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Origin City opens, courtesy of the 56 West Smithfield Wine Bar team

Information: 13 July 2023

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...

Chef Tom Sellers is opening Dovetale in Mayfair

Information: 13 July 2023

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...

Restaurant and music venue Soul Mama coming to Islington from musician YolanDa Brown

Information: 12 July 2023

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...

Test Driving Studio Gauthier - the French chef takes his vegan food to a new audience

Information: 11 July 2023

Studio Gauthier sees chef Alexis Gauthier bring some of the extremely accomplished (and Michelin-starred) cooking from his Soho restaurant to a more casual affair in Fitzrovia. We went down for a...

Chefs Tom Cenci and Ivan Tisdall-Downes collaborate with grass fed Irish Beef on their summer menus

Information: 11 July 2023

Irish Beef’s ‘Great Taste Comes Naturally’ summer is here and chefs Tom Cenci (of Nessa) and Ivan Tisdall-Downes (of Native) are celebrating grass fed Irish beef.

Brat's Tomos Parry is opening Mountain in Soho

Information: 11 July 2023

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...

Half Cut Market in Kentish Town announces its first permanent head chef

Information: 10 July 2023

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...

World Famous Gordos get ready to serve their pizzas at Netil Market

Information: 08 July 2023

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...

Provisions Hackney is opening its wine bar

Information: 07 July 2023

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...

Plateau in Canary Wharf has closed

Information: 07 July 2023

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...

Tendril (mostly) Vegan Kitchen & Bar goes permanent in Mayfair

Information: 07 July 2023

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...

Sam Harrison to open Sam's Waterside in The Brentford Project, a restaurant, cafe and deli

Information: 07 July 2023

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 -...

Market Place Peckham is reopening with a new look and new food

Information: 06 July 2023

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...

Test Driving Little Pizza Hicce - the Hicce team create a top pizzeria in Islington

Information: 06 July 2023

The Hicce Hart team have expanded just across the road in Islington with Little Pizza Hicce. We went down to check out their very unique pizzas.

My Neighbours The Dumplings are the latest Seed Library residency in Shoreditch

Information: 06 July 2023

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...

The Avocado Show is coming to Covent Garden

Information: 05 July 2023

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...

Test of time - we make a return visit to SOLA

Information: 04 July 2023

As this Soho restaurant breaks into the top 40 section of the National Restaurant Awards list we felt it was time for a return visit to Victor Garvey's Californian fine dining spot on Dean Street.

Yard Sale and Sonora Taqueria team up for a special pizza, La Sonorense

Information: 04 July 2023

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...

Four Hundred Rabbits Pizza comes to Battersea Rise

Information: 30 June 2023

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...

New Italian restaurant 64 Old Compton Street to open in Soho

Information: 30 June 2023

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...

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