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Updated 29/3/22 with full traders list and opening date Originally announced in May 2019 (before Market Hall West End even opened), Market Hall Canary Wharf is finally going to happen.  It's been a...

London's rooftop bars are reopening for spring and one place that's adding something new to their roof is The Standard at King's Cross.  In charge of the food up there is Peter Sanchez-Iglesias of Decimo, the...

Well here's a collab we can 100% endorse - Max Halley of the legendary Max's Sandwich Shop is teaming up with Burger & Lobster for two lobster roll specials that are hitting the group's nine...

Nuno Mendes returns with a Fitzrovia restaurant that's a celebration of Portuguese cuisine. We head to Charlotte Street to try it out. 

We're always happy when doing good tastes good, and next weekend's bake sale in aid of Ukraine definitely sounds as though it'll achieve both those aims. The event, dreamt up by Toklas Bakery and...

The team who launched the much-loved (and missed) Brixton Village Grill and also Chip Shop are headed towards the river for their next opening. Restaurateurs Michael Lythgoe and Cidalia Rodrigues...

Every now and then, we're sent info about something that we immediately want to try but that could go either way - terrible or amazing. The new Hellmann's gravy mayonnaise certainly fits that bill. They...

The Dorchester Rooftop proved to be a pretty big hit when it opened last year (although Jay Rayner wasn't a fan). The space was previously a (very expensive) apartment/suite and saw the hotel...

They've already created immersive bars like ABQ (the bar with a Breaking Bad theme) and Bletchley (1940s based, a bit of codebreaking involved) and now the same people behind those are heading to...

18/8/22 - the Canary Wharf branch has now opened.  South of the river fans of the Smokey Robinson or Ari Gold have a spring bonus as Patty & Bun are taking on a site on Northcote Road. This new...

Soho House isn't slowing down. Now that 180 House on the Strand is done, they're looking at their next opening. This time it's in Balham (taking over what used to be the Foxlow site) and it's the...

On Saturday Kitchen this weekend, Asma Khan (who is busy promoting her new book Ammu) dropped a rather large bombshell in that she was looking for a new location for Darjeeling Express. Now she has...

A dream pub team - JKS restaurants and chef James Knappett - shows a new food and wine-led future for London pubs in their revamp of this Fitzrovia boozer.

Hot Dinners Exclusive Acme Fire Cult are getting ready to launch their first permanent restaurant at the 40FT Brewery in Dalston.  Acme comes from chefs Andrew Clarke (Brunswick House and St...

The people behind popular cafe Abuelo in Covent Garden are expanding. They'll be launching another cafe, Uncle Zorro, just around the corner and this one also features a basement bar.  The ground floor...

If you don't know about Outstanding in the Field, let us quickly fill you in. This 'roving restaurant without walls' spends the summers travelling across America setting up alfresco dinner tables in...

Updated 21/3/22 with opening date and new dishes Our news story on the opening of Bunsik's first place on Charing Cross Road was one of our most-read of 2021. So, we confidently predict you're all...

Following both fire and flooding - not to mention the issues facing live entertainment over the pandemic - it's fair to say the past few years haven't been great ones for iconic music venue KOKO...

If you need something to lure you out of the house on a Saturday then this new stall at Hackney's Westgate St Market could be just the thing. HOKO have been selling their Hong Kong milk tea online for a...

A Hot Dinners exclusive During lockdown, residents of Highbury and Finsbury Park were sustained in part by a local business, The Roost, serving up superlative rotisserie chicken deliveries. The...