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Wringer and Mangle take over the Laundry Building in London Fields

Information: 02 November 2015

We've had a Chinese Laundry and a Coin Laundry is on the way and now there's a third laundry related restaurant (albeit a re-launched one) opening up as Wringer and Mangle in London Fields. It comes...

Machine No 3 neighbourhood bar to open in Hackney

Information: 02 November 2015

Opening its doors on Hackney's Well Street this week is Machine No. 3 - a brand new neighbourhood bar from the folk behind The Three Compasses in Dalston. The 70-seater bar will be cocktail-focused with drinks...

Sambal Shiok and Bitten & Written pop up at the Newman Arms for Laksa Nights

Information: 30 October 2015

Sambal Shiok have been a highlight of many a street food market and now they're venturing indoors next month, joining up with Zeren Wilson (aka Bitten & Written) on the wine front for a series of...

Lucky Chip are bringing the Beastie Boys burger to Islington

Information: 30 October 2015

If you haven't yet been to Lucky Chip at the Old Queen's Head in Islington, there's another reason to go from next week with the launch of the new Beastie Boys Burger. This magnificent looking...

Six new London pubs in the Michelin Eating out in Pubs Guide for 2016

Information: 30 October 2015

The Michelin Eating Out In Pubs Guide 2016 is out today in bookshops and six London pubs have made it into the guide for the first time. The Ealing Park Tavern The Anglesea Arms, Hammersmith The Tommy Tucker,...

The Potato Project brings baked potatoes with a twist to Soho

Information: 29 October 2015

Currently in Soho you can find a restaurant devoted to polenta and one serving only cheese toasties - now there's a new single ingredient carb spot to add to the mix - The Potato Project. This new...

Hook Camden launch a lunchtime fish tacos special

Information: 29 October 2015

If you're bored with packed lunches and are fed up giving half your salary every month to Pret we may have a lunch deal for you. That is, if you're based in Camden or thereabouts. We tried the new...

Capricci launch try-before-you-buy deli and restaurant at Bankside

Information: 29 October 2015

There's a new Italian restaurant and deli in town - and it's one that's already been doing very well in Italy. Over here, they're setting up in the Neo Bankside building with a place that's bringing the...

Sabrina Ghayour pops up for a dinner at Wahleeah

Information: 28 October 2015

Called the “Golden girl of Persian cookery” by the Observer, Persian and Middle Eastern Chef Sabrina Ghayour has just announced her one and only 2015 pop up since ending her successful four year run...

Pidgin London joins forces with Pidgin Vancouver for one night only

Information: 28 October 2015

You'd think a name like Pidgin would be pretty unique as far as restaurant names go, but as well as being a very popular Hackney restaurant, there's another Vancouver Pidgin that's also a big deal. And...

GBBO's Nadiya will be at the Foodies Festival Christmas in Brick Lane

Information: 28 October 2015

So there's an impressive array of food talent coming to London pre-Christmas to take part in the Foodies Festival Christmas at Truman Brewery. But we suspect that the person everyone will want to...

Blu Top Ice Cream and Vicky's Donuts take over dessert at Brixton's Crown and Anchor

Information: 28 October 2015

Now THESE look like desserts worth crossing town for. In November, Blu Top Ice Cream are teaming up with Vicky's Donuts and taking over the dessert menu at The Crown and Anchor in Brixton. They'll be...

Zebrano's latest bar, restaurant and night club opens in The City

Information: 28 October 2015

Just opened this week, there's a new Zebrano in town - this time they've come to the City, hence their name... Zebrano in the City. It's certainly a pretty striking room looking at the image above...

Soho Shebeen Irish Bar pops up in London for five days of revelry

Information: 28 October 2015

If the very fact of evenings drawing in and Christmas approaching makes you want to start carousing in earnest, then one approaching pop-up should be just the thing for you. Hitting Soho next month, The...

Test Driving Bernardi's - much more than just a great neighbourhood Italian

Information: 27 October 2015

We pop back to Connaught Village for another new opening - this time it's the very impressive Italian restaurant Bernardi's.

Test Driving Rivea at the Bulgari's chestnut menu

Information: 26 October 2015

There are many reasons to love autumn: not least the bounty of seasonal produce on offer, from pumpkins to chestnuts. To celebrate - Rivea London, the Alain Ducasse restaurant in the swanky Bulgari Hotel,...

Breakfast at Burberry's - we Test Drive Thomas's Cafe at Burberry's on Regent Street

Information: 26 October 2015

The luxury brand Burberry cafe now has a breakfast menu - we went to check it out.

Selin Kiazim's first restaurant Oklava comes to Shoreditch

Information: 26 October 2015

Updated 26/10 with soft launch details. Since leaving Kopapa, Selin Kiazim has become a bigger and bigger name with a series of very successful supperclubs while searching for a place of her own...

Perilla kicks off a four month long residency at Platform 1 in East Dulwich

Information: 26 October 2015

Earlier this year, Perilla launched a very successful successful (but short) series of supperclubs - Polpo's Russell Norman called it "the best pop-up I have ever been to". And now they're coming...

Gunpowder Indian kitchen comes to The City

Information: 26 October 2015

We've news on a new restaurant opening in the City, serving "home-style" Indian dishes. It's called Gunpowder and is just around the corner from Spitalfields Market. It's run by Harneet Baweja, an...

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