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Wood St Bear will be DJ Simon Bear's new bar in Walthamstow

Information: 01 May 2024

After a period of closures of much-loved bars and cafes, Walthamstow is about to get a flurry of new openings this year. One place we're particularly interested in is Wood St Bear - a new bar...

Uber Eats teams up with two Michelin-starred Ikoyi for a two-night delivery menu

Information: 01 May 2024

Uber Eats is having another team-up. They've done this before, once with highly-rated Ynshir, which allowed you to order from the highly-praised Michelin-starred restaurant without having to trek up...

The Hero in Maida Vale is the latest pub from The Pelican team

Information: 01 May 2024

They've had huge success with The Pelican in Notting Hill, as well as The Bull in Charlbury. Now, Public House Group are getting ready to open another London pub, The Hero in Maida Vale. As locals will...

SMSH BN opens on Charing Cross Road with its smash wagyu burgers

Information: 30 April 2024

London's love affairs with smash burgers continues with the arrival next month of a new burger spot in central London. SMSH BN (you'll see from the lack of vowels that it comes from chef Mark...

Test Driving Roe - the Fallow team go big in Canary Wharf

Information: 30 April 2024

After the big success of Fallow, the same team have gone much, much bigger with the opening of Roe in Canary Wharf. We went along to see just what's changed from Fallow, and it turns out to be quite a...

KFC have brought out a BBQ perfume

Information: 29 April 2024

In one of those announcements that makes you check the calendar to confirm that it is the end of April rather than the beginning, but it is the case that KFC is releasing a perfume. It's no ordinary...

Ladurée Café Concept comes to Notting Hill

Information: 29 April 2024

Ladurée are best known for their very pretty macaron shops, but their next opening is going to be something a little different - a café in Notting Hill. The new concept is literally called Ladurée...

Birdmilk sees Ukrainian restaurant duo opening a bakery in Notting Hill

Information: 29 April 2024

Notting Hill's well-heeled residents will soon have another lovely new bakery on their doorstep. Birdmilk is the latest in a recent line of businesses that originated in Ukraine but have also opened in...

Doughnation are bringing potato pizza to Covent Garden

Information: 26 April 2024

Maybe hoping they'll get the same kind of queues that Alley Cats do, a brand new pizza spot is opening in Covent Garden. Doughnation will be at 3 Henrietta Street, taking over part of the ground...

El Cenote aims to give Camden folk an authentic Mexican experience with top tacos and margaritas

Information: 26 April 2024

The idea of opening a Mexican margarita and tacos joint somewhere like Camden definitely seems like it makes good business sense. But what makes the arrival of El Cenote interesting is that rather...

The Counter comes to Soho, looking to The Aegean for its influences

Information: 25 April 2024

24/5/24 - updated with the opening date Are we in the midst of a new trend? With Oma just opened in Borough Market, another Turkish/Greek restaurant is incoming. After opening The Counter in Notting Hill...

Bubbledogs is back for a summer-long alfresco pop-up at 45 Park Lane

Information: 25 April 2024

The major revamp of Kitchen Table in 2020 also saw the end of its sibling restaurant Sandia Chang's Bubbledogs. The two-Michelin-starred Kitchen Table dramatically expanded, taking over the space...

Test Driving Nijū - a pivot to sushi and homecooked dishes for Endo and his team in Mayfair

Information: 25 April 2024

Chef Endo Kazutoshi is behind the new Japanese home cooked dishes at this Mayfair restaurant. We went to see how the change of direction is working for Nijū.

Endo Kazutoshi opens Kioku by Endo restaurant and bar at The OWO

Information: 24 April 2024

24/4/24 - updated with opening details The (nearly) last piece of the puzzle that is The OWO is coming into place. The prime spot in the refurbished Old War Office, the rooftop, is being taken up by...

You can now try Gordon Ramsay's Idiot Sandwich in London

Information: 24 April 2024

It's the kind of bullying that wouldn't be countenanced for a moment in today's professional kitchens. But the moment when Gordon Ramsay put two slices of bread either side of Julie Chen's face in a...

Master Bao hit up Westfield Stratford City with their Taiwanese food

Information: 24 April 2024

Having already scored a hit with their restaurant in West London's Westfield, the team at Master Bao are crossing the city to open another restaurant, this time at Westfield Stratford City. They'll be...

A big Albert's Schloss beer hall is coming to The Trocadero

Information: 24 April 2024

It's big in Liverpool, Manchester and Birmingham and now Albert's Schloss is coming to London. Somewhat understatedly billed as a "bier + pleasure palace", it's taking over what used to be the...

Test Driving TT - smoking on the rooftops of Shoreditch

Information: 23 April 2024

TT in Shoreditch has made its rooftop restaurant permanent and brought in a chef who's behind a new wood-fired menu. We popped up to the roof to see what he's cooking.

Bistrot at Wild Honey takes the bistronomy movement to Pall Mall

Information: 22 April 2024

It might be situated in the heart of the British establishment, opposite the Institute of Directors and across the road from The Athenaeum but chef Anthony Demetre's new bistrot on Pall Mall is a...

StreetSmart raises a whopping £1 million from restaurant diners

Information: 19 April 2024

Chefs, hospitality folk, press and influencers gathered in London on Monday evening to celebrate StreetSmart raising 1 million pounds from their most recent campaign. For the first time in its...

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