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Test Driving London Shell Co in Highgate - a cosy neighbourhood fishmonger and seafood bar

Information: 06 April 2023

Just off Hampstead Heath you'll find this new fishmonger and seafood bar. We went to check it out.

Tried and tested - the Bouchon Racine and Swaledale Toulouse sausages

Information: 06 April 2023

It's fair to say that Bouchon Racine is one of London's hottest restaurants right now. Henry Harris and Dave Strauss' Farringdon pub and restaurant has been crammed since opening before Christmas...

Natoora are opening Alma bakery in Bermondsey with award-winning New Orleans baker Graison Gill

Information: 05 April 2023

We're always interested in anything Natoora are up to, so news that they're getting ready to open a flour mill and bakery down by Maltby Street Market obviously pricked our interest. Alma sees the...

Counter 71 and Lowcountry bring a mix of British counter dining and the American south to Shoreditch

Information: 05 April 2023

11/6/23 - updated with the opening date Joe Laker, the former head chef at Fulham's Fenn which is sadly closing at the end of April, already has his next place planned - a restaurant called Counter 71...

Eric's is ex-Flor baker Helen Evans' own bakery in East Dulwich

Information: 05 April 2023

Updated 22/3/23 with the opening date Earlier this year, the end finally came for Flor. It had previously been a restaurant, then carried on the bakery in Bermondsey before they called time on that...

Harrods gets more alfresco dining with The Dim Sum Terrace

Information: 05 April 2023

Harrods has been many, many years without terrace dining - and now two terraces have arrived almost together. We've recently had the launch of Studio Frantzen on the rooftop and now they've opened...

Test Driving The Parakeet - an open-fire fuelled marvel of a pub in Kentish Town

Information: 04 April 2023

The Parakeet sees Kentish Town getting a pub with an ex-Brat chef that's worth crossing town for. We went down to try it out.

Andreas on Chelsea Green is opening a new shop, and restaurant Kale Street

Information: 04 April 2023

For more than a decade Andreas Georghiou and his family have been providing the well-heeled residents of Chelsea and many of London's top chefs with their five-a-day. Now the grocer beloved by the...

Harrods opens the Prada Caffe for a taste of Milan in London

Information: 03 April 2023

Following on from the huge success of their Dior Cafe and Louis Vuitton x Yayoi Kusama pop-up, Harrods are at it again. They've just unveiled their latest designer collaboration - the Prada Caffè. Open...

Experimental Sandwich Shop pops up by London Bridge

Information: 03 April 2023

We do love a good sandwich and if you do too, then a new pop-up that's coming to Vinegar Yard should be well worth a look. The Experimental Sandwich Shop comes from the people behind Bad Boy Pizza Society...

Dunamis restaurant in Soho takes the energy crisis as inspiration

Information: 01 April 2023

Update - 12 noon, 1/4/23 - Yes this was indeed this year's April Fool. Sorry (not sorry). See all our previous April Fools here. There's no doubt that the current energy crisis is an ongoing...

Seven North is Miznon chef Eyal Shani's next London restaurant

Information: 31 March 2023

London is getting a lot of new hotels over the next year, with big names like Mandarin Oriental and Rosewood opening new central London spaces. But there's plenty of room for boutique hotels too,...

Cantinetta Antinori comes to London with Florentine T-bones and fine wines

Information: 31 March 2023

Updated 31/3/23 with more details The Antinori family are arguably the most famous name in Italian wines, so it's fair to expect that their upcoming London restaurant will have a pretty decent wine...

Rosarium and Underland restaurant and bar arrive in Waterloo

Information: 31 March 2023

31/3/23 - updated with more about the restaurant The Olivier Award-nominated Alice's Adventures Underground is an immersive theatre show in the tunnels underneath Waterloo Station. It's been a big...

Test Driving Nessa - a Soho bistro takes on British classics

Information: 30 March 2023

Nessa sees chef Tom Cenci opening a neighbourhood bistro in Soho that takes a new approach to British classics. We went in to try it out.

Tom Sellers to open Story Cellar in Covent Garden's Neal's Yard - mixing rotisserie chicken and wine

Information: 29 March 2023

Updated 29/3/23 with details of the menu What is it with London's Michelin-starred chefs. Not content with having at least one big new project on the go, they're already planning more openings...

Noble Rot pick Mayfair's Shepherd Market for their next restaurant

Information: 29 March 2023

If you haven't been into Mayfair's Shepherd Market for a while, they're about to get a new opening there that's going to bring the area into focus for foodies. Noble Rot owners Dan and Mark have...

Fortnum & Mason unveils a new food and drink studio, transforming its third floor

Information: 29 March 2023

Fortnum & Mason: home of extravagant wicker hampers, a famous food hall, a signature Eau de Nil shade of blue-green and now…a brand new food and drink studio. Taking over the third floor of the...

Bando Belly reopens after Peckham fire, in new Pop Brixton location

Information: 29 March 2023

Rising from the ashes, Bando Belly is back. If you were a fan of their deep-fried Oreos and ‘the Buff Ting’ (a twice-fried chicken burger), you’d be aware of a tragic fuse-box-related fire that...

Mexican restaurant 1910 to open in Parsons Green

Information: 29 March 2023

Southwest Londoners have cause to rejoice because there’s a revolution coming to Parsons Green. At least, a new restaurant called 1910 is opening, and it’s no accident it was named after the year of...

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