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Hudson's House joins VQ at the St Giles Hotel in Bloomsbury

Information: 24 October 2013

Hudson’s House was the first of two new restaurants to open this year at the St Giles Hotel in Bloomsbury (the other, VQ opened a week ago and is on soft launch till the end of October). It opened a...

American preppy style pizza joint Earlham Street Clubhouse opening in Covent Garden

Information: 24 October 2013

There's a new American pizza and cocktail restaurant opening at Seven Dials next month as Earlham Street Clubhouse opens its doors. Originally intended to be Chuck's Clubhouse (that is still coming...

Villandry cafe comes to St James

Information: 21 October 2013

It already has a pretty popular spot in Great Portland Street (not to mention Bicester) but now Villandry are opening a third cafe in swanky St James. They'll be opening inside a 1913 Edwardian...

Prohibition style Steam & Rye opening in the City

Information: 21 October 2013

Taking full advantage of its location inside the old "Bank of New York" building right in the middle of The City, a new Prohibition style bar and restaurant is coming soon from the people behind...

Highbury Arts Club offers tapas and weekend brunches

Information: 21 October 2013

Open over the past month in an under-the-radar way is the Highbury Arts Club situated right beside Hot Dinners' favourite London wine shop - the Highbury Vintners, where the old Clock Cafe used to...

Forza Winter returns with Italian feast and hot cocktails

Information: 18 October 2013

The nights may be drawing in, but one good thing about that is that it heralds the return of Forza Winter. This year's event sees them combine all their projects to date to create a communal Italian...

French Bistro Blanchette coming to Soho with Salt yard consulting

Information: 18 October 2013

Not content with busying themselves with the upcoming opening of their latest restaurant Ember Yard, Ben Tish and Simon Mullins from the Salt Yard Group are also consulting on a new Soho bistro, due...

Heston Blumenthal wins Chef of the Decade at 10th Observer Food Monthly Awards 2013

Information: 17 October 2013

It was foodie central at the Freemasons Hall in central London tonight as the great and good of the food world gathered to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Observer Food Monthly Awards. As you...

Bompas & Parr join up with Heavy Metal Bowling for a BBQ night

Information: 17 October 2013

Steering very far away from the jellies that they're best known for, Bompas and Parr's next feast will see them linking up with Heavy Metal Bowling at Finsbury Park's Rowan's Bowling Lanes with...

Sticks & Sushi set their sights on Covent Garden

Information: 17 October 2013

(Updated 17/10 with more details) Covent Garden is having resurgence. Once sneered at by the food snobs for its host of cheap and tourist-targeted restaurants, in the last few years we've witnessed...

Topolski bar and restaurant to open on the South Bank

Information: 17 October 2013

It's been a while since a new restaurant debuted on the South Bank but Topolski, which opens there on November 1, is set to change that. Named after the Topolski Century art bunker it replaces (no,...

Jackson and Rye restaurant backed by Richard Caring coming to Wardour Street

Information: 16 October 2013

Updated 16/10/13 with menu details Fresh from opening his laidback Soho joint Grillshack, Richard Caring is now backing another Soho-based restaurant by the duo behind it - Mark Askew and Hannah...

Bjorn van der Horst signs up for new Rosewood London opening

Information: 15 October 2013

(Updated 15/10 with menu details) It had been a while since we heard from chef Bjorn van der Horst. There was a lot of love for his Eastside Inn when it opened where Burger & Lobster now is in...

First look at the Rosewood London which opens today on High Holborn

Information: 15 October 2013

Apparently there are forces at work to rebrand Holborn as Midtown. If they succeed, it'll probably be in part to the super glamorous new hotel that opens today - the Rosewood London. We popped along last...

Rabot 1745 cocoa restaurant and shop coming to Borough Market

Information: 14 October 2013

With perfect timing for National Chocolate Week (14-20 October) comes news of a cocoa-based restaurant that will open in Borough Market next month. Rabot 1745 is the brainchild of the founders of...

Malmaison London relaunches with new restaurant Strip Bar & Steak

Information: 14 October 2013

The London Malmaison in Farringdon is currently getting a bit of a refurb and along with that, a new steak restaurant too. The new basement restaurant will be the lurid-sounding Strip Bar & Steak - its...

The burger 'cronut', Frieze restaurants, steak deals and more - our Friday roundup

Information: 11 October 2013

Burgers take on the cronut craze Over in Soho, BGRG on Wardour Street has taken the burger craze in a whole new direction with the Dessurger. It's their take on the cronut craze and features a sugar...

Angela Hartnett opening Cafe Murano at the original Petrus site

Information: 11 October 2013

Not content with opening Merchants Tavern in Shoreditch and Hartnett Holder & Co in Lime Wood, Angela Hartnett is launching her second solo venture in the very building where she started her career...

London's Artesian tops the World's 50 Best Bars for 2013

Information: 11 October 2013

We're big fans of the Langham's Artesian - and particularly Alex Kratena's Martinis - so it's great to see that it's once again topped the World's 50 Best Bars list for the second year in a row (and...

Chicken Shop goes south to Tooting

Information: 10 October 2013

Following on from Vauxhall's Dirty Burger, Soho House are continuing their south of the river ventures and have confirmed that the second Chicken Shop will, as expected, open in Tooting (even though...

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