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Uncle Zorro is part café, part 70s bar in Covent Garden from the people behind Abuelo

Information: 21 March 2022

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...

Outstanding in the Field tour returns to London for one date

Information: 21 March 2022

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...

Bunsik expand their corn dog empire to Embankment

Information: 21 March 2022

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...

Camden's KOKO will reopen with a rooftop restaurant, pizzeria and a cocktail bar in its dome

Information: 21 March 2022

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...

HOKO are launching a Hong Kong French toast and milk tea kiosk at Westgate St Market in Hackney

Information: 18 March 2022

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...

The Roost and their rotisserie chickens come to perch in Finsbury Park

Information: 18 March 2022

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...

Caravan are opening a Brewbar at their North London roastery

Information: 18 March 2022

Caravan have expanded to many parts of London, Canary Wharf being the most recent, but now they're adding something new to their main roastery just off Caledonian Road. Until now, the roastery has...

How London's restaurants are supporting Ukraine

Information: 16 March 2022

London restaurants are doing their bit to support those affected by the current invasion of Ukraine with a load of special events, dishes and menus. If you're looking to head to a restaurant that is...

Chin Chin are launching a spring treat for lemon lovers

Information: 16 March 2022

They say a picture paints a thousand words and if that's true, what this picture of CHIN CHIN Dessert Club's latest creation is telling us, is that our life would be immeasurably better having tried...

The Patate bring French beef bourguignon burgers to Covent Garden

Information: 16 March 2022

They have restaurants north and south in Kentish Town and Battersea but now The Patate are bringing their French burgers to central London, opening in Covent Garden. They're taking over a space that...

The Act sees London's theatreland hit Notting Hill with a live singing bar

Information: 16 March 2022

The people behind Soho's Freedom Bar and Soho Residence are heading west to Notting Hill for their next, The Act. As the name hints, it'll be a little more than a standard bar, being dubbed a...

Honey & Co are opening in Bloomsbury

Information: 15 March 2022

There was more than a little surprise when the news was revealed that Honey & Co was closing on Warren Street in April after 10 years. But now we have much better news, in that it's reopening fairly...

Test Driving Goddard & Gibbs - bringing seafood to Shoreditch

Information: 15 March 2022

Goddard & Gibbs is a new seafood spot in Shoreditch and part of the brand new One Hundred Shoreditch hotel. We went down to take a look.

Celebrate St Patrick’s Day with grass-fed Irish beef and Smith & Wollensky

Information: 15 March 2022

Head down to Smith & Wollensky in Covent Garden for a St Patrick's Day party to remember

Beaten by a Whisker is Walthamstow's new bakery and cafe

Information: 14 March 2022

Lucky old Walthamstow is the proud owner of a rather lovely new place to get baked goods from. Beaten by a Whisker is an artisan small-batch bakery which opened its doors just a few weeks back. The bakery...

Someday margarita, taco and pizza bar hits Finsbury Park

Information: 14 March 2022

Finsbury Park residents who've been watching the opening of all the new food and drink businesses at the station over the past few months may have been a little disappointed by how slightly...

Passyunk Avenue bring Philly Cheesesteaks to Leake Street in Waterloo

Information: 14 March 2022

14/3/22 - updated with opening news We've been fans of Philly cheesesteak masters Passyunk Avenue since they opened in Fitzrovia (and their delivery DIY kits are one of the best we've had) so the...

Chestnut Bakery expands to Covent Garden's Floral Street

Information: 14 March 2022

14/3/22 - updated with opening date Six months after taking over the old Dominique Ansel bakery in Belgravia, Chestnut Bakery are at it again. The bakery that's already created a stellar reputation for its...

Burger King opens a meat-free restaurant on Leicester Square

Information: 11 March 2022

We'd been hearing that Burger King were going to be trying something new with the reopening of their Leicester Square restaurant - and they've certainly done that, going completely meat-free. We've had...

Nightjar Carnaby sees the top bar go central

Information: 11 March 2022

Nightjar's original near Old Street has been long revered as one of London's greatest bars, and now its getting a sibling in Carnaby. Echoing the original as closely as they can, the decor will be...

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