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Tate Gallery under pressure to close Rex Whistler restaurant due to racist imagery in its mural

Information: 05 August 2020

This morning, MP Diane Abbott joined hundreds of people calling on The Tate Gallery to close or move its famous Rex Whistler restaurant. The restaurant's key selling point is the wrap-around mural by...

Vas J Morgan and his sister Bianca open The Broadway restaurant and bar in Muswell Hill

Information: 05 August 2020

Magazine editor, former TOWIE cast member and general man about town Vas J Morgan turned up to open his new Muswell Hill Restaurant. The Broadway had its opening party over the weekend, bringing in...

Club Tropicana sees By Chloe and Club Cultured team up in Clapham for a vegan pop-up

Information: 05 August 2020

A new vegan pop-up is on the way for August. it's a team-up between By Chloe (vegan fast food) and Club Cultured who are all about fermentation and tempeh - a traditional Indonesian plant-based...

Andi Oliver and Fred Sirieix team up for One Love restaurant pop up in Clapton

Information: 05 August 2020

They made a great team when they co-presented from Marrakech in the BBC show Remarkable Places to Eat. Now Fred Siriex and Andy Oliver are joining forces for a one month pop-up in East London. One Love will...

Wingmans are bringing their gourmet chicken wings to Soho

Information: 05 August 2020

There may be a lot of restaurants reopening at the moment - but we're also seeing brand new additions to the scene. One of them is Wingmans who, as you might guess from the name, specialise in...

James Knappett's two-Michelin starred Kitchen Table starts delivering - and gets ready for a big refurb

Information: 04 August 2020

Changes are afoot at The Kitchen Table. The two-Michelin starred restaurant is essentially one big kitchen counter for communal eating. That's been great up until now - but doesn't quite work with the...

Test Driving The Ninth's home delivery - Jun Tanaka brings his pain perdu to you

Information: 04 August 2020

Jun Tanaka delivers the best of his menu to your home. We give it a try.

MM Caffe is an alfresco cafe from Mercato Mayfair, just off Oxford Street

Information: 04 August 2020

They've already achieved a pretty impressive makeover of nearby Grade 1 listed St Mark's and now Mercato Metropolitano have gone outside to Brown Hart Gardens, the raised garden area just in front...

Corbin & King are going to reopen Bellanger in Islington

Information: 04 August 2020

28/7/20 - Updated with opening date Almost a year ago, we reported that Corbin & King's Islington outpost, Bellanger, was to close. At the time we posited that the restaurant's Alsace menu wasn't...

India's biggest TV chef has just opened The Yellow Chilli in Wembley

Information: 03 August 2020

India's best-known TV chef has just opened the first of his restaurants here in the UK. Sanjeev Kapoor has his own TV channel in India, has published over 200 cookery books and has a slew of...

Cuca, the Cuban supperclub, is popping up in Ealing

Information: 03 August 2020

Cuban supperclub Cuca is getting ready for a series of supperclubs every Thursday in August. Set up by Luís Gonzalez-Castro, it's named after his grandmother in Miami and the menu is filled with...

Sam’s Larder is Hammersmith's hot new deli

Information: 03 August 2020

Hammersmith folk have a hot new deli. Sam's Larder will open officially on Crisp Road tomorrow as an extension of nearby Sam's Riverside restaurant. The shop will stock all the fresh and store...

All you need to know about Eat Out to Help Out, saving money at London restaurants

Information: 01 August 2020

When does the promotion run? Every Monday - Wednesday in August. (So that's actually 3-26 August). What discount can I get in the Eat Out to Help Out scheme? It's 50% off food and drink (excluding...

Shake Shack are launching a ShackBurger DIY kit

Information: 31 July 2020

The latest burger joint to get into the DIY kit game is none other than US import Shake Shack. They've pulled together a kit which lets you recreate a ShackBurger at home - and that means it also...

The Nook wine bar and deli opens in Islington, taking over from Linden Stores

Information: 31 July 2020

With people not heading into the centre of London to work, neighbourhood bars and restaurants are getting a lot more attention - and this new opening in our own local area caught our attention. The...

Where you've been dining out in London's reopened restaurants (31 July)

Information: 31 July 2020

With London restaurants back up and running. we've pulled together the best of your dining-of Instagram shots.

Donna Sofia sees Highbury's Da Mario deli opening its first restaurant

Information: 31 July 2020

Over the many, boring weeks of lockdown, we spent a lot of time on our daily prescribed walk going past the old Dear Pizza spot on Highbury Barn, wondering what new restaurant was opening there. Now we know...

Dominique Ansel is closing both his bakery and Treehouse in London

Information: 30 July 2020

Another big name restaurant closure hits London today. We'd already been hearing rumblings, and today trade title Big Hospitality this morning revealed that Dominique Ansel will be closing both his...

Mao Chow is coming to Mortimer House for a vegan Chinese pop-up

Information: 30 July 2020

Before the lockdown, Mortimer House was already the host of a number of highly rated pop-ups and supperclubs. Now, as things inch back to normality, they're starting their residencies again, kicking off...

Bleecker team with Neil Rankin for a Symplicity veggie burger

Information: 29 July 2020

Bleecker, still one of our favourite burgers in town, have been pretty busy over the past few weeks. After opening their stores, they then kicked off a home delivery service of cheeseburger kits...

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