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Celebrate St Patrick’s Day with grass-fed Irish beef and Smith & Wollensky

Information: 15 March 2022

Head down to Smith & Wollensky in Covent Garden for a St Patrick's Day party to remember

Beaten by a Whisker is Walthamstow's new bakery and cafe

Information: 14 March 2022

Lucky old Walthamstow is the proud owner of a rather lovely new place to get baked goods from. Beaten by a Whisker is an artisan small-batch bakery which opened its doors just a few weeks back. The bakery...

Someday margarita, taco and pizza bar hits Finsbury Park

Information: 14 March 2022

Finsbury Park residents who've been watching the opening of all the new food and drink businesses at the station over the past few months may have been a little disappointed by how slightly...

Passyunk Avenue bring Philly Cheesesteaks to Leake Street in Waterloo

Information: 14 March 2022

14/3/22 - updated with opening news We've been fans of Philly cheesesteak masters Passyunk Avenue since they opened in Fitzrovia (and their delivery DIY kits are one of the best we've had) so the...

Chestnut Bakery expands to Covent Garden's Floral Street

Information: 14 March 2022

14/3/22 - updated with opening date Six months after taking over the old Dominique Ansel bakery in Belgravia, Chestnut Bakery are at it again. The bakery that's already created a stellar reputation for its...

Burger King opens a meat-free restaurant on Leicester Square

Information: 11 March 2022

We'd been hearing that Burger King were going to be trying something new with the reopening of their Leicester Square restaurant - and they've certainly done that, going completely meat-free. We've had...

Nightjar Carnaby sees the top bar go central

Information: 11 March 2022

Nightjar's original near Old Street has been long revered as one of London's greatest bars, and now its getting a sibling in Carnaby. Echoing the original as closely as they can, the decor will be...

Cavita in Marylebone will be Mexican chef Adriana Cavita's first solo restaurant

Information: 11 March 2022

Mexican-born chef Adriana Cavita is taking inspiration from her family and childhood in Mexico with her first solo venture in London, complete with basement mezcaleria

Arcade Food Hall is relaunching at Centre Point with all-new kitchens

Information: 11 March 2022

Hugely popular with central London’s shopping masses when it opened in July 2019, its welcome return is in a slightly new guise, thanks to JKS Restaurants (Gymkhana, Hoppers) who are masterminding...

Apricity will be Chantelle Nicholson's sustainable Mayfair restaurant

Information: 11 March 2022

11/3/21 - updated with opening details She closed Tredwells, but now Chantelle Nicholson is gearing up for her next opening - Apricity. That name stands for "regeneration, warmth, generosity and light"...

St Martin’s House takes over the old Tredwells site in Covent Garden

Information: 10 March 2022

If you were wondering what the plan was for the former Tredwells site in Seven Dials, near Covent Garden, then wonder no more. Having been closed since September 2021, it will re-open as St Martin’s House: a...

The Lanesborough is having a Bridgerton-themed afternoon tea

Information: 10 March 2022

It seems ever so preposterous that it hasn’t happened yet, but a Bridgerton-themed afternoon tea is finally coming to London. If you’ve not heard of the addictive Netflix series, we’re not sure...

The Korean Englishman's Korean Toast pop-up is back in King's Cross

Information: 10 March 2022

Updated 10/3/22 with residency closing date: If you missed it late last year (as we did), then you'll definitely want to catch one of the hottest pop-ups in town right now. Korean Toast comes from...

Subway are popping up with a pop-up restaurant on a yacht in Canary Wharf

Information: 09 March 2022

Fancy impressing your boss or work colleague with a business lunch with a difference this week? Well, if you move fast, there are still tickets available at Subway's swanky pop-up restaurant at West...

Umbrella Workshop is a tiny new Shoreditch bar from the Discount Suit Company team

Information: 09 March 2022

If you like to be the one in your group who always knows where the hot new bar is, then you should have Umbrella Workshop, which has just opened its doors in Shoreditch, on your radar. The tiny bar -...

Sketch's Gallery restaurant gets a design overhaul from Yinka Shonibare and and India Mahdavi

Information: 09 March 2022

It's been almost eight years since Sketch got its David Shrigley redesign and now the restaurant has had another complete overhaul. Shrigley and the pink decor have gone, and British-Nigerian artist Yinka Shonibare and...

VQ, the 24-hour restaurant is coming to Islington

Information: 09 March 2022

24-hour restaurant specialists VQ (which stands for "Vingt Quatre") have a brand new site lined up - they're coming to Islington. Taking over the space that used to be Comedor, they'll be right on...

Hot Dinners celebrates The Murphia List 2022 with a party at The Guinea

Information: 08 March 2022

After a year's hiatus due the pandemic, the Hot Dinners Murphia List party was back with a bang last night. To celebrate the publication of our eighth annual list we threw a bash at The Guinea in...

Drop on the Common is a new Clapham Common wine bar by the Ten Cases team

Information: 07 March 2022

Drop Wine, by the team behind The Ten Cases and Parsons, were one of the first to kick off wine delivery on demand (something which proved very useful indeed during the lockdowns). On top of that,...

Mano Mayfair sees Luciana Berry bringing Nikkei cuisine to Heddon Street

Information: 06 March 2022

Updated 7/3/22 with soft launch info There's a lot of change around Heddon Street at the moment. We've had the launch of Sarap, there's a David Bowie pop-up shop and we're waiting to see what's...

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