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Angela Hartnett to open a second Café Murano in Covent Garden

Information: 26 May 2015

3/6/15 - updated with telephone line and booking details Angela Hartnett's first main venture outside of Murano, the offshoot Cafe Murano, was showered with praise when it first opened. And it's...

World's 50 Best Restaurants release 51-100 list early for 2015

Information: 26 May 2015

In advance of the World's 50 Best Restaurants 2015 being announced next Monday, the team behind the awards have given us all a little taster of what's to come with the release of the 51-100...

Parisian bistronomy hits London - we Test Drive Le Chabanais

Information: 26 May 2015

One of Paris's hottest restaurants has landed in London. We check in to see how they're faring this side of the Channel.

Halva cafe and bakery opens in Fulham

Information: 26 May 2015

There's a new café opening today in Fulham (following a soft launch), by Lila Sarhang Zadeh, who has previously classically trained as a pastry chef in France. They'll be making traditional bread...

Dip and Flip opens second burger-gravy-dipping restaurant in Wimbledon

Information: 22 May 2015

Another fairly quiet opening almost snuck in under the radar today as Dip and Flip (already very popular in Clapham) has just opened in Wimbledon. If you're unaware of them, they specialise in the...

Smack Lobster opens second place on Soho's Dean Street

Information: 22 May 2015

Talk about sneaky! Smack Lobster has just opened its second restaurant and this one's in Soho on Dean Street. We haven't been down to the original for a few months, but a look at the menu tweeted by...

Auction Against Hunger 2015 - gallery and fundraising total

Information: 22 May 2015

There was really only one event in town you had to be at last night and that was the annual Auction Against Hunger. Earlier on, our online auction for them had raised a massive £14,858.85 (and once...

Hotdog restaurant Top Dog to open in Soho

Information: 22 May 2015

22/5 - updated with soft launch details While burgers have reigned supreme, hot dogs haven't had as great a time of it in London with a couple of notable exceptions (mainly Bubbledogs). However, now...

Shuck oyster bar pops up at Borough Market

Information: 21 May 2015

Popping up at Stoney Street, one along from Wright Bros, is the company's newest (but most transitory) opening, Shuck. All they're serving up are oysters - "naked, dressed or blown" with naked...

Kricket Indian restaurant comes to Pop Brixton

Information: 21 May 2015

Brixton is really booming: buoyed by the success of new ventures like Three Eight Four and Naughty Piglets, its restaurant and bar scene has never been more vibrant. Now as part of Pop Brixton, the...

Young's to completely revamp The Canonbury Tavern in Islington

Information: 21 May 2015

21/5 - Updated with menu details and pics. Now this is an announcement that we're VERY pleased about. Last month Oisin Rogers, the very well connected landlord of The Ship (you'll often see him...

Street Kitchen settles down on Broadgate Circle, selling sandwiches by the inch

Information: 21 May 2015

After years of running things from their airstream, Street Kitchen (founded by Mark Jankel and chef Jun Tanaka) is settling down. But they're not moving far from where that airsteam has been parked,...

The Good Year wine bar pop-up launching on Old Street

Information: 20 May 2015

The resurgence in wine bars continues with a new Old Street pop-up that's being launched to coincide with London Wine Week next month - popping up at Attendant coffee shop in Shoreditch It's been...

The White Onion takes over from The Lawn Bistro in Wimbledon

Information: 20 May 2015

Just in time for the tennis, Eric Guignard, owner of the popular French Table in Surbiton, has opened a new restaurant in Wimbledon Village’s thriving dining strip. Occupying a site previously home to...

Fino is closing its doors in June

Information: 20 May 2015

Yesterday we had the news that Barrafina is opening a third restaurant on Drury Lane, which went some way to sweetening the pill that was a closure elsewhere in the Hart Group, of Fino in Fitzrovia. The...

Why Hawksmoor had to explain today that "we don't serve human flesh"

Information: 19 May 2015

An article which appeared on the Daily Mail website, today caused ructions - after top London restaurant group Hawksmoor recognised a photograph of their prime beef steak illustrating a piece about a...

Barrafina pick Drury Lane for their third restaurant

Information: 19 May 2015

A Hot Dinners exclusive If you're a fan of Barrafina (and what food-loving Londoner isn't) then we bring you tidings of glad, glad joy. Come this summer, a third Barrafina will open in Covent...

Spanish buzz in the City - we Test Drive José Pizarro in Broadgate

Information: 19 May 2015

It's another huge success for the Spanish chef's first foray north of the river.

Stevie Parle's North Greenwich masterpiece - we try Craft London by the O2

Information: 19 May 2015

Stevie Parle (of Dock Kitchen and Rotorino) has opened in prime position just outside the O2 with Craft London. We went east to check it out.

Hot Dinners at the 2015 Chelsea Flower Show

Information: 18 May 2015

Having been to both evening parties and general admission days there, there's something particularly lovely about heading to Chelsea Flower Show on press day that no amount of driving rain cancels...

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