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Test Driving Blacklock Shoreditch - the one with its own bar

Information: 13 December 2018

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.

London Irish Centre opens shop selling crisps, curry sauce and Barry's Tea

Information: 12 December 2018

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 is back in London with a crowdfunded Maltby Street restaurant

Information: 11 December 2018

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...

Other Side Fried are opening a takeaway chicken kiosk at Leicester Square

Information: 11 December 2018

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,...

Test Driving Lino London - industrial chic in EC1

Information: 11 December 2018

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

Homeboy Bar brings Irish food, drink and cheer to Islington's Essex Road

Information: 10 December 2018

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.

Maison Bleue Canteen is the nearby sister cafe to Islington's Maison d'Etre

Information: 10 December 2018

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...

Din Tai Fung hits London - how did London respond?

Information: 07 December 2018

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...

Hawksmoor's Dream Team Dinner brings out the big guns for 2019

Information: 07 December 2018

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...

Shola is bringing Pakistani food to White City Place

Information: 06 December 2018

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

The Halal Guys sees another US import coming to London

Information: 06 December 2018

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.

Test Driving Roe - a serious seafood treat at Pop Brixton

Information: 06 December 2018

We take a tour around the British and Irish coast at this small seafood spot with serious ambition at Pop Brixton.

The Fellowship and Star will see historic South London pub get a multi million makeover

Information: 06 December 2018

The pub where Henry Cooper used to train and where Clapton used to play is being given a multi-million pound makeover by Electric Star Group pubs.

Ex Pitt Cue chef heads up Quite Nice Wines' Cassoulet Nights pop-up in Hackney

Information: 05 December 2018

It's most definitely the time of year where everyone's searching for something seriously hearty to eat - and a month-long pop-up in Hackney aims to provide just that. Cassoulet Nights - as the name...

We stop by Dandelyan, The World’s Best bar, to sample their final cocktail menu

Information: 04 December 2018

In case you hadn’t already heard, Dandelyan - recently crowned World’s Best Bar 2018 - is set to close in March 2019. We stopped by to check out their fifth and final menu.

As Dinner by Heston reopens after the fire, we check out some of the new dishes being served up

Information: 04 December 2018

After six long months following the fire at the Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park, Dinner by Heston Blumenthal is finally ready to reopen. We caught up with Chef Director Ashley Palmer-Watts to find out...

Test Driving Goods Office - a hidden-away surprise in Stroud Green

Information: 04 December 2018

Having moved on from Season and Gilly's Fish Bar, North London restaurateur Neil Gill has partnered with local Emma Rigby to open this Stroud Green neighbourhood hub.

It's Pleat at Westfield London is Swedish clothing giant's first UK cafe

Information: 03 December 2018

Clothing giant H&M choose London for their new cafe concept's first opening outside of Sweden.

Bao and Bing is serving up Taiwanese street-market food in Marylebone

Information: 03 December 2018

This addition to Marylebone is inspired by the street-markets of Taiwan, and there's quite a lot more to it than bao buns (but they appear too). Expect waffle-like wheelcakes made to order and...

Jason Atherton to open H.O.M.E. 16-seat restaurant right next to Pollen Street Social

Information: 03 December 2018

Jason Atherton did a lengthy interview with Squaremeal talking about everything from an upcoming refurb of Pollen Street Social to the hunt for a new location for Sosharu. But there was one snippet...

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