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9/8/23 - Updated with the opening date They opened Shiro in Broadgate only late last year, but the Aqua Restaurant Group already have another restaurant lined up called Luci. They've taken over a space in The...

London's food world is reeling from the news of the sudden death of Anthony Heard, the founder of groundbreaking London cheesemakers Kupros Dairy. The news was announced at the weekend by his family who...

9/8/23 - updated with the opening date The Table has been open in Southwark for 17 years and now they've finally decided it's time to open a second restaurant, The Table Battersea.  Best known for...

Jason Atherton is a very busy man at the moment, and is really establishing himself in Mayfair right now.  Not only is he getting ready to open a restaurant on Savile Row very soon, but he's also...

The people behind Terra Moderna in Belsize Park are coming to St John's Wood with a new Antipodean-inspired modern European restaurant. England's Grace is going to be focusing on Australian-style brunch...

More tacos are coming to Peckham as Taca Tacos gets ready to open its second site in the area. You may have seen them in Peckham's Brick Brewery (as well as Deptford's Market Yard) but this has them...

Every once in a while we hear about an opening with a dream team that really makes us sit up and pay attention. That's definitely the case with The Watermans Arms in Barnes which is reopening next...

What to do when mere conveyor belts are no longer a sufficiently exciting food delivery system? As once declared on The Simpsons "Well sir, there's nothing on earth like a genuine, bona fide...

It's all change for the Barshu group who have been tinkering around with what restaurant to put in their Little Newport Street spot for a while. Having started life as Baiwei and then Dot Line...

Changes are afoot at Kebab Queen, the hidden counter restaurant underneath Maison Bab in Covent Garden. If you're unfamiliar with the place, it's counter dining with a difference - in that the...

If you've ever dined at one of London's Big Mamma restaurants and thought you fancied replicating that OTT Sicilian tableware aesthetic in your own home, well now's your chance. The restaurant group...

When you’ve worked at Mayfair’s Novikov it’s fair to say that you've probably dealt with plenty of folk for whom budgeting is an alien concept. That’s the background of duo Salvatore Broccu and...

If the revolution ever happened and Prince William found himself in need of a job, maybe he could consider the hospitality industry? Just months ago the heir to the throne enjoyed taking phone...

Update: This morning Straker posted an Insta story apologising for his initial response, adding: "I am absolutely committed to ensuring diversity in my restaurants, unfortunately we aren't achieving this in...

If you've flown out of Gatwick this summer you may have noticed a few new spots to eat and drink in the airport. We thought it might be handy for us to round up all the new openings for you. The...

The fried chicken behemoth that is Morley's (which just opened its 100th store) is trying something a little bit different - a team-up with The Standard hotel and Heinz.  They're launching a...

With all the comings and goings in the London food world, we took note when The Prince Arthur in London Fields announced the arrival of its new head chef. Joe Couldridge arrives at the pub with a...

Be it galleries or theatres, it seems that big London institutions have realised that it's now good sense to have an in-house restaurant that's a draw all in itself. Jose Pizarro at The Royal...

23/9/23 - updated with the opening date Four years after they opened Wild Tavern in Chelsea, the team behind that is opening Wild Notting Hill. It is, as you'll have guessed from the name, in the...

You've got to admire the marketing bods at KFC; whatever they're paying that team is paying dividends. Last year their chicken-fuelled pub in Hammersmith for the World Cup was the talk of the town...