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Updated 5/5/16 with launch offer There's a lot of activity going on in Exmouth Market. Hard on the heels of Dirty Burger, Pizza Pilgrims and Macellaio RC all opening, comes Cielo Blanco. The Mexican...

Nest up at Herne' Hill's Lido Cafe are streetfood stars Le Bao - and they've got some great sounding steamed buns to offer at the poolside cafe (with weather than you might actually consider a dip...

There's a new restaurant on the way to Shoreditch coming from Magnus Reid, best known as the former chef at The Rooftop Cafe at London Bridge. He's just about to open Legs, a restaurant that sees...

Two fish and chip stories in as many days? Who'd have thought the chippy would be a 2016 trend for London? Following hard on the heels of yesterday's story about new Notting Hill opening The...

East London pub Hector & Noble is opening up a BBQ and Spritz Bar for the summer called Pinchy's and the menu looks rather enticing. The weekend garden pop-up fetures all manner of crustacea on the...

There's a new Mediterranean restaurant coming to Marylebone this month, and it's from the man who set up 28:50 and Texture, Xavier Rousset. Here's what you can expect from the place... The...

There's a new chippy coming to Notting Hill - and it's one you might recognise from Soho. The Chipping Forecast (we do like a good restaurant pun) is opening a permanent restaurant after being a...

The rooftop dining scene on Oxford Street is already ramping up for summer with the opening of Notch on 5 May. But now we're hearing of another roof scene that looks set to dominate the street's...

Love pretty much EVERYTHING about this story. So this is a bit of an advance heads-up but in July for one day only, Bob Bob Ricard's famous Press for Champagne buttons are getting a makeover. On...

 This historical hostelry is a must for anyone who likes their steak

We make a return trip to Chiltern Firehouse to find out what Nuno Mendes is cooking on his new wood grill.

London's noodle lovers just got another place to try with new noodle bar, Tang, opening over by Tottenham Court Road today. Here's what you need to know about it. It's a place your own order noodle...

Once again, for the whole of May, Shake Shack is teaming up with Auction Against Hunger which will get you money off shakes if you donate to the VERY worthy cause. Just donate £2 to the charity when...

There's a new burger joint on the way to Spitalfields - and this one coming from the same people behind the just-up-the-road BBQ joint HotBox. They've been serving up these burgers at Hawker House...

We've already covered the imminent opening of The Breakfast Club and Gotto (from the folk at Mele e Pere) as part of the continued ongoing development of the Olympic Park. Now we've found out more...

So this sounds like a must-have ticket come the summer. Take an iconic London building (in this case the Serpentine Sackler gallery), set up a huge outside table and invite some of London's best...

It's been such a London institution that it comes as something as a surprise that the Ivy has never served breakfast in the almost 100 years that it's been around. But that's about to change very...

Well it's fair to say that Tom Sellers' new venture, Restaurant Ours, burst on to the London scene with one helluva party last night. Hot Dinners somehow managed to slip past the bouncers and hordes...

A new restaurant and wine bar, C'Alice in coming to Fulham next month. If you, like us, were wondering just how to pronounce that, it's "Kah-Lee-Che" - a mix of the Italian for chalice and one of...

The latest burger to come from MEATliquor really is something with a difference. They're teaming up with St John and Fergus Henderson to create a VERY limited edition Brain Burger.  Available in...