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Given the year we've just had, it's no surprise that everyone wants to get in on the lucrative delivery market. But the arrival of top chef Phil Howard to the scene makes the launch of OTTO a whole lot...

Updated 14/4/21 with more chefs Even just a few short weeks ago, we could hardly believe we'd be bringing you news of summer festivals that you could actually book. But now that the government has...

  A big new alfresco space is coming to Hackney, brought to you by the people behind Peckham Levels and Pop Brixton. Hackney Bridge (once known as Clarnico Quay) has had a big makeover and will...

A promising new pop-up is landing at Dalston's Newcomer Wines for a spring alfresco menu. SSAW Collective (Spring Summer Autumn Winter) is a community of growers and makers focused on ethical and...

News reaches us of another big fast-food chain making inroads in London - and the first branch is opening this week.  Pelicana is pretty big elsewhere, with over 3000 branches selling their Korean...

There's one returning innovation that has come about because of various lockdowns that we're very pleased to see back - the drive-thru. We've already seen a MEATliquor drive-thru just a few weeks...

It's fair to say it's been a while since we reported on a new opening at Canary Wharf, so it's a positive sign that today the folks behind Pergola Paddington, The Prince and Lost in Brixton have...

Kicking off today, Shake Shack have a new special on the menu that should be worth checking out. This time it's a collaboration with Neil Rankin who's bringing his vegan burger know-how to Shake...

With alfresco spaces in London being a premium right now, you can count on us to bring you news of any new places opening. And the new roof venue at The Standard hotel in King's Cross sounds (and...

They've been delivery-only up until now, but Keff are gearing up to bring pita toasties and Middle-Eastern dips to Camden. They'll be setting up shop in their first real-life location in Camden...

With alfresco being once again a big thing in 2021, KERB are expanding their street food markets to a couple of new areas.  First up is KERB X National Theatre. where they'll be parking five food...

They mastered the cheese conveyor belt, a cheese bar and a cheese truck. Next up for The Cheese Bar folk is is cheese on water in the shape of The Cheese Barge. They're mooring a specially designed...

We always like to think of ourselves here at Hot Dinners as influential, but we never expected to have the ear of the royal family. Although how else do you explain the fact that eight days after we...

  Peckham is getting another very promising-sounding pizza restaurant this spring. We've already had news of Mike's pizza and now there's 081 Pizzeria that will be opening across the way from that in...

Before lockdown D&D's City restaurant 14 Hills was doing a storming business. Now, with the announcement of a new rooftop terrace, they're hoping to reopen with a similarly strong following. The 14th-floor...

  7/4/21 - Updated with the launch date With hits like Chick N Sours and Chik'n in place - chef and restaurateur Carl Clarke is launching his next venture - and this time it's all about pot noodles.  After a...

Last year, we reported that chef and restaurateur Skye Gyngell was due to open another version of her Spring restaurant in the shape of a shop in Shoreditch. While that didn't come to fruition in...

As many regular restaurant-goers know, the restaurant industry depends on the sustainable seafood stock supplied by independent fishermen from day-boats. However, the one-two punch of both...

From the Cotswolds to King's Cross, a coffee and wine duo will be serving up minimal intervention wine at this new wine bar and cafe.

Throughout the lockdown, one of London's best restaurants Black Axe Mangal has remained closed (we know, we've been double-checking every time we walk past). But that doesn't mean that Lee Tiernan's...