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After a period of closures of much-loved bars and cafes, Walthamstow is about to get a flurry of new openings this year. One place we're particularly interested in is Wood St Bear - a new bar...

Uber Eats is having another team-up. They've done this before, once with highly-rated Ynshir, which allowed you to order from the highly-praised Michelin-starred restaurant without having to trek up...

They've had huge success with The Pelican in Notting Hill, as well as The Bull in Charlbury. Now, Public House Group are getting ready to open another London pub, The Hero in Maida Vale. As locals will...

London's love affairs with smash burgers continues with the arrival next month of a new burger spot in central London. SMSH BN (you'll see from the lack of vowels that it comes from chef Mark...

In one of those announcements that makes you check the calendar to confirm that it is the end of April rather than the beginning, but it is the case that KFC is releasing a perfume.  It's no ordinary...

Ladurée are best known for their very pretty macaron shops, but their next opening is going to be something a little different - a café in Notting Hill.  The new concept is literally called Ladurée...

Notting Hill's well-heeled residents will soon have another lovely new bakery on their doorstep. Birdmilk is the latest in a recent line of businesses that originated in Ukraine but have also opened in...

Maybe hoping they'll get the same kind of queues that Alley Cats do, a brand new pizza spot is opening in Covent Garden. Doughnation will be at 3 Henrietta Street, taking over part of the ground...

The idea of opening a Mexican margarita and tacos joint somewhere like Camden definitely seems like it makes good business sense. But what makes the arrival of El Cenote interesting is that rather...

24/5/24 - updated with the opening date Are we in the midst of a new trend? With Oma just opened in Borough Market, another Turkish/Greek restaurant is incoming. After opening The Counter in Notting Hill...

The major revamp of Kitchen Table in 2020 also saw the end of its sibling restaurant Sandia Chang's Bubbledogs. The two-Michelin-starred Kitchen Table dramatically expanded, taking over the space...

24/4/24 - updated with opening details The (nearly) last piece of the puzzle that is The OWO is coming into place. The prime spot in the refurbished Old War Office, the rooftop, is being taken up by...

It's the kind of bullying that wouldn't be countenanced for a moment in today's professional kitchens. But the moment when Gordon Ramsay put two slices of bread either side of Julie Chen's face in a...

Having already scored a hit with their restaurant in West London's Westfield, the team at Master Bao are crossing the city to open another restaurant, this time at Westfield Stratford City. They'll be...

It's big in Liverpool, Manchester and Birmingham and now Albert's Schloss is coming to London.  Somewhat understatedly billed as a "bier + pleasure palace", it's taking over what used to be the...

It might be situated in the heart of the British establishment, opposite the Institute of Directors and across the road from The Athenaeum but chef Anthony Demetre's new bistrot on Pall Mall is a...

Chefs, hospitality folk, press and influencers gathered in London on Monday evening to celebrate StreetSmart raising 1 million pounds from their most recent campaign. For the first time in its...

What a time to be alive! This week St John Bakery have dropped not one but two new doughnut flavours for the delectation of London's bakery addicts. First up is the pistachio doughnut featuring...

Have you been wondering what the plans are for the old art deco House of Fraser building on Oxford Street? Well, it's getting more than £130m thrown at it in a massive refurb that's planned to bring...

Looks like Hackney Wick's Fish Island is doing pretty well for itself at the moment with restaurants. We've already reported on the upcoming Inis opening there and Test Driven new pizzeria Unlock,...