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No, your eyes are not deceiving you - Bird have finally decided to combine the two things they do best, doughnuts and fried chicken. This is the Fried Chicken Doughnut. That's fried chicken (in a...

One emerging trend we're starting to see coming to restaurants and cafes is the Freakshake. What is that, you may ask? It's a new Australian import that is, as far as we can see, what happens when...

There's change a-coming to St John Bread and Wine in Spitalfields. When it opened 10 years ago, it was originally the space where the St John group produced all their baked goodness, but that's all...

One time, the only pubs in London you'd find serving breakfast would be those next to the key markets like Smithfields. But now Fuller's Ale and Pie pubs will all be open serving the most important meal of...

There's a rather beautiful new wine bar opening in Dalston next week by the name of Acqua7. The brainchild of Dalston native Cyrus Cookson, it's all white walls and oak counter and will be open all...

We head to the site of Turnmills for the latest of Terence Conran's Albions - much more than just a simple restaurant. 

Muriel's Kitchen is already doing pretty well with its restaurants in Soho, Richmond and South Ken - and now they're about to try something else, the takeaway market.  They're launching MK by...

We're big fans of Soho's Blanchette, so it's good news indeed to learn that they're heading eastwards for their next venture called, appropriately, Blanchette East. This time, they're opening on...

They've already had big success with 100 Hoxton and now they're doing the same in Islington. The people behind Zilouf's are launching a makeover of that Islington restaurant which will soon become...

We've always been meaning to make a visit to Dead Rabbit when we head to New York - it is no 2 on the World's 50 Best Bars list, after all. But now Dead Rabbit has come to London instead - it's just...

A slightly bizarre pop-up is hitting town, all based on the fictional house (and home comforts) of the a Miss Jones. "Keeping Up With The Jones" is being sponsored by Whirlpool and Bang & Olufsen so you...

Coming to Westfield Stratford next week, there's a new place to get your doughnut fix, as Crosstown land there for an eight-week pop-up. They're in the World Food Court on the 1st floor where you'll be...

It's just become the highest new entry on the World's 50 Best restaurants. We take a look at a different way to try the Clove Club - their cocktail matching experience. 

Stone baked pizzas and Hackney gelato - a little slice of East London cool hits Finsbury Park with the Yard Sale opening

Hot Dinners Exclusive. Since originally popping up as a Shoreditch residency, Flat Iron have gone on to become very big indeed. Best known for their affordable steaks, they've been a big hit all...

There's something about the English season that you've gotta love - mostly it involves folk roaming around a field, muddy as hell, clutching something alcoholic and searching for food. Happily at...

Forget heading to Spain this summer, it's coming to London instead. Hot on the heels of our story yesterday about Basque restaurant group Sagardi opening in Shoreditch comes news that the the chefs...

Best known for setting up successful pop-up events cooking Bengali cuisine at home, Shrimoyee Chakraborty is now getting ready to open her first permanent spot, Calcutta Street, in Fitzrovia.  There are two sides...

A new French bistro has come to Hoxton backed by people with pretty impressive bar experience. They're the ones behind bars Happiness Forgets and Original Sin, Alastair Burgess and Chris Smith...

We try out Bunyadi - a restaurant where everything is natural. Including the naked diners...