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- Margot Bakery has opened a second branch, this time in Highgate
North London baker Michelle Eshkeri is building a little bakery empire for herself. She started with Margot in East Finchley where she became known for her sourdough bread and patisserie prowess. Two years ago she followed that up with the Holloway Model Bakery just off Holloway Road. And now, very under the radar, she's opened a third place, this time Margot 2.0, in Highgate.
The new bakery is on Archway Road, tucked in
... - It's Bagels pick Soho for their next opening
23/10/24 - updated with the opening date
Looks like Londoners' appetites for NYC-style bagels are firmly in the ascendant as news reaches us that the super popular bagel bakery It's Bagels is now heading into the West End.
The bakery, which debuted in Primrose Hill in 2023, opened a second branch this summer in Notting Hill which was also a big hit. So the idea that they are also about to take Soho by storm
... - Don't Tell Dad is a new combo bakery/restaurant in Queen's Park
16/12/24 - Updated with bakery launch details
One of the founders of Coco di Mama, Daniel Land, is opening a combo bakery/restaurant Don't Tell Dad in Queen's Park. Coming to Lonsdale Road, the strip of Queens Park where you'll find its best restaurants and bars, it'll be a bakery in the day and shift to a restaurant in the evening.
Taking the bakery
... - Astrid Bakery prepares for expansion in Muswell Hill
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If you're a resident of Muswell Hill you can't have failed to notice the perma queues outside Astrid Bakery. Six months after the bakery opened it continued to sell out every day. Clearly, there was room to expand and the felicitous arrival on the market of a new property down the road means this is happening right now.
Astrid owner Charlotte O'Kelly has just taken
... - Moi et Toi is a London meets Paris bakery opening up in Notting Hill's Empire Empire
Now this is a clever idea. If your restaurant is more of a dinner place but you want to make the space pay for itself during the day, then why not team up with a cafe/bakery? That's what Empire Empire's owner Harneet Baweja is about to do. But the restaurateur hasn't chosen just any old bakery to team up with, he's joining forces with Edward Delling Williams, founder of super hip Parisian bistro Le Grand Bain and bakery Le
... - London’s first ever ride-through bakery is coming, thanks to Lime
Hang onto your handlebars, there’s a cycle-through bakery coming to Shoreditch this weekend only. And it’s free!
Whether you’re a bicycle owner or nay, this pastry-focused pop-up is coming to you courtesy of Lime Bikes (yes, they want to call it a ‘Lime-thru Bakery’), so in addition to free pastries and coffee, you’ll get a complimentary 15-minute ride on a Lime
... - 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
... - Istanbul confectioner Hafiz Mustafa chooses Knightsbridge for its first London store
For over 150 years, the Istanbul sweet and dessert giant Hafiz Mustafa has been a place of pilgrimage for sweet-toothed Turks (and tourists). Now the giant, which has stores all over Turkey and in Dubai is heading to London. They're opening a massive shop in a prime spot opposite Harrods.
Not only will the shop sell their famous baklava and rock candy, but there will also be room to sit in and
... - Crumb get set for Angel with their NYC style cookies
Cookie lovers in Islington should keep an eye out for the opening of new space Crumb this autumn which is promising to bring NYC style thick, gooey cookies to the denizens of N1.
They're opening in a teeny space on Camden Passage making it more of a cookie hatch than a cafe - but one that also sells coffee to go. The endeavour is the brainchild of baker Amy Gastman who also runs a vegan bakery Eat By Amy after leaving her
... - It's Bagels are opening in Notting Hill
Updated 13/8/24 with the new opening date
A few weeks back, super viral bagel bakery It's Bagels put a post up on Instagram looking for staff. "We are expanding," they said. Thanks to a Hot Dinners reader, we discovered that they were coming to Notting Hill. Since then we've found out more about what this new location is bringing.
They've picked the site that used to belong to Rika Moon on
... - Viral Leeds bakery Get Baked is popping up at Fortnum's
Leeds bakery Get Baked makes a cake so viral that mere minutes after sales go live on their website every slice is gone in a flash. Now, Get Baked by Rich Myers is coming to London.
Best known for its Bruce cake - a towering 24-layered chocolate cake - the London pop-up will showcase the creation of Bruce's successor, the Bertha which is exactly the same except for one detail, the ganache will be a mix of milk and
... - Chatsworth Bakehouse open a second place in Crystal Palace
If there's anything that London simply can't get enough of at the moment, it's bakeries. And one of those bakeries that Londoners are obsessed with is about to open a second place - a second Chatsworth Bakehouse is on the way.
However, if you're hoping they'll make it to your side of the capital, we're sorry to tell you that they haven't gone far. The current bakery is at
... - Milk opens new bakery Milk Run in Tooting Bec
They're already big with their cafe in Balham and now Milk have opened a brand new bakery just down the road towards Tooting Bec called Milk Run.
If you fancy a Milk pastry to-go, this will be the place for you with croissants, pain au chocolat and more sweet or savoury pastries on offer, as well as sourdough loaves. They also have a small pantry offering drinks, cupboard staples and bags of coffee
... - The Dusty Knuckle come to Highbury Fields with a cafe in a van
Dusty Knuckle have arrived in Islington, and they're trying something new. While they've delivered by milk float before, this will be their first-ever bakery in an actual van. It's parked up in Highbury Fields (near the bottom of the tennis courts section) and they say they're planning to be there for the next 12-18 months.
The bakery will have a selection of bread (including
... - Birdmilk sees Ukrainian restaurant duo opening a bakery in Notting Hill
Notting Hill's well-heeled residents will soon have another lovely new bakery on their doorstep. Birdmilk is the latest in a recent line of businesses that originated in Ukraine but have also opened in London like Boca a Boca and Piana Vyshnia.
The restaurateurs behind it are Dima Zakhodiakin and Alina Kosichkina who own 32 restaurants in Kyiv including bakery chain Khlebniy which this London opening is
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