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London already has a few restaurants devoted to mozzarella - Obika opened its second London spot in Canary Wharf just a month or so ago. Now we hear that Fratelli La Bufala are opening their second...

Following on from the success of Kitchen W8 - the last joint venture between restaurateur Rebecca Mascarenhas and chef Philip Howard  - the pair are joining forces for a second venture. They'll be...

The so-called underground house evangelist (yes we had to look him up and that's how the Guardian described him) DJ James Priestley is launching a pizza bar at his Shoreditch music and arts venue...

It's that time of the year again as Taste of London tickets go on sale. This year's event, which takes place every summer in Regent's Park will run from 21-24 June 2012. There are a host of top...

[Updated 16/3/12 - we hear from someone who's managed to speak to Murata's team that his London restaurant will be "very simple food" also known as obanzai - the home cooking of Kyoto. Right - be...

There's an air of mystery surrounding London's latest pop-up The Fattburger Grill Lab. What we do know is that it's a burger spot taking over The Three Compasses pub in Dalston at the weekends. What...

Following on from successful restaurant in Marylebone and the City, Le Relais de Venise L’Entrecote is due to open its next restaurant in Canary Wharf. As with the former restaurants, there is a no...

Popular South Kensington restaurant L'Etranger is expanding downstairs with the opening of its new lounge bar and fusion restaurant, Meursault. We head along to see how it compares to the original.

Hot Dinners caught up with Vivek Singh, of Cinnamon Kitchen and the Cinnamon Club to find out what we can expect from his latest place in Soho.

[Updated 8/3/12 - ticket sales should go live at some point this afternoon] Tickets go on sale tomorrow (8 March) for one day event with Bompas & Parr looking at the food of the future. The pair...

Opening this week in South London is a new Caribbean restaurant with Michelin influences. Bubbas is run by Antoinette Ledford Jobson (and is named after her son) backed up by her Head Chef Anthony...

If you're the kind of person who can't settle down and likes to always be on the go, then the Regent St Food Safari could have been made for you. Now in its third year, it brings together all kinds...

It's a boon time for Islington as the borough sees two new gastropubs opening up in the South and East of the borough within the space of a few weeks. The Hunter S The first to open was The Hunter S...

Gordon Ramsay's certainly got a lot of projects on the go in the US at the moment with confirmation this morning that his latest project will be a British gastropub in Los Angeles. The Fat Cow (no...

At a recent party to launch his new Marylebone restaurant, chef Bruno Barbieri was surrounded by Italian journalists all eager to find out why on earth one of their top chefs had upped sticks to...

Many a chef or restaurateur has had to put up with a less than glowing review of their restaurant in the past (indeed, we handily collate the very best and worst of them). So now’s the time for some...

We like the sound of a special whisky tasting night coming up next mnth at Tsuru Bishopsgate. They're holding a one-off Japanese Whisky Tasting Menu on the 27 March hosted by whisky bloggers Neil...

Every good restaurant should have its must-have dish and at the brand new Hawksmoor bar at Spitalfields, opening March 3, it's definitely the poutine. Originally a Canadian snack - chips, gravy and...

As Quilon's Sriram Aylur has taken over Bombay Brasserie in South Kensington, we popped along to see what the really posh Indian restaurant could pull off.

We try out a new all-day diner in King's Cross, to see if its American influences are enough to impress the throngs of commuters..