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Cafe Beam settles on Muswell Hill for its next opening

Information: 20 June 2022

The cafe scene in North London got a boost last week when boutique cafe group Beam announced that their next opening would be in Muswell Hill. If you haven't come across them before (they have...

Birdies brings crazy golf (and burgers) to Islington

Information: 17 June 2022

It was only going to be a matter of time before crazy golf came to Islington and now it's finally arrived as the latest Birdies gets ready to open in Angel Central. Coming from the same people as...

Hot 4 U 's new residency is Beak at The Haggerston

Information: 17 June 2022

Hot 4 U at the Prince Arthur very recently got a rave review from Marina O'Loughlin before moving on to get ready for their new restaurant. But while they gear up for that, they've started something...

Wendy's are bringing their burgers to Camden Town

Information: 16 June 2022

16/6/22 - Updated with the opening date The American fast-food juggernaut is kicking things into a higher gear over the next year. We already have Five Guys all over the place, Popeye's has just...

Isibani brings West African dining to Knightsbridge

Information: 16 June 2022

A Hot Dinners exclusive London's growing West African restaurant scene is getting bigger with new restaurant Isibani, heading to Knightsbridge. Set up by Anthony Douglas Chuka and Abdul Malik...

Test Driving Provisions Wine Bar on Holloway Road - the return of a real neighbourhood gem

Information: 16 June 2022

Provisions on Holloway Road has reopened its wine bar for the first time since the lockdowns. We went to try their amazing charcuterie boards and wines by the glass.

Ex-Palomar chef Tomer Amedi is back in London overseeing Pascor in Kensington

Information: 16 June 2022

Last year we reported on the opening of Pascor, a new Kensington restaurant specialising in Aegean cuisine. While the name remains the same, pretty much everything else is about to change. The key...

The "mostly vegan" Tendril returns - popping up near Regent Street

Information: 15 June 2022

After a popular (and much extended) pop-up at The Sun and 13 Cantons, chef Rishim Sachdeva is bringing back Tendril for another pop-up (with a permanent restaurant to come too). The new pop-up will be...

James Cochran is opening Valderrama's on Islington's Upper Street - a sports bar with fried chicken

Information: 15 June 2022

James Cochran is adding a new venture to Upper Street Islington (his restaurant 12:51 is just up the road) but this time it's quite different to his previous place. He's opening a sports bar called...

Maria G's is Robin Gill's seasonal Italian restaurant in Kensington

Information: 15 June 2022

15/6/22 - updated with the opening date and menu details Robin Gill (Darby's, Bermondsey Larder, Sorella) is heading west for his next opening, Italian restaurant Maria G's. This restaurant will be...

Rarebit restaurant, bar and shop comes to Elephant & Castle

Information: 15 June 2022

15/6/22 - updated with opening details If you’ve been keeping an eye on the new Sayer Street development of the already burgeoning Elephant Park area of London’s revamped Elephant & Castle, then we...

Test Driving Boundary - a Shoreditch cafe gets a massive makeover

Information: 14 June 2022

Boundary in Shoreditch has had one hell of a makeover, transforming what was its Albion cafe into an elegant new British brasserie and bar. We went to check it out.

Shuk serves up Tel Aviv street food at the Seven Dials Market in Covent Garden

Information: 14 June 2022

Fresh from the success of having won this year's Croquetas Challenge, the team at Tel Aviv street food spot Shuk are getting ready to open their second London location. This week seems them heading to...

Ynyshir voted as the UK's best restaurant (with Brat at no. 3) - see the top 100 here

Information: 13 June 2022

Gareth Ward's Ynyshir in Wales has long been a highly-praised restaurant and now it's finally made its way right to the top of the 100 restaurants picked for this year's National Restaurant Awards. Last...

Roxanne is a hip-hop speakeasy from the Dirty Bones team in Shoreditch

Information: 13 June 2022

The people behind Dirty Bones have something very different planned for their next opening. They're about to open a hip hop speakeasy in Shoreditch called Roxanne (which happens to be just around...

Zoom East Sicilian kitchen comes to Whitechapel

Information: 13 June 2022

The relatively new Hyatt Place London City East hotel (it opened mid-2021) has just opened its main restaurant. Called Zoom East, it's billed as a Sicilian Kitchen & Bar with Sicilian chef Vittorio...

Highgate's Bottle wine shop expands to become a licensed cafe too

Information: 10 June 2022

Back in the dark days of the lockdowns, we happened about Bottle - a lovely wine shop in Highgate that seemed to stock some particularly good wines and beers. Now we hear that they've just expanded into...

TikTok favourite Bun House opens in Camden Market's Hawley Wharf

Information: 10 June 2022

They're already a viral sensation for their Cantonese steamed buns, now Chinatown's Bun House are getting ready to bring those buns north to Camden. Opening today in the Hawley Wharf food hall,...

Tatale to open first permanent restaurant at the Africa Centre in Southwark

Information: 10 June 2022

Updated 10/6/22 with interior pics He's already been popping up around London with his supper clubs, but now chef Akwasi Brenya-Mensa is getting ready to open Tatale as a permanent restaurant,...