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- Junk branch out with a Puffy cookie and coffee shop in Soho
When burger joint Junk first opened in Soho last year there was a lot of love expressed by fans for its dessert option - cookies from the Parisian bakery Puffy (which is owned by the same restaurant group). Such has been the success of those cookies that they've now decided to open the first London branch of Puffy, next door to Junk.
The cookie shop will serve up seven varieties, ranging from the standard milk and dark
... - BookBar is expanding to Chelsea with its social offering for book lovers
Four years down the road of having charmed the residents of Blackstock Road with their winning mix of books, coffee and wine, the founder behind BookBar is heading west. Making the announcement yesterday, founder Chrissy Ryan said that she'd be opening her second place over in Chelsea.
If you haven't been before, the concept's pretty simple and is all about promoting the social side of reading. So the original Highbury branch
... - MEATliquor are opening BLOODsports bar and Hideout Coffee in Covent Garden
Updated 12/2/25 with opening date and drinks details
It's been a while since we had anything new in from the team behind MEATliquor, so it's fair to say we're looking forward to seeing what they have planned for their next venture in Covent Garden. From a peruse of their socials it looks like Londoners are getting a two-for-one with both BLOODsports and Hideout Coffee opening in the same spot.
... - Islington gets a combo wine bar, coffee shop and gelato bar with an ex-Papi chef
Updated 21/6/24 with opening date and menu details
Lucky Islington residents are about to get a new coffee shop, wine bar and restaurant and an ice cream parlour, all in the space of a month or so. The three businesses by co-founders Alex Young and George de Vos are taking over the old Michael's Den pub on the borders of Islington and De Beauvoir.
First to open will be the coffee shop
... - Moonstruck is serving up great coffee in Stockwell
South London's collection of good independent coffee shops got a boost this week with the opening of Moonstruck on South Lambeth Road. The man behind the cafe is self-styled 'coffee nerd' Liam Clifford who was previously at Rosslyn Coffee.
His new spot is serving up coffee by Woolwich-based roasters Plot and this week they released a special collaboration Moonstruck coffee with beans sourced by Cata Export.
... - Elsewhere Coffee have turned their Deptford roastery into a coffee bar
South East London caffeine addicts now have a new place to hit up in their neighbourhood. For the past few years Elsewhere Coffee have been roasting beans just behind Deptford station. Now they're about to open the space out to the general public as a coffee bar.
The group already have two cafe/brunch spots close by, in Herne Hill and Brockley, but this will be the first place where you can
... - Fink's Pump House opens in Clissold Park
The powerhouse duo behind Fink's are at it again. This week they've opened their fourth spot, in Clissold Park. Their latest place is literally down the road from the OG Fink's on Mountgrove Road and sees them taking over the historic pump house in the Stoke Newington park.
"Fink's Pumphouse is our newest baby," Mat and Jess announced on Instagram, adding that it will be "filled with our usual favorite suppliers,
... - Bugatti have just launched an espresso bar in London selling a £50 espresso shot
London has its fair share of in-store coffee bars, from Carhartt in King's Cross to the most recently-opened Café Leon Dore in Soho. But the latest to launch, in the heart of Mayfair, may be the most exclusive (and pricey) yet.
Ettore’s Espresso Bar is the brand new coffee bar at the Bugatti showroom on
... - Ngopi Indonesian cafe opens in Dalston with noodle toasties and banana lattes
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Dalston has a new coffee shop that genuinely sounds like it's adding something new to the area. Its owners are Jakarta-born folk who back in 2018 opened Birmingham's "first and only independent coffee shop with Indonesian vibes".
Here in London they'll be serving coffee, light meals and beans to go. The menu, includes:
- Fried Indomie Toastie - instant noodle
- Selfridges' new Roasting Plant roastery aims to serve Londoners their freshest cup of coffee
Pretty much every coffee shop in London boasts of serving a fresh cup of coffee, but the new one that's opened up at Selfridges shows you just how fresh it really is.
Roasting Plant have just launched their immersive roastery in the Selfridges Foodhall. The Willy Wonka meets Heath Robinson contraption means shoppers can choose their favourite beans by smell, and then see it whizzing through the air in
... - The best coffee available in the UK by post - subscriptions, single packs, gift boxes & more
Forget toilet roll, coffee is the thing you really don't want to run out of - and these delivery services aim to make sure that never happens.
- BookBar on Blackstock Road will be a bookshop, winebar and meeting space
The mid-section of Blackstock Road is becoming quite the food and drink hub. There's Patron (currently delivering lovely French dishes across town), Shop Cuvee selling natural wine and cheese, and Grin and Beer it with their craft beer.
Joining their ranks, whenever hospitality businesses are allowed to reopen, will be BookBar which couldn't be more a product of the times.
This combo space will be a wine bar, coffee shop,
... - The Roasting Shed now have a roastery and cafe on Hornsey Road
Lucky Hornsey Road folk. They've waited patiently for a great place to get coffee and pastries and, like London buses, two came along in quick succession.
Tucked in right beside the super popular Big Jo is The Roasting Shed which opened for business before Christmas. The artisan roasters, who also have a espresso bar over in Hackney Bridge, are roasting their own coffee and selling it in their new digs on Hornsey
... - Fink's Gillespie reopens with a new toastie menu and other treats
The duo behind neighbourhood favourite Fink's Salt & Sweet are expanding - but they're not going far. Their second place will be a coffee shop on nearby Gillespie Road. - Fine and Grosso Coffee Station opens in Finsbury Park
Finsbury Park folk who are working from home have a new spot to plug in their laptops. Fine and Grosso Coffee Station is a coffee spot that welcomes folk who want to get work done. It's not a coworking space, but what they're describing instead as 'laptop-friendly'.
The man behind it is Arik Waiss who also has a micro-chain of coffee shops called the Doppio Coffee Warehouse. Finsbury Park looks like being
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