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STAKEhaus steak & chips takes over the Duke's Head in Highgate for December

Information: 30 November 2015

Another street vendor is heading inside for December as STAKEhaus lands a month long residency at The Duke's Head. Best known for their steak and chips, they're taking the opportunity to add a...

Dogtown and Slap & Pickle start hot dog and burger residency at The King & Co in Clapham

Information: 30 November 2015

We've seen quite a few pub takeovers and residencies recently - but this latest is a DOUBLE residency as Dogtown hot-dogs and Slap & Pickle burgers both head for the same menu at the King & Co. That...

Bompas & Parr create The Height of Winter at The Shard

Information: 30 November 2015

Everyone's favourite oddball events organisers Bompas & Parr are at it again and this time they've taken their antics up to the top of The Shard. The duo are behind The Height of Winter, which has...

Brett Redman to launch Jidori Japanese Yakitori in Dalston

Information: 29 November 2015

30/11/15 - updated with soft launch info Chef Brett Redman is set to open a new Japanese yakitori restaurant in Dalston. The restaurant, which opens this Autumn draws upon the rich tradition of...

Homeslice pizza comes to Shoreditch

Information: 29 November 2015

29/11/15 - updated with soft launch details. There's a new pizzeria on the way to Shoreditch as Homeslice (already big in Covent Garden and Fitzrovia) is due to open there before the end of the...

Billy and the Chicks hits Soho with a London take on the fried chicken scene

Information: 27 November 2015

So there's a new chicken shop opening in London. If those words make you yawn - then hold on. Sounds like Billy and the Chicks might actually bring something new to the table. The bloke behind this...

Flat Iron plans huge new restaurant for Henrietta Street in Covent Garden

Information: 26 November 2015

Updated 26/11/15 with soft launch details We've been big fans of Flat Iron since its early days as a pop-up so news that they're expanding to a massive new Covent Garden restaurant before the end of...

More Shake Shack for London, with New Oxford Street planned next

Information: 26 November 2015

26/11/15 - updated with opening date. Having just opened in Westfield, Danny Meyer's US burger chain Shake Shack is growing again. One is a little further away in Cardiff, but closer to home is the...

Restaurant Gordon Ramsay introduces a new-look wine list

Information: 26 November 2015

There's a new wine list at Restaurant Gordon Ramsay and it aims to light a small fire under the way in which wine is sold and enjoyed in top restaurants. The list is the brainchild of the three...

Nashville Fried Chicken hits the menu at CHICKENliquor

Information: 26 November 2015

The MEATliquor sibling CHICKENliquor in Brixton has a new addition just coming onto the menu - Nashville Fried Chicken - and it DOES sound good (and spicy). It's billed as "tender chicken fillets...

The Lighterman in King's Cross launches a pre-Christmas pop-up

Information: 26 November 2015

The next big addition to King's Cross is the new Lighterman pub - coming to Granary Square early in 2016. But there's an earlier change to see what they'll have coming up as they launch their...

M Restaurants to open grill, raw bar and wine shop in Victoria

Information: 26 November 2015

25/11 - updated with opening date and more details. Following their City restaurant, M Restaurants are the latest to join the rush to Victoria, with plans to open in the Zig Zag building (which...

100 Wardour Street to take over from Floridita and Carom

Information: 25 November 2015

It's all change on Wardour Street with the announcement that a new restaurant is taking over the site once occupied by the Marquee Club. 100 Wardour Street will be the third restaurant to open on...

Vivienne Westwood launches festive offerings at aqua shard

Information: 25 November 2015

Last night, Hot Dinners popped along to The Shard for our first official Christmas party of the season. The do was to launch Vivienne Westwood's Christmas tree at aqua shard, which is part of a...

Jose Pizarro launches "Pata day"

Information: 25 November 2015

This sounds good - Jose Pizarro in Broadgate has just launched a new Saturday menu where the main attraction is a Castillian leg of lamb (pata means hind leg of an animal). That full menu is: Jamón/ Tomate...

Lucky Chip goes permanent with Burgers & Wine in Dalston

Information: 24 November 2015

A Hot Dinners Exclusive Lucky Chip were one of the first wave of burger vans who showed Londoners just what a good burger actually was (it's hard to remember now but a few short years ago in London a...

Oliver Maki bring their contemporary sushi to Soho's Dean Street

Information: 23 November 2015

We're all for great sushi here at Hot Dinners, and by all accounts a new group from the Middle East is bringing some top sushi to this city when they open their first restaurant in London next year. Oliver...

Margot Italian restaurant from Paulo de Tarso and Nicolas Jaouën coming to Covent Garden

Information: 23 November 2015

Many people knew Paulo De Tarso best as the masterly Maitre d’ looking after Bar Boulud at the Mandarin Oriental - one of our personal favourite restaurants in town. And now he's opening his own...

Former Garagistes chef takes over the kitchens at P Franco in Clapton

Information: 23 November 2015

When the much-vaunted Tasmanian restaurant Garagistes announced it was closing in Spring this year, folk down under wondered where the respective members of the talented crew would end up. Co owner...

All-day cafe, bar and kitchen Haunt opens in Stoke Newington

Information: 23 November 2015

It seems that Stoke Newington is where it's all happening at the moment - with news of opening after opening reaching us. The latest quietly opened its doors a couple of weeks ago - Haunt on Stoke...

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