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Top chefs, restaurateur and bakers join forces for The Lamington Project

Information: 12 February 2020

Australia Day may be behind us, but fundraising efforts to help the firefighters and animal rescue workers dealing with the devastating Australian Bushfires are still ongoing. The latest tasty...

Santa Maria opens A Slice of Blue pizza pub in Clapton

Information: 12 February 2020

A team-up between the founders of Santa Maria and Firezza, this is bringing pizzas, beer and music under one roof in Clapton - creating a new-style pizza pub in the process.

Happy comes to London, taking over the old TGI Fridays Piccadilly space

Information: 11 February 2020

There's a new restaurant opening in the place of the big ex-TGI Friday's site in Piccadilly - it's Bulgarian chain Happy. They were set up in 1994, have 20 restaurants in Bulgaria and two more in...

Test Driving Muse - Tom Aikens gets intimate in Belgravia

Information: 11 February 2020

Tom Aikens pares things back for his latest restaurant, with the main emphasis on a counter dining experience. We head along for a look.

Peachy Goat will be a plant-based all day cafe and restaurant in Herne Hill

Information: 10 February 2020

Three childhood friends from South London are behind this new all day spot serving up plant-based food and inspired by their Italian and British backgrounds.

Hotbox opens Chingon, a Mexican restaurant in Hatch End

Information: 10 February 2020

The people behind Hotbox have changed their Hatch End Chuck Burgers site into a Mexican taqueria called Chingon, with tacos, tostadas and more on the menu.

Mozzasando is Alan Yau's sando bar in South Kensington

Information: 10 February 2020

10/2/19 - updated with opening info It truly is the time of the sando. We've had the trailblazers Ta Ta Eatery (and Tou) and recently seen the opening of Yatai at Market Hall - and now it's the turn...

Marcus Wareing puts an epic pithivier on his Sunday roast menu

Information: 07 February 2020

There are definitely some pictures that don't need more than a handful of words to go with them and this is one of them. All you need to know is that this braised ox cheek pithivier is going to be...

Pizza Pilgrims and The Cheese bar team up for the 5-cheese La Fonduta

Information: 07 February 2020

Pizza Pilgrims do have the habit of putting on specials that look particularly tempting and this latest collaboration is no exception. They've teamed up with The Cheese Bar (the people behind the...

Cookdaily are bringing their vegan bowls back to Boxpark Shoreditch

Information: 07 February 2020

His London Fields restaurant may have closed, but King Cook is bringing Cookdaily back to Boxpark in Shoreditch (where it first started back in 2015), serving up his acclaimed vegan bowls. That'll be...

Nobu set wheels in motion to close their Mayfair restaurant

Information: 06 February 2020

It's had more footballers and A-listers dining it than almost any other restaurant in town, but that hasn't prevented Nobu from taking the decision to close their Mayfair restaurant. According to a...

Test Driving Wild Tavern - Goodman Restaurants go Italian in Chelsea

Information: 06 February 2020

The people behind Goodman and Beast have come to Chelsea with an Italian restaurant that celebrates seafood, pasta, steak and more. We head over to Chelsea for a look ourselves.

Northern Thai restaurant Talad pops up in Chelsea

Information: 06 February 2020

It's not often we have an interesting restaurant opening to tell you about down in Chelsea, but new Thai spot Talad seems to be a welcome exception. It's what's being dubbed a 'perma pop-up' so the...

Padella is coming to Phipp Street in Shoreditch

Information: 05 February 2020

Updated 5/2/20 with the opening date. They're famed for having London's longest queue (and a recent visit confirmed, yes it is a very long wait at peak times) so Borough's fresh pasta restaurant...

Bryn Williams at Somerset House is serving up zero food mile mushroom dishes

Information: 05 February 2020

Over at Somerset House, there's a lovely mashup of art and food going on this spring. Tying in with the new exhibition, Mushrooms: The Art, Design and Future of Fungi, chef Bryn Williams has come up...

Test Driving Oklava Bakery and Wine - bakery by day, top level wine bar by night

Information: 04 February 2020

The restaurant formerly known as Kyseri is now Oklava Bakery + Wine - and we think Fitzrovia residents and workers are going to find this new incarnation to their taste.

Gymkhana has reopened following a major refurb

Information: 04 February 2020

4/2/20- Updated with exclusive opening news. It closed after a fire, but one of London's most popular restaurants is back. They've taken time to renovate the restaurant while it's been closed, too...

BIRD have brought their fried chicken to Brixton's Electric Avenue

Information: 03 February 2020

Is there room in Brixton for more fried chicken? The folk at BIRD are hoping so, as they've just opened their sixth restaurant, on Electric Avenue. The latest branch has room for 40 fried chicken...

Le Bun teams up with Madison for duck and dessert burgers

Information: 03 February 2020

Le Bun's latest collaboration is here and they're trying something quite different. This time they're teaming up with Madison (the bar that overlooks St Paul's) for two new specials which are on for...

Michelin-starred restaurant The Square is shut down during lunch service

Information: 01 February 2020

Bad news from Mayfair this morning as details are filtering in about the shock closure of Michelin-starred restaurant The Square yesterday. We were alerted to the news by industry website The Staff...

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