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Ever since he opened in London Ansel's bakery has been packed - so expect fans to follow him here to Covent Garden, particularly if there's a new menu of cakes to try.

A nine-month renovation and a new chef make for an entirely new offering on one of London’s most famous streets as Cheyne Walk Brasserie becomes No. Fifty Cheyne.t

British curry house favourites are re-imagined in plant-based form by street food favourite SpiceBox.

James Erasmus - who comes via the Harwood Arms and the Ledbury - is offering a monthly-changing set menu drawing on his South African heritage and seasonal British produce.

London's Rathbone Square will be the first European opening for this cool coffee chain which originated as a one man spot in Tokyo. 

  You'd have thought the New York Times would have known by now how Londoners react to negative press about them. Earlier on this year, a travel writer for the newspaper provoked widespread trolling...

Time Out have been planning a food market in London for some time. Now they've finally settled on Waterloo with a huge area of food and drink planned. 

From humble beginnings in 2011 to a Soho institution, Spuntino charmed Londoners with their American-inspired small plates and counter dining. Now, they’re taking things in a slightly different...

Two Brixton locals, with one foot in Italy and the other in south London, are opening a neighbourhood spot on Brixton Water Lane serving up a range of Tuscan treats.

Blacklock's third restaurant, in Shoreditch, turns out to be a light-filled dining room with a cracking cocktail list as well as all manner of meat treats. 

As any London-based Irish person knows, any trip home is always used to fill your roll-on Ryanair suitcase with as much Tayto, Clonakilty and Barry's Tea as you can squeeze in to take back to...

Dandy Cafe is coming back! Now Dandy Cafe and restaurant, they've kicked off a crowdfunding campaign to launch a new permanent restaurant on Maltby Street. And they'll have their own brewery too...

They've been popping up everywhere from Camden to Brixton, but now the team behind fried chicken stall Other Side Fried are getting ready to open in the heart of London. Just before Christmas,...

An ex-Dairy head chef leads Lino, an all-day bar and restaurant beside St Bart's. We head down for a look.  

Expect Irish food, drink and hospitality at this Islington bar which is serving up everything from cocktails featuring Barry's Tea to curry chips and Tayto crisps.

One of Islington's most popular cafés is Maison d'Etre, just on the opposite side of Highbury Corner from the station (right next to another Islington fave, Black Axe Mangal). They've been doing...

This week, leaving it right up to the last minute, one of the year's biggest openings happened. After much anticipation, Din Tai Fung opened in Covent Garden. Here's how it went...

You've got to hand it to Hawksmoor - when they say they're bringing a top brigade together for their annual Dream Team Dinner they've really nailed it this year. The five course feast in aid of...

Aida Khan brings the Karachi cooking from her Shola supper club to White City for her first restaurant, celebrating Pakistani food. 

They've been around for 27 years to date and expanded across the US. Now America's Halal Guys are bringing their gyros and platters to London.