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The Good Food Guide have announced the top UK restaurants and winners of their annual awards with sixteen of London’s top restaurants making it into the Top 50 of the 2017 guide. While top spot went to...

Yes - that really is a pink pizza. Holloway Road’s recently opened Neopolitan pizzeria Zia Lucia will launch their pink pizza this Autumn for Breast Cancer Awareness month which runs throughout...

There's change afoot at Brewdog's Islington outpost - Dog Eat Dog is becoming Punk Kitchen, a new home for rotating pop-ups. Every month they'll be hosting someone new in their kitchen and they're...

Hot Dinners Exclusive It seems fitting that we have more burger news the day before National Burger Day. We just had word that Patty&Bun have confirmed that they're opening their next place on...

Fumo is a big new restaurant is coming to town from the people behind Signor Sassi and Cicchetti. They've already opened in Birmingham and Manchester - now they're coming to London. It's also the...

BBQ restaurant Bodean's is on a mission to expand to all areas of London and the next on their list is Muswell Hill. They're taking over from the old Giraffe for the latest BBQ outpost.  As for what...

It's nearly time for National Burger Day - where places all over town will have 20% off burgers all...day...long. So you might as well start planning now for a burger-centric day. 

22/8/16 - updated with more details about the opening The Queen's not the only notable 90th birthday this year, as venerable Soho institution Quo Vadis is getting ready to celebrate its own 90th...

Updated 13/9/16 with drink details A whole bunch of rum cocktails are coming to Duke Street with the latest from the people behind Opium. Called Burlock (and briefly also Plantation), the basement bar is...

There's a new night market coming to Islington Green this Saturday - and every Saturday after that too. So if you're in Islington and need a street food fix, this will be the place to go, running...

We do love a Crosstown special doughnut, and it sounds like this month's will be no exception. This is the Sipsmith London Cup & Lemon doughnut - which sees them joining up with the London...

So Robert De Niro has just been given the go-ahead to open his first hotel in London (his third after New York and the Philippines). Here's what you need to know about it. It's in Covent Garden -...

Updated 21/8/16 with soft launch details The people behind the May Fair Kitchen and May Fair Bar are branching out further, with a new Peruvian (with a little touch of Mediterranean) restaurant...

There are a number of face-offs in town, like the Scotch Egg Challenge and Croquetas Challenge, and now it's the return of the Slider Decider - the bun challenge. It is what it sounds like - chefs...

Good news for Camden burger lovers, Lucky Chip is heading your way. They're taking on a residency at the new Camden Assembly - a brand new music venue that's opening there.  So if you're there for...

It's all change at this Islington brasserie with a new menu and a new terrace

Brunch continues to be a Big Thing in London restaurants, so the arrival of a new all-day brunch spot should go down very well. Over Easy is from the same people behind Opium and Salvador and Amanda and...

Here's hoping you've already been on your holidays, because the news we're about to bring you will be a death blow to any attempts at a beach body . For five days next week there's a sweet pie...

Down in Deptford the food scene is going great guns - and now there's a cracking new gastropub to entice locals. The Brookmill, which opens just after the August bank holiday, is the sister pub to...

16/8/16 - updated with an opening date and LOTS more of the menu. We unashamedly LOVE Chick 'n' Sours. Everything we've had there from the AMAZING Szechuan aubergine dish to the massive deep fried...