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Stoney Street is the new Borough Market restaurant from 26 Grains

Information: 23 October 2019

They made their name with porridge, but the team behind 26 Grains has a much more varied menu at its Borough Market opening, Stoney Street. There will be a seasonal menu that adapts from breakfast...

High-end Japanese coffee % Arabica comes to London, opening in Covent Garden and Broadway market

Information: 23 October 2019

Following the launch of Omotesando in Fitzrovia, another high-end coffee shop % Arabica (not to be confused with the Levantine restaurant) has come to London. They're going one better than...

Taproom by Brixton Village will serve up a very local beer selection

Information: 23 October 2019

Just a few months after they opened their first space in Bethnal Green the Taproom Group are expanding to Brixton. Taproom by Brixton Village will follow the lead of the East London opening and...

Other Side Fried come to Brixton for their first permanent restaurant

Information: 22 October 2019

They started serving up fried chicken in Brixton five years ago and now Other Side Fried are back with a permanent restaurant under the arches.

Test Driving Arabica King's Cross - a place to return to again and again

Information: 22 October 2019

This Levantine-inspired all day space in King's Cross has a modern Middle Eastern menu you'll want to work your way through.

IT Ibiza comes to London, taking over a Mayfair gallery space

Information: 21 October 2019

Dinner, aperitivo, art and Balearic DJs arrive on the ever-changing Mayfair restaurant scene from Ibiza.

The very Christmassy Miracle is popping up again at the Henrietta Hotel

Information: 21 October 2019

Ready or not, we're starting to gear up for Christmas (and once 5 November is passed, be prepared for a deluge of Christmas fare). One very popular event that's back is also one of the kitschiest - the...

Italian and Japanese deli Vallebona pops up in Coal Drops Yard

Information: 21 October 2019

Interesting foodie news for anyone near King's Cross. Wonderful foodie store Vallebona has just opened a pop-up shop down at Coal Drops Yard. Run by Stefano Vallebona and his wife Naoko, the company -...

The Oystermen, Master Wei and Jamie Oliver all win in the OFM awards 2019

Information: 17 October 2019

Always one of the better food awards that happen at the tail end of the year, tonight was the turn of the Observer Food Monthly awards. As ever, they're awards which try to spread the love around...

Top chefs head up the Mayfair Literary Festival

Information: 17 October 2019

The upcoming Mayfair Literary Festival has a couple of events that London's foodies might want to get on their radar. 28 October The Fumoir at Claridge’s is the setting for a talk called “Tales from...

Mark Jarvis and Xavier Rousset take over Gunmakers in Marylebone

Information: 17 October 2019

Updated 13/1/19 with menu He may have left the sadly departed Neo Bistro and Stem behind (with Anglo still going strong), but Mark Jarvis has already started on his next venture. He's joined forces with...

Test Driving Decimo - classy high-rise dining in King's Cross

Information: 17 October 2019

He already has a Michelin star in Bristol and now Peter Sanchez-Iglesias has arrived in London, with the flagship restaurant Decimo at the top of The Standard hotel in King's Cross. We went down to...

Padella and Patty&Bun team up for a cacio e pepe pasta burger

Information: 16 October 2019

Every now and again there's a collaboration between restaurants that makes you stop in your tracks. Last week it was the bacon naan pizza from Dishoom and Pizza Pilgrims - and this week it's the...

Cahoots gets a new Ticket Hall and Control Room - all still set in the 1940s

Information: 16 October 2019

They already have a hidden 1940s immersive cocktail bar in a tube carriage - now Cahoots is about to grow. They're opening up two new spaces in Soho, keeping the 1940s theme - with a ground floor...

Four Legs at the Compton Arms launch their Sunday roast menu

Information: 16 October 2019

They've already secured a place in the London burger hall of fame, so it'll be interesting to see what Four Legs - the residency at Islington's Compton Arms - do with Sunday Roasts. Kicking off this...

Claude Bosi brings his own burger to the Bibendum Oyster Bar

Information: 16 October 2019

He already has two Michelin stars to his name at his eponymous restaurant and now Claude Bosi is getting into the burger business. If you were watching Snackmasters on Channel 4 last night, you...

Gordon Ramsay stealth opens a Bar and Grill on the old Maze Grill space

Information: 15 October 2019

This new restaurant from Ramsay is replacing the former Maze Grill on Grosvenor Square. This time it's an all-day restaurant where the focus is very much on steak.

London chefs win the Best Dressed Irish oyster competition for 2019

Information: 15 October 2019

Forget the Met Ball or Ascot, clearly the best dressed list you should be much more interested in is the Best Dressed Irish Oyster competition. Hot Dinners headed over to Wright Bros in Battersea...

Test Driving Norma - Sicilian excellence by Ben Tish

Information: 15 October 2019

Ben Tish has come to Fitzrovia with Norma, a Sicilian/Moorish restaurant that's been garnering a lot of praise. We head down to check it out for ourselves.

Zero-waste Silo comes to CRATE Brewery in Hackney after moving from Brighton

Information: 15 October 2019

One of the pioneers of the zero-waste Douglas McMaster is moving his Silo restaurant from Brighton to the first floor of the CRATE Brewery White Building. He'll be putting that zero-waste ethos into...

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