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This is a turn up for the books. You don't normally think of Shaftesbury Avenue when you're looking for a cool place to drink in the West End. But a new dive bar being opened by the Boxer brothers, Frank...

It was a casualty of the various lockdowns but the good news is that, from today, the St John bacon sandwich is back. One of London's top ways to start the day has returned to the menu at St John...

The Little Door company have been a big hit in Notting Hill with The Little Yellow Door (as well as having opened Little Orange Door in Clapham and the Little Blue Door in Fulham). Now they're...

There's one obvious USP at the wine bar opening up at the new five star Westin London City - the view. Hithe + Seek is right on the river with amazing views across the Thames to the Tate Modern and...

You may have come across Coravin before - they are behind those special machines that can serve glasses of wine while keeping the bottle sealed up so it stays fresh. They've appeared in a number of...

  Yes, London is gearing up for Christmas and Selfridges has two impressive-sounding food and drink spaces on the way for the festive season.  First up is the Selfridges Christmas Market, once again taking...

City workers looking for a new place to have a business lunch or after work catch up should try out new French brasserie Gazette which has just opened up off Chancery Lane in the old Vanilla Black...

  Next up from the Barworks, the people behind Mare Street Market is Gas Station, taking over a prominent corner of King's Cross. 

Updated 15/10/21 with menu and opening date With Allegra at The Stratford getting such good reviews, the owners of new Stratford spot The Gantry London will be hoping for similar success. Their new...

Updated 14/10/21 with opening date He has stores worldwide from Miami to Moscow, but now interior designer Timothy Oulton has returned back to the UK to open his first pub. The Chelsea Pig is a bit...

The arrival of luxe new hotel The Londoner on Leicester Square aims to transform the area's lacklustre reputation. We went to check it out.

14/10/21 - updated with the opening date Late last year, the people behind Japan Centre opened Heddon Yokocho, their spin-off ramen bar on Heddon Street. It must have been a success because they...

Their cars are all about world-class design and luxury, so we suppose it makes sense that one of the diffusion lines Porsche is working on right now is a hotel group. In an announcement yesterday, the car...

If you're hoping to broaden your view on wine and maybe break a little bit of out your comfort zone, then the arrival of new Islington wine bar and shop Must & Lees is for you. Newly-opened on...

Million Pound Menu winning chef Jay Morjaria has opened a pastrami sandwich restaurant in Carnaby. We head down to check out the sandwiches.

Hanover Square is getting a very impressive-sounding new restaurant in the shape of The Maine. It's part of a full redevelopment of a 18th-century Georgian townhouse, so it's going to look pretty...

A well known London chef and cookbook author has been accused of plagiarism by a New York chef. Elizabeth Haigh, who runs Mei Mei in Borough Market, published her first book Makan this summer...

Popular Heddon Street restaurant Fallow is on the move. Having started out life as a 12 week pop-up at 10 Heddon Street back in 2020 (and then extended well beyond that), they've finally found a...

The people behind Kensington's Latin American restaurant Zuaya and Como Garden, the Italian restaurant next door, are looking to Spain for inspiration for their next restaurant, El Norte. This time...

Updated 8/10/21 with menu details Langan's Brasserie was one of the true legends of the London dining scene, with the restaurant being the place to be seen at back in the 70s and 80s. Originally...