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Annual restaurant awards can be a bit of a dull affair, so we always look forward to olive magazine's Alternative Restaurant Awards which go beyond the usual suspects to root out some really...

Here's a round-up of some events, openings, special menus and more that you'll have to look forward to over September. Le Caprice reopens Having closed during August for refurbishment, the revived...

With British Food Fortnight kicking off on 17 September, Harvey Nichols are getting into the spirit by hosting a special pop up.  Sharpham Park, best known for its organic Spelt farming in Somerset. ...

Hot Dinners were fans of the marvellously old-fashioned Quality Chop House on Farringdon Road with its frontage proudly declaring 'Progressive Working Class Caterers' and retro British food so we...

Fifty years on from the day it first opened, the Rib Room at the Jumeirah Carlton Tower Hotel in Knightsbridge is getting ready to reopen with one hell of a facelift. Designer Martin Brudnizki -...

If you can’t afford the airfare to NY to try out the rather fabulous wares of The Big Gay Ice-cream Truck (as Hot Dinners did earlier this summer) then an alternative is at hand.  The Ice-creamists, who...

As the Young Turks pop-up takes place this week, Frank's Cafe and Campari Bar in Peckham is already preparing for its next event. The Rivington Grill, Simon Wadham's Shoreditch and Greenwich...

As revealed by Bloomberg's Richard Vines on Twitter today, the folks behind uber-popular Terroirs (off the Strand) and Brawn (Columbia Road) are to open their third branch, this time venturing south...

Jun Tanaka is famed from appearances on Satruday Kitchen and as Head Chef of Pearl restaurant in Holborn.  But it's the success of the Street Kitchen initiative with Mark Jankel that has recently...

Possibly one of the most prolific restaurateurs in London at the moment, Russell Norman (the man behind Polpo, Polpetto, Spuntino and Da Polpo) is already thinking about what's next. In an interview with...

Looking for a higher class of foodie event?  Then Quintessentially Epicure could be for you.  Taking place in London's famed Hurlingham Club, the event runs over two days on the 9th-10th September and...

One of the highlights of last year's London Restaurant Festival was 10-10-10, when chefs from outside London paired with London's best all over town.  It was an ideal opportunity for those who fear...

The very idea of taking children to restaurants is enough to make some people froth at the mouth. Trouble is, how do you teach kids to try new things and behave well in restaurants if you don't...

Having been a storming success in Canary Wharf, the Young Turks (James Lowe and Isaac McHale) have announced their next event.  They'll be taking over the Peckham pop-up Frank's Cafe and Campari Bar (on...

Meat lovers in Canary Wharf have reason to be of good cheer. Following on from the hugely successful Goodman City opening, the steakhouse is confirmed to be heading even further east to Canary...

In a world where what people tweet and blog about what they've eaten just minutes after a restaurant opens its doors, a printed guide has to do what it can to reclaim the headlines and the Good Food...

Details were announced today on what sort of content we could expect from the upcoming Hawksmoor cookery book. Hawksmoor at Home which will be published on 13 October sounds like a must-read for any...

An instant paradox: the cold interior decor and a very warm welcome at Monday’s opening of the frozen food pop-up restaurant N-Ice was a somewhat bizarre summertime journey into an ambient winter...

Back in December we reported that Gordon Ramsay had plans to open a steakhouse in Las Vegas. Those plans are still underway - he'll be opening in the space currently occupied by Les Artistes at the...

While we're not suggesting if you live in an area where police are advising you to go (and stay) home that you shouldn't follow their advice, there are probably some Londoners out there who don't...