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Chef Thomas Straker is making things easy on himself with his second restaurant opening, as it's just a few doors further down from his eponymous restaurant in Notting Hill. Acre is being described as a...

26/5/25 - updated with the opening date Almost a year ago we brought you the news that the Big Mamma group (Circolo Popolare, Gloria, Carlotta et al) were setting their sights on Canary Wharf. Now...

You'll see Rick Stein restaurants all over Padstow, but at the moment his only London outpost is in Barnes (a notably great restaurant for riverside dining). But if you fancy trying the chef's...

Updated 23/05/25 with new 2025 date Following in the footsteps of Dublin and Edinburgh, London is the next capital city to get its own huge city-centre brewery/distillery. Guinness are apparently...

Promoted feature If you love a visit to Ole & Steen, you'll be very familiar with their signature bake, the Cinnamon Social. It's already had something of a makeover for the summer months and now...

A year on from their fellow Parisians Junk Burger arriving in London, Dumbo and their smash burgers are also crossing the Channel. Of the two burger companies, Dumbo were the first to introduce...

Anyone working from home in Clapham is going to have a hot new place to hit up for sandwiches when the new sandwich truck at Trinity opens up. Called Outside by Trinity, it's taking over the...

As Highbury locals ourselves, you'll have to forgive us for focusing more on the fact that actor Theo James is also apparently our neighbour, than the news that he's opening a restaurant here. But...

21/5/25 - updated with menu details and an opening date As you might expect from a restaurant named Canal, this next opening from Ham Restaurants is all about its location on the canal. The team,...

You may know Bagatelle Group from their eponymous Bagatelle restaurant in Mayfair (and many others around the world), but they're about to try something new for their next opening. They're launching...

We've seen a fair few closure announcements of late, but this one has caught us somewhat by surprise. After five years, Norman's Cafe is getting ready to close. The cafe in Archway had become hugely...

The City of London is about to get its second food hall in as many months as Market Place prepares to open opposite St Paul's Cathedral. The company, which already has halls in Peckham and Vauxhall (with...

18/5/25 - updated with the opening date The team behind Supernova, Creme and North Audley Canteen know how to make a big splash with their openings. The original Supernova was a massive hit and it...

18/5/25 - updated with the opening date After decades spent as a standalone store in Soho selling fresh pasta and Parma ham to Londoners, it's fair to say that Lina Stores is now a fully-fledged...

Promoted content Crosta Mollica already have quite the reputation for their excellent ready-made pizza bases. If you haven't already cottoned on to them as a great home pizza option, now you can...

One of the biggest draws of Claude Bosi's two-Michelin-starred Brooklands is the fantastic terrace, one of the best rooftop dining spaces in London. However, the stunning terrace perhaps isn't the...

It's been a while since we reported on chef Rob Roy Cameron. Back in 2017 and 2018, he worked on two projects with mixologist Tony Conigliaro, Untitled in Dalston and Gazelle in Mayfair. And the...

Caffe Dante has had quite a history in New York, having originally been established back in 1915. However, its current iteration launched as Dante back in 2015, and the restaurant and  bar have since...

Any London closures are a bad thing, so we're delighted to bring you news this morning of a reopening in Walthamstow. It's been a few months since Eat 17 in Walthamstow closed their restaurant. But the...

Every now and again, we can trust the marketing bods at KFC to have the absolute barmiest idea, and we thank them for that. Last Christmas, it was all about lickable wrapping paper, and now it's...