Holborn

• Test Driving Otto's - an oasis of classic hospitality

   

  Famed for both its service and its tableside theatrics - we take a look at the classic French restaurant Otto's in Holborn. 

• Test Driving Rondo - Hoxton Holborn's new seasonal spot

  

  The Hoxton hotel in Holborn has a new restaurant which brings together an ex-St John chef and one of the people behind Quality Chop House. We head down for a look. 

• Rondo is the new Hoxton Holborn restaurant from Quality Chop House's Will Lander and ex St John chef Chris Gillard

  

  Rondo is the new restaurant at the Hoxton Holborn, a collaboration between Will Lander (Quality Chip House, Portland) and Chris Gillard (EartH Kitchen, St John). Expect a seasonal menu and a lot of attention to the wine list. 

• Holborn Dining Room Pie Room's guest series starts with Tom Kerridge

  

  At this stage, we all know that Calum Franklin at the Holborn Dining Room produces the best pies in London. But sometimes he has to let other people have a go - and that's where his upcoming guest series kicks off. This sees him joining up with a top chef for a new pie collaboration every month - and first in the queue is Tom Kerridge. 

  Kerridge will be creating the Steak and Blue Cheese Pie

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• The Clean Vic is Sainsbury's low/no alcohol pub pop-up

  

  23/7/19 - updated with pics of the pub

  Sainsbury's is getting into the pop-up business - but they're doing it with a difference. For two days, they're taking over The Old Crown Public House in Holborn and turning it into a low/no alcohol pub. The maximum alcohol level you'll be able to reach in the pub will be 0.5 ABV. 

  Those drinks will include Celtic Soul, essentially a no-alcohol

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• Test Driving Gezellig - Holborn's new Dream Team

  

  They've flourished in pop-ups and residencies and now Gezellig have launched a permanent restaurant in the old Holborn Town Hall building. We went in to try it out. 

• Gezellig brings a formidable restaurant team to Holborn Town Hall

  A formidable restaurant team are taking on the space at the Grade II listed Holborn Town Hall with their first venture.

• We learn pie making with Calum Franklin at Holborn Dining Room

  

  We learn how to make a pork pie from the king of pies himself, Calum Franklin. Find out how we got on... 

• Chef Tony Fleming tells us why The Baptist Grill at L'oscar will be a place "to come, hang out and have fun"

  

  London's newest stylish hotel, L'oscar (read our story on its opening here) has opened for business in Holborn. And running the food side of things is Tony Fleming - who picked up a Michelin star at Angler in the South Place Hotel. With the hotel's all-day spot Cafe 'Oscar already open and the main restaurant The Baptist Grill

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• L'oscar London opening in Holborn sees NoMad and Hotel Costes designer take on London

  Holborn's credentials as a dining destination just got a boost with the news that L'oscar London is opening with a Michelin-starred chef in the restaurant and an all day cafe planned too.

• Calum Franklin opens the Pie Room at Holborn Dining Room - updated

  Calum Franklin's pastry making prowess nets him a special pie room opening at Holborn Dining Room with pies to go and a special pie hatch coming

• The Dayrooms Cafe WC1 brings Antipodean food to Holborn

  Just in time for the turn of the seasons comes The Dayrooms Cafe WC1, a new food and drink spot on Theobald's Row that’ll focus on providing the busy souls of the City with healthy, Antipodean-inspired options from coconut waffles, to mac and cheese jaffles.

• Holborn’s Sano To Go has healthy takeaway breakfasts and lunches

  Sano is new contender on the scene for those who’re fed up with the same old supermarket salads, with lots of takeaway options that use big flavours from the Middle East, Asia and more.

• GQ announces its own pop-up at Rosewood London

  GQ Bar is the magazine's first pop-up in London, serving up food and drink designed to bring its pages to life, like wagyu beef burgers and a trademark Manhattan with two types of Bourbon.

• Breddos’ Taco Truck pitches up in Holborn for lunch

  

  Breddos are at it again. Not content leading the charge the capital’s Mexican food revival, and a host of partnerships,they're now they’re going back to their roots by taking their taco truck to Holborn.

  Come lunchtime, the lucky souls working and living in and around the area will now be able to get a taste of the taco action, choosing from a simple

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