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Barrio Bars and Rum Kitchen set to open in Brixton

Information: 14 January 2016

The early part of 2016 is hotting up in Brixton with two large new restaurant openings on the horizon. Barrio Brixton The first up is Barrio Brixton which opens in February and will be the fourth...

Patty & Bun take over the Stockpot site on Soho's Old Compton Street

Information: 14 January 2016

Updated 14/1 with more news Lots more info about the new opening has been revealed... New dishes for the menu include: Roast Chicken skin with maple syrup and Patty&Bun’s home made hotsauce Fried...

Preview new dishes at Craft London's Test Kitchen Tuesdays

Information: 14 January 2016

As you know, we LOVE Craft London, giving it our Hot Dinners award for Best New Restaurant of 2015. And we also love the idea of their new Test Kitchen Tuesdays, where you can get a preview of...

CLAW launch winter weekend brunch residency at Fish Market

Information: 13 January 2016

We've been hearing nice things about popular street food CLAW, so hearing that it's coming indoors for the winter with a residency in the City is good news. They'll be starting a one month weekend...

Wild food restaurant Native heads for Covent Garden

Information: 13 January 2016

There's a new restaurant coming to Covent Garden with a big focus on wild food and with a River Cottage alumnus heading it up too. Native is from Imogen Davis and Chef-Patron Ivan Tisdall-Downes,...

January restaurant deals in London restaurants

Information: 13 January 2016

So you've blown all your money on Christmas and the January pay packet is WEEKS away. The good news is that London restaurants feel your pain and are putting on some pretty decent offers to entice...

Harrods to start selling takeway dishes from Michelin-starred LIMA

Information: 13 January 2016

As if the residents of Knightsbridge didn't have a sufficiently large portion of good fortune, they can now enjoy deli food from LIMA when they next pop into Harrods for groceries. From the...

The Five Fields leads the AA Rosette pack for 2016

Information: 12 January 2016

Today's been a good day for Chelsea restaurant The Five Fields which has been given four rosettes by the AA. The diminutive 40-seater restaurant run by Chef-patron Taylor Bonnyman and head chef...

Lucky Chip put (past tense) a Mark Wahlberg burger on the menu

Information: 12 January 2016

How have seven whole days in 2016 passed without us doing a burger story? Well let us rectify that right now with news of a new Lucky Chip burger hitting Islington this month. The Mark Wahlberg, so named...

Ruby's are expanding to bring Ruby's Bar and Lounge to Dalston

Information: 11 January 2016

It's been four years since Ruby's cocktail bar came to Dalston and now they're about to open a second place next door - Ruby's Bar and Lounge. This time it's as much about the food as the drink (but...

Salut European restaurant opens on Islington's Essex Road

Information: 11 January 2016

Here's another new opening that went under the radar just before Christmas (thanks to Stephanie Colburn for the heads up). It's called Salut, billed as a "Modern European Restaurant in Islington"...

Low, Slow and Juke BBQ opens between Victoria and Westminster

Information: 11 January 2016

There's more barbecue on the way, this time to an area of London - between Victoria and Westminster - which can be something of a wasteland for decent restaurants. It's called Low, Slow and Juke and...

A roll call of the best chefs in town support Chocs4chance

Information: 11 January 2016

Detoxing for January? No, neither are we and we've just discovered the ideal opportunity to buy lots of chocolate and help a very worthy cause at the same time. Chocs4Chance is launching a charity...

Boca Hackney Spanish tapas and cocktails arrives on Mare Street, Hackney

Information: 07 January 2016

Here's another place that opened quietly before Christmas. It's taken over from La Bouchon Fourchette on Mare Street, and it's now serving Spanish tapas and cocktails, coming from the people behind Three...

Ichiryu udon noodle bar coming to New Oxford Street

Information: 06 January 2016

There's a new udon restaurant getting ready to open on New Oxford Street (which seems to be finally getting some decent places to eat). Ichiryu is from the people behind Japan Centre and Shoryu -...

River Cottage gets ready for a residency at the Imperial

Information: 06 January 2016

Ever fancied dinner at River Cottage but haven't made it down to Devon? Well now they're coming to London for the very first time for a residency at the Imperial. It'll be headed up by their smoking an...

Red Dog Sandwich feeds shoppers at Lakeside

Information: 06 January 2016

Red Dog Saloon have just opened their latest place - this time heading a little outside of London with an offshoot of their Hoxton sandwich restaurant - they've opened Red Dog Sandwich at Lakeside. So if...

A roller-coaster restaurant is coming to Alton Towers

Information: 05 January 2016

Rarely has news of a new restaurant let to such immediate disappointment. On hearing the words "Rollercoaster Restaurant" (after confirming that we hadn't time travelled to April 1st) we instantly...

2016's food and restaurant trends and predictions rounded up

Information: 05 January 2016

Around this time of year there's a huge rush to identify what will be the food trends for the year ahead. Rather than join the crowd just yet (plus we have something special planned, more of which...

The Hill and Szrok Public House is coming to Old Street

Information: 05 January 2016

A Hot Dinners exclusive. Their Butcher and Cook Shop on Broadway Market has garnered many rave notices since it opened, but if that's ever seemed a little too far away for you, then news that Hill and...

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