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James Cochran is back in Islington, taking over the menu at Little Bat

Information: 15 April 2025

He may have recently left The Brave, but chef James Cochran hasn't left Islington. Instead, he's about to take over the food menu at Little Bat cocktail bar. Little Bat is from the same people...

The Fat Badger is the latest Notting Hill restaurant from the Pelican and Canteen team

Information: 14 April 2025

It's been open on the QT for the last few months but only now has The Fat Badger officially opened for business. If you haven't heard of Notting Hill's worst-kept secret, then let us enlighten you...

Bubala's third plant-based Middle-Eastern restaurant is in King's Cross

Information: 11 April 2025

11/4/25 - updated with the opening date It's been nearly three years since it opened in Soho and now Middle-Eastern plant-based restaurant Bubala is getting ready for its next opening, this time in...

Norbert's is going to be a fun rotisserie shop for lucky East Dulwich folk

Information: 11 April 2025

If you're an East Dulwich local, you may have been wondering what was happening at the old Il Mirto site on Melbourne Grove. We can now reveal that it's going to be a very interesting new...

Jamie Oliver is opening a cafe and cookery school at John Lewis on Oxford Street

Information: 11 April 2025

11/4/25 - updated with the opening date and more details With the closures of both DH Evans and Debenhams on Oxford Street, at least one of the department stores left is planning to be in there for...

Burger & Lobster replaces Gordon Ramsay's Street Burger in Kensington

Information: 10 April 2025

Updated 10/4/25 opening date On Kensington High Street, one burger chain has closed to be replaced with another - albeit with the added bonus of lobster. The new owners are Burger and Lobster and...

Atomix chef Junghyun Park is opening Kiji Korean BBQ in the heart of Mayfair

Information: 10 April 2025

Well, this IS a story. If you've been roaming through Mayfair recently and wondered what's happening with the building site on the corner of Curzon Street and Bolton Street (where Mirabelle used to...

Market Place Vauxhall launches doggy Guinness for National Pet Day

Information: 09 April 2025

We're assured that this isn't a very late April's Fool. Instead, South London food hall Market Place Vauxhall is getting in on the two big London trends - having a dog and splitting the G - for...

KitKat is bringing back a Blockbuster video pop-up to Soho

Information: 09 April 2025

9/4/25 - updated with a look at the store It's been a while since we've had a mad pop-up in Soho, but this next one certainly qualifies. It comes from KitKat and, for reasons which we can't quite...

Kricket's next modern Indian restaurant is going to be in Covent Garden

Information: 09 April 2025

It's clear that Kricket is on the expansion trail because, hot on the heels of their Canary Wharf and Shoreditch openings, they're already planning their next restaurant in Covent Garden. At this point few...

Motcombs Mayfair takes over at Pollen Street

Information: 09 April 2025

The last year has seen a fair bit of upheaval over on Pollen Street. First Jason Atherton announced he was turning his Michelin-starred flagship restaurant into burger bar Mary's. That duly opened, with...

Sino is bringing its contemporary take on Ukrainian food to Notting Hill

Information: 09 April 2025

Following the recently opened Tatar Bunar, another new Ukrainian restaurant is coming to London. Sino comes from Polina Sychova and chef Eugene Korolev, the latter who has worked at Michelin-starred...

Molly Mc's singing pub is coming to Southwark

Information: 09 April 2025

9/4/25 - updated with new pics and an opening date You may have spotted videos on your social (or maybe it's just our algorithm) of a rise in London pubs offering proper sing songs, whether that's trad...

Donabe on the South Bank is London's first Japanese clay pot rice restaurant

Information: 07 April 2025

For the past seven years they've been serving up top class sushi on the South Bank. But now the owners of Hannah at County Hall are switching things up a bit, according to Code Hospitality...

Jason Atherton closes Mary's, the original Pollen Street Social site

Information: 07 April 2025

Around this time last year, Jason Atherton announced the closure of his (then) flagship restaurant Pollen Street Social. A few months later, in August, that restaurant was given a light do-over and...

Black Tap Burger's massive Crazy Shakes are descending on Soho

Information: 04 April 2025

If you've been around Piccadilly Square recently, perhaps on your way to The Devonshire right around the corner, you may have seen that Black Tap Burger is incoming. Not familiar with them? Let us...

The Orangery lets diners eat inside a huge hydroponic farm in central London

Information: 04 April 2025

We have to admit that when we received the information on The Orangery on 1 April we did initially put this down as an intricate April Fool. But it turns out that there really is a new restaurant...

Fulham Pier adds a big new food and drink space on the river right beside Craven Cottage

Information: 04 April 2025

4/4/25 - updated with opening details It's been planned a while, but a big change for Fulham is now imminent. Fulham Pier is a big new riverside add-on behind the brand new Riverside stand of...

A Cornish fisherman's pub has landed in London outside The Ambassadors Theatre

Information: 04 April 2025

Covent Garden has a new pub, but this isn't any ordinary pub. It's a little slice of Cornwall come to town, themed with The Curious Case of Benjamin Button play currently on at The Ambassadors...

Zeit für Brot German bakery has landed in London

Information: 02 April 2025

Somewhat out of the blue and with little fanfare, a German bakery and cafe has made its debut in London. Zeit für Brot (translated as "time for bread") has a number of bakeries across Germany. Over...

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