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Soho Grind to open on Beak Street with basement speakeasy

Information: 16 April 2014

We've been waiting to hear about a date for the opening of Soho Grind - the second coffee spot to follow on from the successful Shoreditch Grind spot. Now we've had confirmation that they'll be...

Selfridges open their chocolate library

Information: 16 April 2014

OK - so this actually opened a few weeks back, but since we've given up sweets for Lent it would have been too hard to write about the opening of Selfridges' spangly new Confectionery Hall any...

Hard hat tour of the Shangri La hotel at The Shard

Information: 15 April 2014

Who doesn't like getting a behind-the-scenes look, whether it's a restaurant, bar or hotel? So when Shangri-La asked us whether we'd like to take a hard hat tour of their new hotel at the Shard...

Crab and chips for St George's Day at Aqua Shard

Information: 11 April 2014

This fishy dish happens to be the main attraction at Aqua Shard's St George's Day offering. Available at both lunchtime and dinner on Wednesday 23rd April it's chef Anthony Garlando's take on fish...

Fairground mixes food, drink, music & more from the people behind Street Feast

Information: 10 April 2014

Launching this weekend is Fairground, the new project from Street Feast founder Dom Cools-Lartigue. Taking over a three floor disused office space in Haggerston, Fairground will not only be hosting...

London Wine Week planned for June by organisers of London Cocktail week

Information: 10 April 2014

Connoisseurs, wine lovers and novices alike are being invited to take part in London Wine Week, the capital’s first dedicated week-long consumer event. The seven day celebration of London's...

Polo Bar launches an Easter Scotch emu egg challenge

Information: 09 April 2014

For Easter there are all manner of eggs going on the menu at Polo 24 hour bar in Bishopsgate. There's ostrich egg omelette, goose and duck eggs in the full English. But this magnificent beast,...

Balcony dining and tarte tatin competition at this year's Galvin Festival of Food and Wine

Information: 09 April 2014

Details for the second annual Galvin Festival of Food and Drink have just been released and Hot Dinners has had a sneak preview of what's being planned for this year's festivities. The seven-day...

Bonnie Gull Seafood Cafe opening in Exmouth Market

Information: 09 April 2014

Updated 9/4/13 with booking line info We've had a lot more details come in about Bonnie Gull's second venture at Exmouth Market - now named Bonnie Gull Seafood Cafe. Their previous "seafood shack"...

Patty&Bun to open on Liverpool Street

Information: 08 April 2014

8/8 - updated with launch details - free burgers! There'll be a lot of happy burger fanatics at today's news that Patty&Bun have confirmed the opening of their second site. The new place at 22-23...

Cherry blossom pop-up bar to open at Sake No Hana

Information: 08 April 2014

8/8 - The pop-up has now launched and we've updated the article with a gallery of pics. Sadly we've never scraped together enough money for a trip to Japan to check out the Spring blossoms. On the...

Goodman to open Beast king crab and steak restaurant in Marylebone

Information: 08 April 2014

It wasn't so long ago that the folk behind Goodman came up with a cunning wheeze to sell burger and lobster for the fixed price of £20 in Mayfair. "It'll never work!" laughed the naysayers who have...

Trying out the 3D chocolate printer at Harvey Nichols

Information: 08 April 2014

When Harvey Nichols got in touch with Hot Dinners offering to make a 3D chocolate model of one of us, it wasn't a case of whether we'd be interested, rather how quickly we could hotfoot it to...

Eat 17 restaurant, burger bar and convenience store to open on Clapton's Chatsworth Road

Information: 07 April 2014

The family behind the award-winning Walthamstow Spar, neighbouring Eat 17 bistro and cult condiment ‘Eat 17 Bacon Jam’ have designs, it seems, on the rest of London. They'll be launching a...

Ben Tish to host first Rotisserie Takeover at LeCoq

Information: 07 April 2014

We rather love the fact that Islington's LeCoq aren't content to sit on their laurels. Which is why, despite their usual rotisserie fare being so popular they're taking it off the menu entirely for...

James Lowe to open Lyle's restaurant in Shoreditch

Information: 07 April 2014

7/8 Updated with opening date and menu details. James Lowe is a chef we've been following ever since a first, hugely impressive dinner back in the mists of time at the Loft Project when he was one...

Mark Hix brings Hixter Chicken and Steak to Bankside

Information: 04 April 2014

Mark Hix's original chicken and steak venture Tramshed has been a big hit in Shoreditch, since spawning a City successor, Hixter. Now he's continuing to roll that out with a new Hixter coming to...

Primeur to open on the borders of Islington and Stoke Newington

Information: 03 April 2014

It's impossible to keep news of a new restaurant quiet - particularly when it's in an area that up to now hasn't had many decent places to eat out. Sandwiched between Stoke Newington and Highbury...

Rotorino restaurant and wine bar by Stevie Parle opening on Kingsland Road in Dalston

Information: 02 April 2014

Stevie Parle's new restaurant Rotorino (which opens on 10 April) has been heralded as somewhere to challenge the perception of Dalston as a place where cocktails are only to be served out of jam...

Busaba Eathai launches its first cocktail bar at Old Street - we take a look

Information: 02 April 2014

After a rapid refurbishment, Thai chain Busaba Eathai reopened its Old Street branch last week with the addition of its first dedicated cocktail bar, tucked away at the back of its bustling...

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