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Smokey Tails BBQ pop up opened by Seth Troxler in Hackney

Information: 12 August 2013

A BBQ pop-up at a canalside location - so far, so Hackney, but the latest addition to the East London dining scene, Smokey Tails, also has a celebrity owner, in the form of top DJ Seth Troxler. Troxler is...

Chefs cook for charity at Goodman with EatPlayLove

Information: 09 August 2013

EatPlayLove sees a number of the UK's top chefs getting together for charity in Canary Wharf. There's an impressive line up of chefs attending, who include (so far): Daniel Doherty (Duck & Waffle) Simon...

Details of Jason Atherton's Berners Tavern at EDITION revealed

Information: 09 August 2013

Jason Atherton's had a busy old year so far and now we've got more details of his next venture - opening next month. As revealed earlier, he's in charge of the restaurant Berners Tavern at Edition,...

Gizzi goes roller skating at Disco Bistro in King's Cross

Information: 08 August 2013

Hot Dinners passed the new King's Cross roller disco while walking back from Grain Store the other week and we were mightily impressed with the set up (and the look of the Disco Bistro menu too)...

Harrod's latest Chef of the Season offers takeaway Michael Caines

Information: 08 August 2013

If you've always fancied dinner from Michelin starred Michael Caines, but haven't made it to Gidleigh Park yet, then Harrod's are giving you an alternative... He's getting a position in the Harrod's Food...

Poulet Rouge opens rotisserie chicken restaurant in Balham

Information: 07 August 2013

Following up from our earlier Korean Chicken story, we have another new chicken restaurant opening up further south in Balham. Poulet Rouge is from the same people behind the Cattle Grid steakhouse...

Neil Rankin opening Smokehouse in Islington

Information: 07 August 2013

Updated 7/8 with launch menu info. Islington continues to get more interesting as New Rankin firms up his next venture. Having revamped John Salt and left Luke Findley, in charge, he is moving onto a...

Korean fried chicken comes to Shoreditch with Jubo

Information: 07 August 2013

Everyone's looking for the next big trend in food - recently we've had Peruvian, burgers, chicken, pizza (and probably burgers again a few more times) but one we've been keeping an eye out for is...

Toast brings Cornwall to Maltby Street in August with James Lowe and Tom Adams

Information: 05 August 2013

The first Toast event was a big success and now they're back again for a one-off event celebrating the best of Cornwall - with a Sunday lunch cooked by Tom Adams and James Lowe. The event, the next...

Madame Gautier's new Bistro opens in Kensal Rise

Information: 05 August 2013

Often all eyes are on central London openings, but very interesting things are opening further away from the centre. Just opened (last week) in Kensal Rise is new French bistro Madame Gautier - an...

London Craft Beer Festival's food line-up

Information: 02 August 2013

The upcoming London Craft Beer Festival over in Bethnal Green this month has a cracking line-up of food to go along with the many, many lovely beers on offer. A beer-matching supperclub called The...

Angela Hartnett opening new restaurant in St James

Information: 01 August 2013

It's going to be a busy old year for Angela Hartnett. Not only is she behind the opening of Merchant's Tavern restaurant and bar in Shoreditch this September, but it turns out she's also opening a new...

Pizza Pilgrims throw open the doors to their new Pizzeria

Information: 31 July 2013

Last night ourselves and a bunch of foodies, bloggers, chefs and restaurateurs crowded a Soho pavement for the launch of the much-anticipated Pizza Pilgrims restaurant in Soho. The new restaurant...

Food Pit - talking to the guys behind Twitter's pop-up parody

Information: 30 July 2013

Multi-Coloured Slop Shop, Ealing. Keith Chegwin hunches with a ladle and several buckets of garishly unidentifiable "food product". Anarchic. If all that sounds familiar, then you're a follower of...

Ruski's Caviar and Vodka Tavern brings caviar club sandwiches and more to Kensington

Information: 29 July 2013

We've had Burger and Lobster, chicken and steak (Tramshed), chicken and egg (Whyte and Brown) and many more combinations. But this latest Russian inspired bar cuts right to the chase offering the...

Burger face-off - we check out the burgers at London Burger Bash

Information: 29 July 2013

Update - Bleecker St Burger (that's them in the photo) were crowned the winners! The London burger craze may have just added some American newcomers to the scene, but the city's doing very well on...

Absinthe lassis and house Indian ale planned for Gymkhana's punch house bar

Information: 26 July 2013

Trishna chef Karam Sethi is opening a second restaurant Gymkhana in Mayfair this summer and it sounds as if as much energy is being spent on the basement bar as the restaurant itself. The lower...

London's first winery London Cru to open in Earls Court

Information: 25 July 2013

London already has plenty of breweries as well as gin and vodka distilleries, so it was really only a matter of time before it got its own winery. Now London Cru is planning to open in November in...

New York's Fatty Crab to open in London

Information: 25 July 2013

News of yet another big US opening hit the Twittersphere this week when it was revealed that Fatty Crab - the Malaysian inspired seafood joint from the folks behind Fatty Cue - was planning to open...

Bo Lang dim sum restaurant and tea house to open on Draycott Avenue

Information: 24 July 2013

If there's one recurring theme in London restaurant openings this Autumn, it's that lots of their cuisine looks to the East for influence. And the latest to be announced is a Chinese dim sum...

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