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We're assured that this isn't a very late April's Fool. Instead, South London food hall Market Place Vauxhall is getting in on the two big London trends - having a dog and splitting the G - for...

9/4/25 - updated with a look at the store It's been a while since we've had a mad pop-up in Soho, but this next one certainly qualifies. It comes from KitKat and, for reasons which we can't quite...

It's clear that Kricket is on the expansion trail because, hot on the heels of their Canary Wharf and Shoreditch openings, they're already planning their next restaurant in Covent Garden.  At this point few...

The last year has seen a fair bit of upheaval over on Pollen Street. First Jason Atherton announced he was turning his Michelin-starred flagship restaurant into burger bar Mary's. That duly opened, with...

Following the recently opened Tatar Bunar, another new Ukrainian restaurant is coming to London. Sino comes from Polina Sychova and chef Eugene Korolev, the latter who has worked at Michelin-starred...

9/4/25 - updated with new pics and an opening date You may have spotted videos on your social (or maybe it's just our algorithm) of a rise in London pubs offering proper sing songs, whether that's trad...

For the past seven years they've been serving up top class sushi on the South Bank. But now the owners of Hannah at County Hall are switching things up a bit, according to Code Hospitality...

Around this time last year, Jason Atherton announced the closure of his (then) flagship restaurant Pollen Street Social. A few months later, in August, that restaurant was given a light do-over and...

If you've been around Piccadilly Square recently, perhaps on your way to The Devonshire right around the corner, you may have seen that Black Tap Burger is incoming. Not familiar with them? Let us...

We have to admit that when we received the information on The Orangery on 1 April we did initially put this down as an intricate April Fool. But it turns out that there really is a new restaurant...

4/4/25 - updated with opening details It's been planned a while, but a big change for Fulham is now imminent.  Fulham Pier is a big new riverside add-on behind the brand new Riverside stand of...

Covent Garden has a new pub, but this isn't any ordinary pub. It's a little slice of Cornwall come to town, themed with The Curious Case of Benjamin Button play currently on at The Ambassadors...

Somewhat out of the blue and with little fanfare, a German bakery and cafe has made its debut in London. Zeit für Brot (translated as "time for bread") has a number of bakeries across Germany. Over...

They already run a sushi restaurant at the top of the building, now the Knightsbridge cafe CLAP London (we feel we've pretty much exhausted jokes on that name) has taken over the ground floor too...

1/4/25 - updated with more details and the opening date. Last year, chef Claude Bosi, together with his wife Lucy, opened French bouchon Josephine in Chelsea to rave reviews. It was, however, for...

Updated 12pm 1/4/25 - we know we've tricked a fair few of you, who've started following Butter on Insta, but this was our 2025 April Fool and one to add to our long line of April Fool's Day jokes...