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Big Mamma to open the more intimate Carlotta restaurant in Marylebone

Information: 18 April 2023

Updated 18/4/23 with opening date Not resting on their laurels, having only just opened Jacuzzi in Kensington, Big Mamma are getting ready for their next restaurant, Carlotta in Marylebone. As...

The Marksman team to open Lasdun at The National Theatre

Information: 17 April 2023

17/4/22 - Updated with the opening date It's been eight years since The Marksman launched in Hackney, very quickly becoming one of the best pubs and restaurants not only in the area, but in the...

These Days are opening an aperitivo bar on Bermondsey Beer Mile

Information: 17 April 2023

You've got to admire the chutzpah of spritz brand These Days who have picked Bermondsey's Beer Mile as the place they've decided to open their first bar. From this summer anyone in the area who...

The Southern-style Americana comes to Haymarket

Information: 17 April 2023

Southern food is making a return to central London - in a somewhat unexpected guise. Americana launched a couple of weeks back, taking over a big ex-Byron site and seems a pretty large restaurant to...

Lilienblum is the latest restaurant from Miznon's Eyal Shani, coming to Old Street

Information: 14 April 2023

Things move pretty fast in restaurant news, and we like it when a chef keeps us on our toes. As we previously told you, Eyal Shani, founder of much-hyped Miznon (part of his 40+ global restaurant...

Noci pasta restaurant is opening at Battersea Power Station

Information: 13 April 2023

They've already been quite the hit in Islington, now the team behind pasta restaurant Noci are heading south of the river to Battersea for their second place. This is part of a raft of new openings at...

Test Driving Noble Rot Mayfair - cheerful loucheness done to perfection

Information: 13 April 2023

The latest addition to the bijoux Noble Rot empire is nestling on the corner of Shepherd Market. It turns out to be the perfect place for great food and fine wines.

Browns Covent Garden reopens with a new Scottish-themed Spey Bar

Information: 12 April 2023

Welcoming their 50th birthday with a £2.5 million refurbishment, Browns Covent Garden has had quite the refit, with a new art deco look. It's also opened a new drinking venue on its first floor...

Midland Grand Dining Room by Patrick Powell in King's Cross replaces The Gilbert Scott

Information: 12 April 2023

12/04/23 - updated with opening date It was one of the most impressive spaces in the St. Pancras Renaissance as The Gilbert Scott and now, after that closed in mid-2021, the restaurant is to be...

Cocktails in the City sets out its 2023 plans

Information: 11 April 2023

Cocktail enthusiasts, sit up. This summer sees the return of Cocktails in the City to London’s Bedford Square Gardens. There’ll be the usual masterclasses, tastings, interactive games, live music,...

Get Baked, Leeds’ cult bakery, comes to Islington’s Neighbourhood restaurant

Information: 11 April 2023

There’s a new dessert offering at Islington’s Neighbourhood restaurant and it comes courtesy of Leeds’ famed Get Baked bakery. If the name rings bells, you may recall its rise to fame in late 2021,...

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...

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