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SymmetryBreakfast's weekend takeover of the Corner Room at the Town Hall

Information: 05 November 2014

God bless the internet - where else would you find something like Instagram sensation Symmetrybreakfast which posts a picture a day of the breakfast someone has cooked for themselves and someone...

Full details revealed as Dishoom comes to Granary Square at King's Cross

Information: 05 November 2014

Updated 5/11 with soft launch details. Dishoom's existing Bombay Cafés in Covent Garden and Shoreditch have already been big hits. Now they're joining an ever-growing number of restaurants which are...

Tower of London poppy installation inspires Tom's Kitchen cupcake

Information: 05 November 2014

If you manage to make it down to the last few days of the Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red installation at The Tower of London, warm up afterwards at Tom’s Kitchen Deli St Katherine Docks with a...

Heston Blumenthal's Fat Duck to close for eight months and relocate to Melbourne

Information: 04 November 2014

Updated with reopening date 4/11/14 We know the clocks have gone forward but we had to double check that it wasn't already April 1 in Melbourne with this latest story. Hot on the heels of Noma...

Gordon Ramsay to open Heddon Street Kitchen in Mayfair

Information: 03 November 2014

Updated 3/11/2014 with a first look at the finished restaurant. One of Gordon Ramsay's biggest hits recently has been the very well received Bread Street Kitchen. As a result, it's something he's...

Neil Rankin brings egg-based restaurant Bad Egg to Moorgate

Information: 03 November 2014

Neil Rankin's collaboration with Noble Inns seems to have been a pretty fruitful one. The chef has had huge success with Islington's Smokehouse, he's revamped the menu at the Princess of Shoreditch,...

New Japanese restaurant Kouzu opens in Belgravia

Information: 03 November 2014

A new Japanese restaurant has opened rather stealthily in Belgravia today as Kouzu opens its doors. It comes from one of the founding chefs of Zuma, Kyoitchi Kai, who was also more recently head...

All-day European/Middle Eastern restaurant Jago coming to Shoreditch

Information: 03 November 2014

Jago is the first restaurant from Louis Solley, who used to head up Ottolenghi in Notting Hill. He's now opening an all-day restaurant in Shoreditch with a focus on European, Middle-Eastern and...

Stuff We Liked - Scarfe cards, Irish fish and chocolate, salted caramel doughnuts and more...

Information: 02 November 2014

It's time again for another round of Stuff We Liked - a general round-up of the things we've been talking about on Twitter, Instagram, facebook and more. This week there's doughnuts for bonfire...

Seven new London pubs in Michelin's 2015 Pub Guide

Information: 01 November 2014

Michelin has just released its Eating Out In Pubs Guide 2015 and several London pubs are gracing the guide's pages for the first time. They are, in no particular order: Parlour in Kensal Rise Russell...

Burger & Lobster open Smack lobster roll deli in Mayfair

Information: 30 October 2014

This Autumn really is the season of lobster with no less than three lobster restaurants opening their doors in London within a two week period. The second (the first was Lobster Kitchen while Lobster Shack opens...

Shake Shack join up with Massimo Bottura for a one-day-only special burger

Information: 30 October 2014

If we're honest, we're happy any day to make a deliberate detour that gets us a Shake Shack burger, but an upcoming special will definitely be worth crossing town for. On 9th November, they're...

Cafe Pistou Provençal restaurant comes to Exmouth Market

Information: 30 October 2014

30/10/14 - updated with opening offer. A new cafe specialising in Provençal cuisine is coming to Exmouth Market, with a bar and plenty of outside seating too.

One Two Five Church Street events space and drinking den to open in Stoke Newington

Information: 30 October 2014

30/10/14 - updated with opening date. The folk behind Clerkenwell pub the Blacksmith and Toffeemaker, Matt Rix and Marc Dalla-Riva, are branching out northwards with a new place on Stoke Newington...

Grilled cheese sandwiches come to Brixton's Salon

Information: 29 October 2014

We do love a grilled cheese sandwich or three here at Hot Dinners, so we warmly greet the news that a new range has arrived at Brixton's Salon. The sandwiches feature Brick House sourdough bread,...

Q brings winter BBQ to Canary Wharf with Q on Ice

Information: 29 October 2014

Not happy with taking over the roof of Selfridges for Christmas, Q Grill are also going east to Canary Wharf for a new pop-up restaurant - Q on Ice. They're in for the long haul for winter, starting a 17...

Selin Kiazim takes over Carousel for three week residency

Information: 29 October 2014

Following on from Giorgio Locatelli's pizzeria, the next chef to follow him into central London residency spot Carousel is Turkish-Cypriot chef Selin Kiazim. It's the latest place for the former...

Pennethorne’s Cafe Bar coming to Somerset House

Information: 29 October 2014

Following the opening of Sky Gyngell's Spring, Somerset House is about to open another cafe and bar in the same New Wing, which is named after the 19th century architect who designed the area where the...

Draft House gets ready to open Birdcage on Columbia Road

Information: 28 October 2014

The latest from Charlie Mc Veigh's Draft House group is another departure from the norm, much like their recent Bump Caves. This takes a bit of that and a bit of the Draft House to create Birdcage, opening...

Clove Club is Best Restaurant at the 2014 London Restaurant Festival Awards

Information: 28 October 2014

Last night saw some of the stars of the London restaurant scene honoured in the 2013 London Restaurant Festival Awards. The awards took place at The Magazine Restaurant at the Serpentine Sackler...

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