Marylebone

• Chiltern Firehouse closed following huge fire on BAFTA weekend

  

  When videos saying "the Chiltern Firehouse is on fire" started popping up on social last night it wasn't a declaration of the hotel's innate coolness but instead a statement of fact. The hotel was actually on fire and it ended up taking eight firefighters and 60 firefighters to subdue the blaze which broke out on the afternoon of St Valentine's Day.

  The timing of the fire couldn't have been worse with the

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• Nina takes over from Pachamama in Marylebone with pasta and cannoli

  

  A Hot Dinners exclusive

  The final pivot from the Pachamama group's central London restaurants is taking form in Marylebone following the closure of the original Pachamama in Marylebone. In its place will be Nina which follows the path taken by the group's other restaurants Zephyr and Bottarga in focusing on Mediterranean food instead. This time their attention is turning to Italy and family-style

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• Test Driving Santo Remedio - third time's a charm in Marylebone

  

  One of London's best Mexican restaurants has arrived in Marylebone. We take a closer look at the latest opening by Santo Remedio. 

• West African restaurant Shakara arrives in Marylebone

  

  New West African restaurant Shakara opened quietly just before Christmas, but it has some impressive names behind the scenes. In the kitchen is Victor Okunowo, previously from Talking Drum and a semifinalist of MasterChef: The Professionals. He's been helped with his initial menu by Ayo Adeyemi, formerly of Akoko, who was involved as a consultant. 

  Taking over the space that was Indian

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• My Manor - Diego Jacquet's local guide to Marylebone

  

  Diego Jacquet, Chef Patron of  Zoilo and Florencio Pizzeria shares his favourite places near where he lives and works in Marylebone. 

• Test Driving AngloThai - a perfect pop-up-to-permanent transformation

   

  After years working as a pop-up AngloThai, which blends British and Thai cuisines and produce, finally has a proper home in Marylebone. We went to check it out.  

• Santo Remedio's latest authentic Mexican restaurant is in Marylebone

  

  23/10/24 - updated with the opening date

  It would have been hard to believe it could happen less than a decade ago, but these days London has some really great Mexican restaurants.

  One of the restaurants that really helped to kick all this off is Santo Remedio, which first opened back in 2016 in Shoreditch. Run by Edson and Natalie Diaz-Fuentes it

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• Panadera are opening a second bakery, next to Selfridges

  

  3/9/24 - updated with the opening date

  They're one of the best bakeries in London, so news that Filipino bakery Panadera was expanding was always going to be of interest. Now we know where they're opening their second place - right around the corner from Selfridges. The new home on Picton Place puts

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• Mimosa at The Langham has already closed its doors

  

  A Hot Dinners exclusive

  They had a star-studded party to launch it, but just five months after it opened Mimosa at The Langham has already closed its doors. All mention of the restaurant has been removed from the hotel's website and, when we called, a representative of the hotel told Hot Dinners that it was shut 'indefinitely'. That was later changed to "Mimosa has now closed."

  It's one of the

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• Sunday in Brooklyn is opening its second London restaurant near Oxford Street

  

  19/8/24 - Updated with the opening date

  If you've been meaning to check out the signature hazelnut maple praline pancakes at Sunday in Brooklyn, but haven't made it out to the Notting Hill restaurant, you'll be pleased to hear another more central opportunity is coming. The New York-originating restaurant is getting ready to open its second restaurant

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• Abuelo have opened a new Aussie coffee shop off Oxford Circus

  

  Six years after they opened, bringing a mix of Aussie and Latin American influences to London's cafe scene, Abuelo have expanded with a second cafe. Their latest opening is in Marylebone, just off Oxford Circus making it a very handy pitstop to know about if you're up in the West End working or shopping.

  If you haven't been to the OG Covent Garden cafe, then here's a bit about them. It's run by mother and daughter team Lynette

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• Lita

  Live-fire cooking in Marylebone

• Kol

  Santiago Lastra's Mexican restaurant in Marylebone

• Mayha

  Omakase restaurant in Marylebone

• Pachamama

  Peruvian in Marylebone