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Barely six months after opening, City restaurant Chrysan has shut up shop. The Hakkasan Group issued a statement today about the immediate closure of Chrysan saying they had "ceased trading the...

One of the final parts in the grand regeneration project which has transformed Kings Cross over the past 15 years is about to open. The Grade II listed Great Northern Hotel has had some £40m...

Tommi’s Hamburger Joint, plans to open two new outlets in London this Summer. The Icelandic burger chain, which opened its first London outlet in Marylebone last year, is taking a space in...

St John Hotel - later renamed St John Chinatown - opened to rave reviews and a large amount of foreign press interest when it opened back in Spring 2011 and subsequently gained a Michelin star...

Camden Town is getting itself a BBQ joint. Porky's - an all-American smokehouse – will open on Chalk Farm Road in mid May. The people behind it are husband and wife team Joy and Simon Brigg who also...

Lucky Muswell Hill residents have a new cafe on their patch, and the bloke behind it has a pretty impressive pedigree. Chef Chris has worked for Gordon Ramsay at Royal Hospital Road and most...

It may more usually be the area of London most closely associated with facial hair and restaurant playlists, but it seems that Dalston has finally come of age with the announcement of its first fine...

[Updated 30/3/13 with gallery and report from weekend lunch at the cafe] So chic! Harrods, which for ages was a pretty boring place to eat and drink in, has more recently become much more clued up...

Popular Spitalfields fish and chipper Poppies has picked a pretty perfect day to open their second restaurant. They'll be opening the doors on their 110 seater spot on Camden's Hawley Crescent on...

It seems like yesterday that we were writing about grasshoppers being trialled on the menu at Wahaca. But that's so old hat. This week, it's all about fried alligator. That's right - Camden's The...

Last summer, the four day Roti Chai pop-up at the South Bank was a great success - so they're now back again for a full month this time. The Chaat Shack and Bar opens today (March 27) and will be...

Boundary Rooftop in Shoreditch is already one of the best rooftop destinations in London for warmer times (as in the pic on the right), but now it'll be a destination all year round. They've just...

West London has been somewhat overlooked in the restaurant-opening boom, but there's a new place on the way. A new pub, restaurant and exhibition space is opening in Maida Vale, with ex Galvin at...

[Updated 22/3 with brand new images and a gallery showing the new look] He may have spent most of the past year opening places in Vegas, but Gordon Ramsay isn't about to take his eye off the London...

An invitation for drinks and canapes at The Ritz isn't something we'd ever turn down, so Hot Dinners hotfooted it over to Piccadilly last night to meet the folk responsible for food and drink at the...

As we wait to find out who's going to take over from Gordon Ramsay at Claridges, across town another top-flight hotel has quietly put its dining room under wraps for a major revamp. The Savoy has...

London's street food scene is getting bigger and better all the time, but it's only going to keep going in that direction if it continues to attract new talent. Which is where the inKERBator comes...

Flying under the radar, a new slow food bar and diner has just opened in Farringdon. Lazybones focuses on all manner of slow food from pulled pork to brisket in the new venue just off Cowcross...

[updated 18/3/13 with extended run time] Toasting marshmallows over open fires, scoffing warming beef stew and hunkering down in a tipi strewn with fairy lights to nuzzle a hot chocolate…as the...

Mondays are always a bit of a drag, so beat those back to work blues next week at La Sagra a Dehesa - an Italian street food fiesta in Soho next Monday evening. Orchestrated by Salt Yard Group’s Ben...