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London's best bread courses, Test Driving Taq in Notting Hill + the best of Fitzrovia & Marylebone

EDITOR'S LETTER

Having lived through the dark days of a slice or two of expensive sourdough being the solitary bread option in restaurants, we're delighted to have made it through to the current period where anything from shokupan to Parker House rolls might be the bread offering. Today, we're shining a light on the best recent bread courses we've had in London restaurants.

Staying firmly in carb territory, we also made an early visit to Taq, the new era for the Notting Hill Taqueria. Key takeaway? Their cheeseburger taco is to die for.

Catherine, Editor - Hot Dinners

BREAKING BREAD

Unmissable bread courses - the London restaurants serving up next- level loaves

Over the past few years, there’s been an evolution in the way London’s restaurant approach their bread offering. We’ve moved from complimentary bread through to spendy slices of sourdough, and now we’re at a stage where the bread is so amazing it demands its own course.

Here are some of the best

RESTAURANT NEWS

Clio sees ex Pied a Terre head chef serving up modern Greek food on Chiltern Street

London's latest modern Greek restaurant is gearing up to open in Marylebone.

The Botanist on Sloane Square is to become a pub again, from the people behind The Walmer Castle

It won't be The Botanist any more and will be going back to its roots as a pub.

Shackfuyu is being turned into Soho's second Bone Daddies, but the French toast lives on

After over a decade, Shackfuyu has closed, but Bone Daddies will still serve that amazing dessert.

Pillar Hall brings a massive 300-seat restaurant and bar to the revamped Olympia

After a massive refurb effort, the first big new opening at Olympia is upon us.

And in less positive news, we've updated our guide to London's restaurant closures. March has been a particularly big month for closures, with more like Little Social and Flat Earth Pizza around the corner...

TEST DRIVE

Test Driving Taq, the Notting Hill taqueria that has reinvented itself with help from Jackson Boxer

The Notting Hill restaurant known as Taqueria for 20 years has been given a 21st-century makeover (with the help of Dove's Jackson Boxer) and is now Taq. We went in to see what the revamped taqueria has to offer.

Why you should go

BEST OF LONDON

Today, we're heading north of Oxford Street...

The best restaurants in Marylebone

From top pubs and French cuisine in Chiltern Street to an excellent Japanese restaurant in an old bank.

The best restaurants in Fitzrovia

From great-value tasting menus to two-Michelin-starred hotspots, here's the best of Fitzrovia.

NEW THIS WEEK

The new restaurants and bars opening in London this week

This week, Impala is one of spring's most highly anticipated restaurants, the Orrery aims for Michelin, Sally Abé gets her own place and more...

What's opening, and where

SPOTTED SOMETHING?

Spotted some restaurant or bar news we should know about?

Noticed a new restaurant about to open in your neighbourhood? Seen a celebrity dining out in London? Heard a piece of hospitality gossip you feel we ought to know about? Unburden yourself and tell us all about it.

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