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When you’re already running an exceptional wine bar and shop, the next step is surely to launch a restaurant. That’s the philosophy from the team at 56 West Smithfield wine bar who have just opened...

13/07/23 - updated with more details You couldn't really get more of a prime London spot to open a restaurant than the corner of Piccadilly and Berkeley Street, so Tom Sellers has chosen well for...

Everyone likes a positive story in these challenging times, and we can bring you something truly groundbreaking: a Kickstarter campaign that has set a new global record for restaurant fundraising...

11/7/23 - updated with the new photos We've been hearing for a while about an upcoming new Soho restaurant from Tomos Parry (the man behind Brat in Shoreditch) and now we've finally got some actual...

It has been trading for over 18 months as a restaurant, wine bar, deli and shop and now Half Cut Market is taking things to another level, by appointing Jack Newton as its first permanent head chef. Originally...

8/7/23 - updated with the opening date Back in 2020, we reported on the arrival of an interesting new pizzeria in Dalston, going by the name of Gordos. It came from an ex-GM at Yard Sale, Jesse...

When Provisions opened in Hackney last year, the plan was for it to be like the original on Holloway Road - a shop during the day and a wine bar at night. The pandemic and staff shortages threw...

D&D restaurants have been shutting a few places recently as they restructure, with Avenue and Radici both closing earlier this year. But arguably their highest-profile closure so far is Plateau in...

7/7/23 - updated with the opening date Rishim Sachdeva has been popping up with his Tendril restaurant in a couple of spaces, but now he's getting ready to launch the restaurant in its permanent...

7/7/23 - updated with a new launch date Restaurateur Sam Harrison has been a busy man of late. In addition to his riverside restaurant Sam's Riverside, he's opened two deli concepts, Sam's Larder -...

Good news if you’ve missed the Peckham outlet of the hugely popular Market Place food halls. After closing earlier this year for a revamp, Market Place Peckham is coming back, baby. It was the very...

Shoreditch's Seed Library, the bar from Ryan Chetiyawardana (Mr Lyan) below the One Hundred Shoreditch hotel, has been getting some pretty great residencies in. They've already had Norman's Cafe and...

5/7/23 - updated with the opening date Is Covent Garden ready for two avocado-based restaurants? There's already an Avobar near the Piazza, but now we hear news that The Avocado Show is getting...

They've only just opened in Stoke Newington, but the great Sonora Taqueria are already getting ready for their first big collaboration. Sonora's Michelle Salazar de la Rocha and Sam Napier are teaming up...

Breeding like…well, rabbits, the next London site for Four Hundred Rabbits Pizza has just been announced and it’s another win for South London; it’s in Battersea Rise. Already operating outlets in Crystal...

Struggling to find somewhere in Soho to eat on a sultry summer’s evening but everything is fully booked? Got a friend who can never find the restaurant location? We can help with both of these...

Chef Paul Foster already has a Michelin-starred restaurant to his name in Stratford-Upon-Avon, called Salt, but now he's getting ready to open in London too. He'll be taking over a space in Camden's Hawley...

You know it's definitely summer when The Dorchester reopens its rooftop bar. This year the space will bring the English country garden vibes and serve up an all-day brunch menu by the hotel's...

It's been a while since we had a brand new opening from the people behind Quality Chop House, The Woodhead Restaurant Group. They're also the people who brought us Fitzrovia restaurants Clipstone...