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Night Tales is coming back for the summer, this time in Hackney

Information: 10 June 2016

The v popular evening street food collection Night Tales is on the way back - but this time they're heading for a new location, Hackney Wick, taking over an old stone merchant and car scrap yard. And...

Bompas and Parr are opening a jelly stall in Harrods

Information: 10 June 2016

Known for all weird and wonderful installations, Bompas and Parr are going back to their roots with their next event at Harrods, which they're saying is the "world's biggest jelly stall". On the...

The new chef at P Franco is former Clove Club sous Tim Spedding

Information: 08 June 2016

A Hot Dinners exclusive Earlier this year, we popped along to check out chef William Gleave's cooking at P Franco, having heard some seriously great buzz about him on the London food grapevine. Now...

The J Sheekey Atlantic bar is coming with a new terrace for Summer

Information: 08 June 2016

Changes are afoot at the J Sheekey Oyster Bar - which is transforming into the J Sheekey Atlantic Bar. It's all to reflect a new menu that does a lot more than oysters... The most welcome section of...

Macellaio RC are opening a steakhouse and bakery in Union Yard Arches

Information: 08 June 2016

Italian steakhouse group Macellaio RC (whose steaks got a great review from Marina O'Loughlin) are about to launch their third London restaurant. Their next opening will be on Union Street in...

Blacklock puts on new cuts and pre-theatre booking for summer

Information: 08 June 2016

Every time we write a story about Blacklock, we end up VERY hungry - and this will be no exception. The Soho chop house has just added something new to the menu, a new range of specials - the daily...

Pitt Cue's Tom Adams and April Bloomfield are opening a farm and guesthouse in Cornwall

Information: 08 June 2016

A Hot Dinners exclusive - updated 8/6/16 with opening date Thanks to an eagle-eyed Hot Dinners reader, our attention was brought to one of the biggest restaurant news stories of recent times. Turns...

Lyle's is a new entry on the 51-100 section of the World's 50 Best list

Information: 07 June 2016

Huge congratulations to James Lowe and his team at Lyle's who have just been listed as a new entry in the 51-100 portion of this year's World's 50 Best list. The top 50 will be announced in a...

Zia Lucia, A new pizza place is coming to Holloway Road

Information: 07 June 2016

07/06/16 - Updated with soft launch info. We've been in the Islington area for a long time now and we've really noticed that the past few years or so have seen a real improvement in Holloway Road's food...

Bao get ready to open their second restaurant in Fitzrovia

Information: 07 June 2016

Updated 07/6/16 with new opening date and more from the menu Undoubtedly one of the biggest new openings of 2016, Bao in Soho has been a HUGE success. The downside to that is there's often (for that...

London meatfest Meatopia reveals its 2016 line-up

Information: 07 June 2016

Updated 11/8/16 with more chefs The ever-popular Meatopia is back at Tobacco Dock again this September, and the details of the line-up have been revealed (as well as an extra day added onto the meat...

Pho Street Vietnamese restaurant is coming to Greenwich

Information: 06 June 2016

Pho, bao buns and more are coming to Greenwich as there's a new Vietnamese restaurant about to hit. It's called Pho Street and from the same people behind Noodle Street in Docklands. Expect a...

A second Clockjack is on the way, bringing their rotisseire chicken to Woolwich

Information: 06 June 2016

They've had big success in Soho, so much that rotisserie chicken specialists are opening two new spots. First up is their delivery ONLY set-up in the City. So you won't be able to pop up and grab...

The Providores has a stellar line-up to celebrate its 15th Anniversary

Information: 06 June 2016

The Providores is about to celebrate its 15th anniversary and they've come up with a pretty stellar line-up to do so. They've got some of the best chefs who have ever worked alongside the...

Farley Macallan brings wine, food and soon coffee to Hackney

Information: 06 June 2016

It's all happening over on Hackney's Morning Lane. First came the new wine-focused restaurant Legs, then the new Nike store opened and now there's Farley Macallan. It's a new wine bar and restaurant run by...

MASH London launches a wagyu steak tasting menu

Information: 05 June 2016

For one month only, Soho steakhouse Mash is putting on a wagyu tasting plate allowing diners to try three different Wagyu meats – Kobe XO, Wagyu XO and Australian AACo Wagyu – for £80. TasteWagyu...

Milan's Mercato Metropolitano is coming to South London

Information: 03 June 2016

There's news today of a massive new market coming to the area between Borough and Elephant and Castle. It's one that originally started in Milan and they're taking over a disused paper factory,...

There's a Brazilian pub Rio Boteco popping up in London Fields

Information: 03 June 2016

Updated 3/6/16 with soft launch details In perfect time for the Olympics in Rio this summer is a Brazilian popup hitting London Fields. Rio Boteco is described as a Brazilian corner shop pub and...

Upstairs at John the Unicorn in Peckham lands ex Opera Tavern chef

Information: 02 June 2016

Every once in a while a new opening of note slips by us. Upstairs at John the Unicorn on Peckham's Rye Lane is one such place. The pub opened an upstairs restaurant around eight weeks ago and it's of...

TĀ TĀ goes permanent with CURIO + TĀ TĀ in Haggerston

Information: 02 June 2016

You may have seen them on Druid Street Market and their recent (VERY good) residencies and now there's great news that TĀ TĀ have a permanent restaurant on the way. TA TA is run by Zijun Meng and...

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