening a second wine bar, Little Cellars.
If you've already been to the Peckham original, you'll find things much the same at the new
... - Clapton's 107 wine bar signs up ex St John chef Elliot Hashtroudi for five month residency
All eyes have been on the wine bar formerly known as P Franco to see who's taking over cheffing duties now that the bar is properly up and running again. This week we got the answer; they've signed up former St John sous chef Elliott Hashtroudi who'll be cooking up a storm here for the rest of the year.
Asked what his menu will consist of Elliot said it would be "influenced from time at St. JOHN, but it’s an
... - P Franco is reopening as 107 Wine Bar & Shop
Back in March, along with the closure of sibling businesses Bright and Noble Fine Liquor, the super popular Clapton wine bar P Franco closed its doors for what, we all thought, was for good.
But the team behind the bar weren't going down without a fight and the bar's manager William Gee started a
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- Amethyst in Mayfair is opening Vinum wine bar underneath its restaurant
Back when we first visited Carlo Scotto's restaurant Amethyst, we spotted that there was quite a lovely downstairs bar space. But the exacting chef wanted to get his restaurant operating perfectly before he moved on to working out what to do with that bar.
Now he's about to open
... - Giacco's wine bar hits up Highbury's Blackstock Road
Eagle-eyed N5 residents will have noticed work going on over the past few months at former arts space Light Eye Mind on Blackstock Road. This week it unveiled itself as an Italian-accented wine bar, Giacco's.
The bar's owners are Leonardo and his partner Danilo. Leonardo is the one with the background in hospitality - he used to run the Farewell Cafe which used to play host to popups from the likes of Ling Ling
... - Sager + Wilde are opening Equal Parts, a new Amaro and aperitivo bar on Hackney Road
Updated 11/3/23 with bar opening details
Keeping their business strictly local, the team behind one of London's best wine bars have quietly opened a new place. Sager + Wilde have been a huge influence on London's wine scene since they first opened their Hackney wine bar almost a decade ago (followed up by a restaurant on Paradise Row and Fare on Old Street). Now, they've taken on a new
... - The Beefsteaks take over the Manze pie shop on Islington's Chapel Market
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It's been three years since the old Manze pie and mash shop closed its doors on Chapel Market, marking the end of an era after over 100 years of business. But, as one door closes, another opens, and walking past the empty building on Chapel Market back in 2020 proved to be a lightbulb moment for Alex Pashby of street food traders The Beefsteaks. His lease on a railway arch
... - The Bishop's Vaults is Liverpool Street's new wine bar
Now that Dry January's firmly behind us, what better time to announce a brand new wine bar in the city. The place in question is The Bishop's Vaults which takes over the former Boisdale of Bishopsgate site.
The two-floored bar from the Young's pub group will, given its position in the heart of the city, feature a short list for a wine bar but one that focuses more on spendy options like Bollinger, Amarone
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