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Burger & Lobster avoids a war with KFC with the "Not a Bucket"

Information: 07 August 2024

A few weeks ago, Burger & Lobster proudly launched their limited edition lobster bucket which looked... a little familiar. One company who, it appears, wasn't too enamoured with the look of the...

Viral Leeds bakery Get Baked is popping up at Fortnum's

Information: 07 August 2024

Leeds bakery Get Baked makes a cake so viral that mere minutes after sales go live on their website every slice is gone in a flash. Now, Get Baked by Rich Myers is coming to London. Best known for...

Test Driving The Waterman's Arms - excellent riverside dining in Barnes

Information: 06 August 2024

The Waterman's Arms is a riverside pub in Barnes with an excellent team behind it. We went for a lunch overlooking the Thames to try it out.

Chef James Cochran announces he's closing his Islington restaurant 12:51

Information: 05 August 2024

A Hot Dinners exclusive The slew of London restaurant closures continues with the news today that the much-loved Islington restaurant 12:51 will have its final service next month. Owner chef James...

Kerb are opening a lunch market in Holborn

Information: 05 August 2024

A bit of good news for hungry workers in the Holborn area comes today. You're about to get a weekly Kerb market to enhance your lunch options. The latest opening from the street food company will be...

Test Driving Chalk restaurant at Wiston Estate - where everything from the produce to the wine is local

Information: 03 August 2024

On one of the largest pieces of family-owned land near the south coast, Wiston Estate has an extensive winery and a great restaurant in Chalk, which specialises in local Sussex produce. We took the...

Patron won't be reopening in Highbury

Information: 02 August 2024

It's been a year since the Highbury branch of the popular French restaurant Patron closed its doors, ostensibly for a few months to allow the building to be underpinned. Many, many months on from...

Dalston's The Marquis of Lansdowne is reborn as The Marquee Moon

Information: 02 August 2024

The Team behind Docklands nightclub The Cause are revamping a pub in Dalston. Once The Marquis of Lansdowne, it's being relaunched as The Marquee Moon (the second opening recently to take its name...

Daisy Green is opening Glamarama Green in South Kensington

Information: 01 August 2024

Daisy Green's slow march across London continues with their latest opening, this time bringing them to Kensington. They've gone to town with the name too, calling it Glamarama Green. They're opening just around...

Test Driving Ibai - a stellar Basque steakhouse in the City

Information: 01 August 2024

Brilliant Basque food and great steaks a few minutes walk from Smithfield Market make Ibai worth crossing town for.

Copenhagen's Gasoline Grill burger joint is popping up in London

Information: 31 July 2024

One of the most talked-about burger restaurants in Copenhagen is coming to London - Gasoline Grill is popping up in King's Cross. It's hugely popular in Copenhagen, partly because they have an...

Oy Bar bring their oysters and wine to Balham, with Wimbledon next

Information: 31 July 2024

We're a bit slow to this, as Oybar has been open in Balham for almost a month, but the duo behind this new oyster bar are already working on their second place. Owners Evgeniy and Catriona are...

Popular Sydney brunch cafe The Rusty Rabbit is heading to Notting Hill

Information: 30 July 2024

Homesick Aussies will want to make a beeline for Notting Hill soon as popular Sydney cafe Rusty Rabbit is gearing up to open on Westbourne Grove. With two cafes in the Sydney suburbs of Darlinghurst and St...

Test Driving Ukiyo - hand rolls, sushi and sake on tap in Covent Garden

Information: 30 July 2024

Covent Garden gets a very useful little sushi spot with the opening of Japanese hand roll bar Ukiyo in The Yards.

Chatsworth Bakehouse open a second place in Crystal Palace

Information: 29 July 2024

If there's anything that London simply can't get enough of at the moment, it's bakeries. And one of those bakeries that Londoners are obsessed with is about to open a second place - a second...

Lola's Cupcakes are making Harry Potter and house reveal cakes

Information: 29 July 2024

If you've got a Harry Potter fan in your life then the arrival of a new range at Lola's Cupcakes is going to make picking their next birthday cake a whole lot easier. The cake company has teamed up...

Marceline French grand brasserie is the next floating Canary Wharf restaurant

Information: 29 July 2024

21/7/24 - updated with interior pictures If you've been to Wood Wharf any time over the past couple of years, you'll be familiar with the huge floating restaurant that is Hawksmoor. However, you'll also...

Travel notes: Lainston House serves up the perfect weekend for foodie Londoners

Information: 27 July 2024

A ten minute drive from Hampshire you'll find this comfortable estate complete with hotel, two restaurants and even a cookery school. We checked into Lainston House for the full foodie experience.

Junk is bringing French smash burgers to Soho

Information: 26 July 2024

On a time when all eyes are on Paris for the Olympics, one French burger company is making its way over to the UK. Junk is getting ready to open a burger bar in Soho (where Wonderland was briefly). It's not...

Milk opens new bakery Milk Run in Tooting Bec

Information: 26 July 2024

They're already big with their cafe in Balham and now Milk have opened a brand new bakery just down the road towards Tooting Bec called Milk Run. If you fancy a Milk pastry to-go, this will be the...

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