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This sounds like a pretty good evening out. For one night only Singleton are running a night market dedicated to single malt whisky. The Singleton Whisky Night Market takes place on Thursday 15 May,...

Ben's Canteen has been a big hit in Battersea, not least because of its Scotch Eggs and the sausage rolls which recently came top in the 2014 Sausage roll-off. Now they're heading further south as a...

We're six weeks shy of the World Cup so to get you in the mood here's a burrito beauty which is the work of London chain Benito's Hat. The Roy Hodgson inspired bur-ROY-to is a limited edition offer...

We've been hearing murmurings that Pitt Cue Co will be bringing their van to an new location soon. While we're waiting to get more info on that, we've had news of a restaurant swap they'll be doing...

If you can't wait until Bea Vo opens her new restaurant Stax Carnaby, then you might want to book for her popular Louisiana-style Crawfish Boil which is popping up at the Carnaby site for four days...

The George & Dragon in Acton, an Acton mainstay that hails from the 17th century, is completely revamping what used to be its dining room into a microbrewery and the menu's getting an overhaul too. 5...

Planning on waiting for the crowds to subside before you brave the return journey tonight? A lot of London's restaurants and bars are hoping you'll do just that and some are even coming up with...

The gulls' egg season is upon us and if you want to enjoy the delights of this shortest of seasonal treats you'll have to be quick - it ends in just four weeks time. Here are a few places we know of...

Jason Atherton's next restaurant is almost upon us. The word from those who have been to the friends and family soft launches is already very promising and now Hot Dinners has been given a first...

We head to Shoreditch to try the new venture from James Lowe in the Tea Building. 

It's been a pretty good year for London in this year's World's 50 Best Restaurants List. With two restaurants in the Top 10 - The Ledbury and Dinner by Heston - the UK's capital holds its own with...

Toto's is a new Italian restaurant coming to Knightsbridge. It's name comes from the legendary Italian clown Totò, but with Silvano Giraldin acting as consultant for front-of-house we won't be...

28/4 - updated with opening date One of the most trusted old favourites in London is Gordon's Wine Bar on Villiers Street, where we've found ourselves on many an occasion over the years and which...

Already a hit in Camden, where it opened its first restaurant early last year, Porky's BBQ restaurant is getting ready to open its second restaurant in Bankside.

A host of chefs, foodies and writers gathered at Peruvian restaurant Lima yesterday for their Lima experience Nikkei Sunday. Virgilio Martinez (executive chef at LIMA and chef patron of Central in...

King's Cross continues to reinvent itself as a place you'd actually travel to for good food and now there's a new restaurant on the way with a specific focus on sustainability, T.E.D.

There are just three more days to go before we find out whether Spain's El Celler De Can Roca (pictured) has managed to hold on to its position at the top of the World's 50 Best Restaurants list for...

Under normal circumstances, a chef would be be pretty put out if you were to lower your head gently into your desserts and start snoozing at the table. But if Garry Hollihead's new sleep menu at The...

Farringdon is getting a new Iberica next week and this one will feature something slightly different to the other branches - a larger bar complete with cocktail list and bar menu. Hot Dinners got a...

Hot Dinners was at the Angel, Islington last night where Jamie Oliver and cocktail guru Simon Difford were holding court at the launch of Jamie's first Cocktail & Spritz Bar. The space has been...