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Oranj, a new natural wine bar and kitchen, to open in Shoreditch

Information: 07 November 2022

Updated 7/11/22 with opening date It was only a matter of time: Shoreditch is getting its first natural wine bar. Starting out in 2020 as a next-day-UK-wide-wine-delivery service during lockdown,...

Alma is the new cocktail bar below Soho's Sucre

Information: 04 November 2022

When Soho restaurant Sucre launched, they also opened their cocktail bar Abajo. However, after a somewhat chilly reception, they've had a rethink and the bar is getting an overhaul and reopening as...

Spanish-Israeli restaurant Penelope’s is opening at Hotel Amano Covent Garden

Information: 04 November 2022

Dancing on tables could be behaviour from your past (or present, we’re not judging) but it’s the vibe that the new Hotel Amano are looking to bring to their restaurant Penelope’s when it opens. The...

StreetSmart launch their festive campaign with restaurants and diners supporting the homeless

Information: 04 November 2022

It must be nearly Christmas as StreetSmart’s annual campaign has just kicked off across the UK, bringing nearly 550 restaurants together to raise money for people suffering homelessness, with a...

Dishoom head to Canary Wharf for their ninth restaurant opening

Information: 03 November 2022

3/11/22 - updated with soft launch details In news guaranteed to make a lot of folk in the financial district very happy, Dishoom have announced that Canary Wharf will be the site of their next...

Cavo is a huge new Mediterranean restaurant with roof gardens opening by Tottenham Court Road

Information: 02 November 2022

2/11/22 - updated with the opening date The Tottenham Court Road end of Oxford Street's days as the shabbier part of the shopping thoroughfare appears to be drawing to a close. Hard on the heels of...

Popeyes open their second London restaurant in Ealing

Information: 02 November 2022

There were huge queues when Popeyes opened its first restaurant in Stratford, and that was just a concession in Westfield. Other than popping up for delivery-only dark kitchens across town, they...

City institution Simpson's Tavern is fighting for survival

Information: 02 November 2022

One of London's oldest restaurants is fighting for survival after a face-off with its landlords. Yesterday Simpson's Tavern in the City issued an appeal and began a crowfunding campaign to help it...

Chuku’s, Tottenham's Nigerian tapas restaurant, launches a save-it-from-closure campaign

Information: 02 November 2022

If you’d like to experience Nigerian tapas for the first time, you’d best hurry or it could be the last time, with word that Chuku’s on Tottenham High Road is facing potential closure. We deemed it...

Acclaimed chef Mark Hix to be The Groucho Club’s new Director of Food & Beverage

Information: 02 November 2022

Despite a grim time during the pandemic when his restaurants were forced to close, opening and then shutting The Fox Inn in Dorset in July 2022 after 18 months of trading, Mark Hix has turned...

Henry Harris is back with Bouchon Racine and the Three Compasses in Farringdon

Information: 02 November 2022

Updated 2/11/22 with pub opening date It's been seven long years since chef Henry Harris closed the doors of his much-loved restaurant Racine in Knightsbridge. But now we can bring you the great...

Test Driving Elis - Brazilian/Italian fusion at Bethnal Green's Town Hall Hotel

Information: 01 November 2022

The team behind Da Terra have taken over the other restaurant at the Town Hall Hotel for a more casual affair. We headed east for a look.

Bacchanalia will be Richard Caring's new Mayfair restaurant on Mount Street

Information: 31 October 2022

Updated 31/10/22 with the opening date More details are being revealed about Richard Caring's next big Mayfair project, Bacchanalia. The Greek and Italian restaurant certainly sounds like it'll be...

Berberè Pizza heads north to Kentish Town

Information: 28 October 2022

They've been successful in Clapham and now Berberè Pizza have gone north for their next restaurant, opening in Kentish Town. Berberè comes from Calabrian brothers Matteo and Salvatore Aloe and the...

Chinatown's new popup space gets wheelcake vendors Dragon Cat Café as its first residents

Information: 28 October 2022

It's hard taking your first step up the restaurant ladder, doubly so if you're looking to open anywhere in Zone 1. Which is why Chinatown has just launched a pop-up space that's all about giving...

Jackson Boxer previews his new restaurant in ‘Lumette’ Residency at 180 Corner

Information: 27 October 2022

If you'd like a first look at what chef Jackson Boxer (Brunswick House, Orasay) is working on for his next restaurant, he'll be previewing it for just three days next month. Lumette will be...

Test Driving Mount St. Restaurant - art, food and celebs mix in this Mayfair hit

Information: 27 October 2022

Mount St. Restaurant has arrived in Mayfair, attracting a flurry of high-profile guests. We went along to take a look at this restaurant which also happens to double as an informal art gallery.

London's first Tasty by Greggs cafe in Primark on Oxford Street has a sausage roll swing

Information: 26 October 2022

It's the partnership that brought us such sartorial delights such as the Greggs clogs this summer, now Primark have gone on step further and opened a Greggs cafe in their Oxford Street shop. Tasty by Greggs...

56 Smithfield gives Farringdon an affordable new wine bar

Information: 26 October 2022

We're always keen to hear about new wine bars opening in London. The arrival of 56 Smithfield in Farringdon couldn't be more handy in these cash-pressed times, particularly when you hear that this...

Edo Izakaya comes to Old Street from the people behind Soho's Robata

Information: 26 October 2022

The team behind Soho's Robata is expanding - they're coming to Old Street with Edo Izakaya (taking over the space that used to be Flamboree, next to Officina 00) The name comes from the inspiration for...

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