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Taproom by Brixton Village will serve up a very local beer selection

Information: 23 October 2019

Just a few months after they opened their first space in Bethnal Green the Taproom Group are expanding to Brixton. Taproom by Brixton Village will follow the lead of the East London opening and...

Other Side Fried come to Brixton for their first permanent restaurant

Information: 22 October 2019

They started serving up fried chicken in Brixton five years ago and now Other Side Fried are back with a permanent restaurant under the arches.

IT Ibiza comes to London, taking over a Mayfair gallery space

Information: 21 October 2019

Dinner, aperitivo, art and Balearic DJs arrive on the ever-changing Mayfair restaurant scene from Ibiza.

The very Christmassy Miracle is popping up again at the Henrietta Hotel

Information: 21 October 2019

Ready or not, we're starting to gear up for Christmas (and once 5 November is passed, be prepared for a deluge of Christmas fare). One very popular event that's back is also one of the kitschiest - the...

Italian and Japanese deli Vallebona pops up in Coal Drops Yard

Information: 21 October 2019

Interesting foodie news for anyone near King's Cross. Wonderful foodie store Vallebona has just opened a pop-up shop down at Coal Drops Yard. Run by Stefano Vallebona and his wife Naoko, the company -...

The Oystermen, Master Wei and Jamie Oliver all win in the OFM awards 2019

Information: 17 October 2019

Always one of the better food awards that happen at the tail end of the year, tonight was the turn of the Observer Food Monthly awards. As ever, they're awards which try to spread the love around...

Top chefs head up the Mayfair Literary Festival

Information: 17 October 2019

The upcoming Mayfair Literary Festival has a couple of events that London's foodies might want to get on their radar. 28 October The Fumoir at Claridge’s is the setting for a talk called “Tales from...

Mark Jarvis and Xavier Rousset take over Gunmakers in Marylebone

Information: 17 October 2019

Updated 13/1/19 with menu He may have left the sadly departed Neo Bistro and Stem behind (with Anglo still going strong), but Mark Jarvis has already started on his next venture. He's joined forces with...

Padella and Patty&Bun team up for a cacio e pepe pasta burger

Information: 16 October 2019

Every now and again there's a collaboration between restaurants that makes you stop in your tracks. Last week it was the bacon naan pizza from Dishoom and Pizza Pilgrims - and this week it's the...

Cahoots gets a new Ticket Hall and Control Room - all still set in the 1940s

Information: 16 October 2019

They already have a hidden 1940s immersive cocktail bar in a tube carriage - now Cahoots is about to grow. They're opening up two new spaces in Soho, keeping the 1940s theme - with a ground floor...

Four Legs at the Compton Arms launch their Sunday roast menu

Information: 16 October 2019

They've already secured a place in the London burger hall of fame, so it'll be interesting to see what Four Legs - the residency at Islington's Compton Arms - do with Sunday Roasts. Kicking off this...

Claude Bosi brings his own burger to the Bibendum Oyster Bar

Information: 16 October 2019

He already has two Michelin stars to his name at his eponymous restaurant and now Claude Bosi is getting into the burger business. If you were watching Snackmasters on Channel 4 last night, you...

Gordon Ramsay stealth opens a Bar and Grill on the old Maze Grill space

Information: 15 October 2019

This new restaurant from Ramsay is replacing the former Maze Grill on Grosvenor Square. This time it's an all-day restaurant where the focus is very much on steak.

London chefs win the Best Dressed Irish oyster competition for 2019

Information: 15 October 2019

Forget the Met Ball or Ascot, clearly the best dressed list you should be much more interested in is the Best Dressed Irish Oyster competition. Hot Dinners headed over to Wright Bros in Battersea...

Zero-waste Silo comes to CRATE Brewery in Hackney after moving from Brighton

Information: 15 October 2019

One of the pioneers of the zero-waste Douglas McMaster is moving his Silo restaurant from Brighton to the first floor of the CRATE Brewery White Building. He'll be putting that zero-waste ethos into...

The AA's Restaurant Guide 2020 adds 27 new London restaurants

Information: 14 October 2019

The new AA restaurant guide for 2020 is out and London is storming ahead of the rest of the country. London got 27 new entries in the book (there were 140 new entries in total). The guide contains over...

The Duke of York in Haggerston is reopening - and this time it's all about the booze

Information: 14 October 2019

Updated 17/10/19 with menu and images If you've been wondering what's going on at the Duke of York on Downham Street (where the old Beef & Brew was) then let us enlighten you. It's expected to...

The Cheese Bar rounds up some of London's best for Mac n Cheese collabs - inc Polpo, Bleecker, Darby's & more...

Information: 14 October 2019

They've just launched their cheese conveyor belt and now the Cheese Bar is getting ready for their next event - a Mac and Cheese collaboration with some of London's finest, taking place at their...

Mac & Wild tempt Liverpool Street workers with a new toastie and sausage roll menu

Information: 14 October 2019

If you work in or around Liverpool Street, you could of course have your usual sarnie from Pret or Birley for lunch today, but a new tempting alternative has just arrived that you might want to...

Behold the Dishoom Bacon and Egg Naan Pizza Pilgrims pizza

Information: 11 October 2019

This year has been a big year for Dishoom's iconic bacon naan. First, they decided to supersize it, introducing the Bacon Double Naan in April. Now they've gone one further - teaming up with the...

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