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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...

If you fancy trying the combined culinary efforts of a TV host and Michelin-starred chef then you'll need to head to Chelsea this month. Sunday Brunch host Simon Rimmer and chef Tom Kerridge have...

6/11/24 - updated with the opening date You might recall that there once was an Italian restaurant Babbo in Mayfair. It closed a few years back, saying it was going to be a temporary closure and...

5/11/24 - updated with launch plans The Metropolitan Arcade at Liverpool Street, an Edwardian shopping arcade once saved from demolition during the 80s, is now being reinvented as a food hall for...

The Pantechnicon building fairly recently started out as a Nordic-Japanese dining and shopping hot spot that opened in late 2020 but for the last few months it's been undergoing a major...

They've only recently launched their first London sandwich shop but Sandwich Sandwich already have their next place lined up. And this time they're going big. Recently announced on their Instagram page,...

Five years after throwing open the doors of her Irish restaurant just off the King's Road, chef and writer Anna Haugh is now in the process of unveiling her latest enterprise in the area. The Wee...

Wilton Way Deli and Wines has built up a strong following in Hackney and now owner Francesca D’Agostino is getting ready to expand with a second opening - but not too far away. She's going as far as...

4/11/24 - updated with the opening date There are crazy shakes and then there are 100% certifiable ones. Clearly those at NYC burger group Black Tap fall into the latter category and they're about to...

North London baker Michelle Eshkeri is building a little bakery empire for herself. She started with Margot in East Finchley where she became known for her sourdough bread and patisserie prowess...

For seven years chef Joo Won was responsible for holding the Michelin star as the head chef of Galvin at Windows. But opening his own restaurant was always the dream and after he took a trip back...

Earlier this year, chef Claude Bosi, together with his wife Lucy, opened French bouchon Josephine in Chelsea to rave reviews. It was, however, for those of us who don't live in West London, not...

If the best thing about a visit to Ikea is a trip to the restaurant for meatballs (we know it is for us), then this news is for you. They've just launched a standalone Ikea restaurant in...

They're responsible for serving up one of Shoreditch's most popular brunch menus. Now Friends of Ours are hoping to bring that same joy to West Londoners. This weekend they launch a six-month pop up...

30/10/24 - updated with more details about the opening.  It may be cheaper to fly to Girona to try the original, than to take the train up to Scotland - but news that world-class restaurant El Celler...

30/10/24 - updated with details of the menu and an opening date The next big revamp of The Savoy is nearly upon us. This time they've been redoing the Thames Foyer, which was initially said to be...

The Seafood Bar in Soho has always had a pretty impressive lower ground space, but now it's undergone a complete transformation for their brand new speakeasy Zum Barbarossa.  It's actually the second...

If, like us, you never skip past a tortilla slap video on social, you might be interested to know that a whole evening devoted to this form of entertainment is coming to London. The UK's first...

  Well, we've been waiting for this news. It's been almost a year since Marcus Wareing's restaurant at The Berkeley had its last service. Now the Knightsbridge hotel has finally announced what's going to...

Lawyers and other city folk working in and around Holborn are about to have an interesting new place landing on their doorstep. Hotori is a slick-looking yakitori restaurant on New Fetter Lane...