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Angela Hartnett opening Merchant's Tavern in Shoreditch

Information: 12 September 2013

Updated 12/9/13 with opening date and menu details Merchant’s Tavern, a new collaboration between Angela Hartnett, Neil Borthwick, and Canteen founders Dominic Lake and Patrick Clayton-Malone, is...

Augustine Kitchen opening in Battersea by Mon Plaisir Head Chef

Information: 12 September 2013

Longstanding Covent Garden restaurant Mon Plaisir has a lot of fans of its authentic French food, not least among them the Guardian's Marina O'Loughlin. But now its Head Chef, Franck Raymond, is...

Dip & Flip brings burgers, poutines and french dips to Battersea Rise

Information: 12 September 2013

Opening from today in Battersea Rise is a new restaurant specialising in one of our favourite foods - the French Dip, a meat sandwich that you dip in gravy. Dip and Flip features a number of things...

24 hour dining in the West End as VQ comes to WC1

Information: 11 September 2013

London's late night dining scene has been decidedly improving of late (Duck and Waffle being a particularly prime example) and now there's another 24 hour establishment coming right into the heart...

BBQ restaurant and food truck planned for Regent's Park

Information: 11 September 2013

They've already got places in parks and museums across London, now the Benugo chain has won a massive contract giving them the chance to make their mark on Regent's Park. The £20m contract gives the...

Second YBFs awards rate the best in British food and drink

Information: 10 September 2013

The far from fusty second Young British Foodies awards (YBFs) took place last night in Bermondsey with a stellar cast of folk from the food and drink world in attendance. Spotted in the crowd were...

Worst restaurant customer ever? 'Spoof' comment on The Dairy looks to be the real thing

Information: 09 September 2013

For anyone who missed it over the weekend, one of the most boggling London restaurant stories in recent times emerged, following a comment posted in reaction to Guardian critic Marina O'Loughlin's...

The first London Meatopia kicks things off in grand style

Information: 09 September 2013

We'd been looking forward to Meatopia on Hot Dinners for quite a while, and this weekend we finally got to head down there and check it out for ourselves. Suffice to say, it was a great event all...

Kitchenette all day restaurant opening on Putney Bridge Road

Information: 06 September 2013

They have restaurants as far afield as Baku and Moscow - now Turkish restaurant chain Kitchenette are opening their first UK place in Putney. Kitchenette will open this month on Putney Bridge Road...

Aqua Kyoto launches new Japanese aperitivo hour

Information: 05 September 2013

Fusion food can sometimes be a very bad idea - remember Shumi's disastrous Japanese/Italian mashup? - but frankly we really love the sound of the new Japanese aperitivo hour that's just launched at...

David Beckham is not involved in Gordon Ramsay's Union Street Cafe

Information: 04 September 2013

It's been the scene of frenzied booking since telephone lines opened last week, with over 2500 bookings in the first few hours. But now just two weeks before opening it transpires that Gordon...

Gordon Ramsay opening Union Street Cafe in Southwark

Information: 04 September 2013

[Updated 4/9/13 with head chef details. We now also hear that David Beckham is no longer involved - read the story on that here] Gordon Ramsay is working on the opening of another new restaurant in...

Halal Food Festival launches Vivek Singh's Joho Soho street stall

Information: 04 September 2013

If you'd like to broaden your food horizons you could do worse than trekking to Excel later this month for the Halal Food Festival. Over 100 exhibitors including several of London's top chefs will...

Barbecoa pop-up & more coming to designjunction at the London Design Festival

Information: 04 September 2013

The London design Festival is coming soon - and we've already reported on the plans for the Peckham Refreshment Rooms pop-up at St James. Now we've seen designjunction's plans for the festival, all...

Hoi Polloi to open at Ace Hotel Shoreditch from the people behind Bistrotheque

Information: 03 September 2013

We've known for a while that the people behind Bistrotheque and Shrimpy's, Pablo Flack and David Waddington, were planning something for what could be Shoreditch's hottest new joint, the Ace Hotel...

Heston's Fat Duck toppled by L'enclume from Good Food Guide top slot

Information: 03 September 2013

For the first time in seven years there's a new Best Restaurant in the UK, according to the Good Food Guide 2014. This year Simon Rogan's L'enclume was judged to be the best in the UK, toppling...

Vinoteca to open on Chiswick's Devonshire Road

Information: 02 September 2013

They have three spots in central London, but this Autumn, boutique wine bar chain Vinoteca are moving West to open in Chiswick. The latest addition to the group will be a wine bar, restaurant & wine...

Balthazar Boulangerie begins free delivery in Covent Garden

Information: 02 September 2013

Lucky Covent Garden residents and workers. Not content with having the rather fabulous Balthazar Boulangerie on their doorstep, now they can also get their food delivered for free. The Boulangerie...

Chuck's Clubhouse with pizza hatch planned for Earlham Street

Information: 02 September 2013

Way back in the mists of time (aka the Eighties) Hot Dinners recalls Caspars Telephone Exchange, a bar down one of the side streets in Soho where the (pre-mobile phones) gimmick was a phone on every...

Friday round-up: Gizzi turns Spanish, FEAST is one year old & more

Information: 30 August 2013

We're bursting to the seams with London food news - so here's an end-of-week run down of more news from the Capital... Gizzi's Street Fiesta Gizzi Erskine is taking over Street Feast this weekend at...

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