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Five Guys opens with queues round the block. Reading is next.

Information: 04 July 2013

So for those of you who haven't filtered out any talk of burgers on your Twitter timeline, it's been hard to ignore the opening of Five Guys. The US burger chain opened its first store in the UK in...

Luna Rossa reopens in Notting Hill with conveyor belt for Italian dishes

Information: 04 July 2013

Luna Rossa in Notting Hill, the latest place from the Made in Italy restaurant group, is set to re-launch in mid-July, and it has a rather special feature to entice Londoners through its doors. The...

Shoryu Soho goes permanent with larger restaurant

Information: 03 July 2013

Since April this year, Shoryu Ramen - who already have a popular Ramen joint on Regent Street - have had a separate pop-up on Denman Street in Soho that's been paving the way for the opening of...

Simon Rogan wins Best Chef and Best Restaurateur at this year's Cateys

Information: 03 July 2013

Britain's hospitality industry held its catering Oscars last night. The Cateys, run by trade magazine Caterer and Hotelkeeper took place at The Grosvenor House Hotel. Simon Rogan made it a double...

MasterChef finalist opening Marianne restaurant in Notting Hill

Information: 02 July 2013

Marianne Lumb has worked as a personal chef for years - cooking for a host of celebrities, politicians and business tycoons. Now she's opening her first restaurant in West London this autumn, she...

Marcus Wareing launches Gilberts Gin Garden in Kings Cross

Information: 01 July 2013

With the switch for Summer well and truly in the 'on' position, Hot Dinners are putting outdoor eating and drinking options right at the top of our lists. We were thus delighted to hear that The...

CUTS summer pop-up sees Forza Win team up with The Ginger Pig

Information: 01 July 2013

There may be all manner of pop-up food shenanigans going on around London this summer, but one starting up this month definitely looks like being one you should put in your diary. CUTS sees the...

KERB to kick off Saturday street market in King's Cross

Information: 28 June 2013

We've often envied those working near Kings Cross who can go to the Street Food Market KERB, as we've rarely managed to make it down during the day. However a new opportunity starts this weekend...

Shake Shack London coming to Covent Garden in July 2013

Information: 27 June 2013

[Updated 27/6/13 with more menu details and prices] It had been rumoured for a while that Danny Meyer was bringing New York's most famous burger institution to London - that time is almost upon us...

American craft beers come to Bodeans Tower Hill

Information: 27 June 2013

Sunshine, beer and barbecue on a balmy evening – even on a Tuesday, Hot Dinners wouldn’t pass up an opportunity to get stuck into this most summery of combinations. Which was why we were down at...

George Osborne's Byron Burger causes a storm

Information: 27 June 2013

A perfect storm of food meeting British politics broke this morning. The Sun published a story about George Osborne's 'fail' at a man-of-the-people tweetpic he'd posted showing him scoffing down a...

Byron launch Big B burger special for summer

Information: 26 June 2013

With no less than three new burger places opening in London next week, the onus is on existing burger joints to keep people excited about what they're offering. And Tom Byng, founder of Byron,...

Tamesis Dock hosts Riverboat Food Fest this weekend

Information: 26 June 2013

Streetfood events have bloomed all of a sudden over the past few weeks. We've been inundated with news of exciting new events including Truckstop - Streetfeast's Summer residency in Canary Wharf,...

Truck Stop rolls into Canary Wharf for the summer

Information: 26 June 2013

Brand new food festival Truck Stop will host over 20 street food vans in East London for six nights throughout the summer, starting on Thursday 4th July. Jonathan Downey, the man behind Gin Stock,...

Canada Day pop-up on Trafalgar Square

Information: 26 June 2013

Canada Day London are teaming up with Shuttlecock-Inc for one day only to create a Canadian-inspired restaurant as part of their 8th annual Taste of Canada campaign. Taking place on the north...

Toasted restaurant and wine shop opens in East Dulwich

Information: 25 June 2013

The lucky denizens of East Dulwich have a spanking new place to eat, drink (and take wine home from afterwards). Toasted (the ed refers to East Dulwich) opened a few days ago on Lordship Lane. Formerly...

The Fast and the Epicurious: Danny Meyer talks Shake Shack London and food culture

Information: 25 June 2013

As Shake Shack London gets ready to open, Hot Dinners sat down with Meyer and Shake Shack CEO Randy Garutti to shoot the breeze about burgers, new openings and why they love London so much..

Restaurant and Bar Design Awards announced for 2013

Information: 24 June 2013

The shortlist for this year's Restaurant and Bar Design Awards are in. We've been through the list to pick out the London restaurants and bars deemed easy on the eye.

Taste of London 2013 - what we tried

Information: 21 June 2013

It may be raining as we write this, but for the first time in years, we spent a day at Taste basking in the London summer sunshine rather than dodging the showers. Although there seemed to be more...

Duck and Waffle to make their own Sunday cronuts

Information: 21 June 2013

At the Taste of London preview earlier this week, we spotted Duck and Waffle's Dan Doherty setting up his stand beside Sushi Samba and Le Gavroche - it's his first Taste and that night marked a year...

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