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Test Driving Outcrop - a nature focused popup grabbing attention at 180 Strand

Information: 16 August 2023

With so much talent involved in the Outcrop popup at 180 Strand it's not so surprising to find that the net result is wonderful.

Oreo teams up with Chicken Shop for a fried chicken menu with a twist

Information: 16 August 2023

Chicken Shop's Baker Street branch hit the news when Beyonce's team spent £2k there when they were in the city in tour. Now another American brand has got in on the action. For three days at the...

Test Driving Leo's - this classic caff's modern London makeover is a winner

Information: 15 August 2023

Once an Italian cafe and ice-cream factory, it's full circle for this Chatsworth Road spot which is now the Italian-accented Leo's. We headed east to check it out.

NYC's Peruvian Llama Inn comes to Shoreditch

Information: 14 August 2023

Updated 14/8/23 with soft launch info A new Peruvian restaurant is coming to London via a somewhat unexpected route - New York. Llama Inn opened in New York back in 2015 and has been a hit ever...

Test Driving 64 Goodge Street - a boutique French bistro in Fitzrovia

Information: 10 August 2023

The group behind Clipstone and Portland have opened another restaurant in Fitzrovia with 64 Goodge Street. This time it's all very French indeed. We head down to take a look.

Murano is celebrating its 15th birthday with a facelift (and new chef)

Information: 10 August 2023

How best to celebrate your 15th birthday? Well, if you're Angela Hartnett's Michelin-starred restaurant Murano then you give yourself a bit of time off for a makeover. Hartnett's Mayfair restaurant will...

Yard Sale and Chuku's are teaming up for a jollof-base pizza

Information: 10 August 2023

Having hit the news for securing a $10k donation from Beyoncé after she performed just up the road, Tottenham restaurant Chuku's is keeping up the heat with a new collaboration with Yard Sale Pizza. And...

Chef T is crowdfunding to reopen Paradise Cove in Battersea

Information: 09 August 2023

The past few years have been quite the rollercoaster for restaurateur and chef Tarell Mcintosh (Chef T). Having survived the pandemic his restaurant Paradise Cove (formerly known as Sugercane) was...

The Upper Place food hall is opening upstairs from Holloway's Nags Head Market

Information: 09 August 2023

Updated 9/8/23 It's been well over two years since we wrote our original story about The Upper Place Food Hall opening in Holloway. Back then a range of licensing issues put the kibosh on the whole...

Max and his sandwiches are popping up at The Deli at 80

Information: 09 August 2023

Easily one of the best places for sandwiches in London, the amazing Max's Sandwich Shop is closing for a little bit of refurb for the next few weeks. But Max isn't going away completely - he's decided...

Electric Brixton gears up for its first ever Oktoberfest

Information: 09 August 2023

Electric Brixton is going to look very different this October as they get ready for their first-ever Oktoberfest. They'll be bringing in lots of wooden tables to cover the floor, putting up the...

Aqua's next is Italian restaurant and cafe Luci in Covent Garden

Information: 09 August 2023

9/8/23 - Updated with the opening date They opened Shiro in Broadgate only late last year, but the Aqua Restaurant Group already have another restaurant lined up called Luci. They've taken over a space in The...

London's food world reacts to Kupros Dairy founder Anthony Heard's death

Information: 08 August 2023

London's food world is reeling from the news of the sudden death of Anthony Heard, the founder of groundbreaking London cheesemakers Kupros Dairy. The news was announced at the weekend by his family who...

The Table brings its second restaurant to Battersea

Information: 08 August 2023

9/8/23 - updated with the opening date The Table has been open in Southwark for 17 years and now they've finally decided it's time to open a second restaurant, The Table Battersea. Best known for...

Test Driving The Portrait Restaurant - Richard Corrigan's rooftop blockbuster

Information: 08 August 2023

Boasting great views over central London, the arrival of Richard Corrigan to run this rooftop restaurant at the National Portrait Gallery proves to be a real draw.

Jason Atherton is opening a second Mayfair restaurant, on Bruton Place

Information: 07 August 2023

Jason Atherton is a very busy man at the moment, and is really establishing himself in Mayfair right now. Not only is he getting ready to open a restaurant on Savile Row very soon, but he's also...

England's Grace brings a mix of Australian and European food to St John's Wood

Information: 07 August 2023

The people behind Terra Moderna in Belsize Park are coming to St John's Wood with a new Antipodean-inspired modern European restaurant. England's Grace is going to be focusing on Australian-style brunch...

Taca Tacos finds a new home on Peckham's Rye Lane

Information: 04 August 2023

More tacos are coming to Peckham as Taca Tacos gets ready to open its second site in the area. You may have seen them in Peckham's Brick Brewery (as well as Deptford's Market Yard) but this has them...

Test Driving Dovetale - chef Tom Sellers goes big in Mayfair

Information: 03 August 2023

Tom Sellers' second restaurant opening of 2023 sees him opening a grand restaurant in Mayfair's hippest new hotel. We head down to see what the Michelin-starred chef has cooked up.

The Watermans Arms is reopening in Barnes with a dream team behind it

Information: 03 August 2023

Every once in a while we hear about an opening with a dream team that really makes us sit up and pay attention. That's definitely the case with The Watermans Arms in Barnes which is reopening next...

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