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  Earlier this year, Waterloo rooftop venue Bar Elba closed, but that's not the end for one of the few rooftop spaces in this area. It's being reborn as Circe's. Taking over the rooftop of Mercury...

15/4/24 - updated with full details He stepped away from D&D in 2022 (he was one of the Ds) and now Des Gunewardena has announced his first solo venture - which is a pretty big one.  He's launching not...

The past few weeks have not been good ones for Gordon Ramsay. Having seen his Camden gastropub closing due to a legal dispute over its lease, the chef is now dealing with squatters at the York and...

Updated 15/4/24 with opening date London's boutique bakery boom shows no signs of a downturn. We first became aware of Astrid Bakery during lockdown. Run by former fashion journalist Charlotte O'Kelly...

A Bar with Shapes for a Name (🔶🟥🔵) has earned a reputation for being one of the best bars in London, which occasionally makes it a little tough to grab a table/stool inside. But if you've been...

Updated 11/4/23 with the opening date Italian food purists keep scrolling, because what we're about to write may trigger you. A new cafe is opening in Peckham that will be embracing the...

Their most recent opening was in Paddington and although Temper are staying in the west for their next, it's going to be quite a different beast. They're taking the lead from their cheeseburger taco...

If you're ever wondering what the sign of a hot restaurant is going to be in advance then look no further than the upcoming return of chef Kirk Haworth's Plates restaurant. The Great British Menu...

If you like being at the cutting edge of bakery viraldom, then you'll want to know about the arrival of the Parisian pastry sensation, the crookie, in London. Here's where to find it. 

There's been some debate recently on what makes a neighbourhood restaurant. However, we figure that if you've spent the past decade living somewhere, that's surely got to count for something. And...

It's been a year of pretty high-profile restaurant closures, particularly in the famous chef/high-end side of things. We've already had the closure of Marcus Wareing's Marcus and Michel Roux's Le...

Three restaurants in three years - restaurateurs Kevin Cheong and Keng Yew Leong have been busy building their Chinatown empire. In 2022 they opened The Eight - a Hong Kong-style cafe. At the...

The closure of Michel Roux's Le Gavroche earlier this year was something of a shock for fans of the restaurant. That had followed the closure of the chef's Roux at the Landau (at the Langham), which has...

It's fair to say that the critics weren't fans of the Batman-themed restaurant, Park Row, which opened in 2021 taking over a huge subterranean space in Soho (which was Mash before this). So there...

Lots of big developments are happening around Covent Garden at the moment. Later on this year, we should be getting the new Guinness Storehouse and now, here comes news about a big new hotel coming to...

5/4/24 - Updated with the Hammersmith opening date Flat Iron is doing very, very well indeed. The mini steak chain, originally launched by The Devonshire's Charlie Carroll, has enjoyed plenty of...

His time at Birch in Croydon was cut short, but Lee Westcott is staying in London for his next two ventures. He's apparently on the hunt for an East London pub but before that happens, he's setting...