Closing

• FKABAM (aka Black Axe Mangal) is closing but it's not completely the end for the Islington restaurant

  

  After 10 years, Lee and Kate Tiernan have announced that it's the end of the road for FKABAM (Formerly Known As Black Axe Mangal). Sort of. 

  Essentially, the last service of FKABAM in Islington will be just before Christmas. It sounds like it's not completely the end, though, as Lee says they "will continue cooking in our unique style,

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• The Pophams pasta restaurant in London Fields is closing for good

  

  Ever since it opened back in 2019, Pophams in Hackney has been equally well known for its evening pasta restaurant as it has been for its bacon and maple swirls. But, very soon, its time is coming to an end. 

  Announcing the closure news on Instagram, they have said that, like much of the industry

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• Claude Bosi closes his two Michelin-starred Bibendum restaurant in shock announcement

  

  London's restaurant scene was rocked by an unexpected announcement today as Claude Bosi revealed that he had closed his eponymous Michelin-starred restaurant in South Kensington.

  In a statement released on Instagram, Bosi and his wife Lucy said: "Despite our very best efforts, we were unable to reach a resolution with our partners and landlords that would allow Michelin House to move into its next

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• Voyage with Adam Simmonds closes after just eight months

  

  There has been a catalogue of high-profile restaurant closures across London recently, but the shuttering of Adam Simmonds' eponymous restaurant in King's Cross is the second chef-led venture in the area to fold in as many months. The other was the shock closure of ...

• Keeping track of the restaurants that have closed in London

  

  Here at Hot Dinners we mainly focus on the hottest restaurants in town, as well as new openings. But the London restaurant scene is ever-changing and that means some restaurants fall to the wayside. With that in mind, we're keeping track of the notable restaurants that London has lost over the past year.

• Fantomas in Chelsea closes for a revamp after just nine months, with chef Chris Denney leaving

  

  It was one of the hottest new restaurants to open in Chelsea for a while, but now Fantomas has closed its doors and its chef has departed. 

  Chris Denney was the driving force behind Fantomas, which he launched together with Wild's George Bukhov-Weinstein and Ilya Demichev. The restaurant announced its closure (the last day was 3 August) on Instagram two

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• Burro e Salvia is closing up shop in Shoreditch

  

  After 12 years of giving the people of East London amazing homemade pasta, the folks at Burro e Salvio are calling it quits. But in the run up to their closure they've decided to go out with a bang, culiminating in a few weeks of last-minute lunches, workshops and sales.

  "We've been more than a pastificio," they said in a post on Instagram, "many of our team found their true calling here, and some customers discovered

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• Victor Garvey at The Midland Grand announces shock closure

  

  There are some London restaurants whose closure is announced, accompanied by a sense of "well it was on the cards". That's definitively not the case with Victor Garvey at the Midland Grand, which has not only been open for just six months, but has also been in receipt of great reviews and doing good business.

  It was a shock, therefore, to both the chef himself and his restaurant staff when the restaurant

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• It's all change as Pachamama East is closing with a new Greek-influenced restaurant taking its place

  

  A Hot Dinners exclusive

  Ever since the Pachamama group had an absolute belter of a success with the opening of Bottarga and then Nina, where Chicama and Pachamama used to be, the writing has been on the wall for Pachamama East. And now we hear that the restaurant will close next month, with plans already afoot for its replacement.

  "This marks the end of a defining chapter for us," they told Hot Dinners,

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• Archway cafe Norman's is closing

  

  We've seen a fair few closure announcements of late, but this one has caught us somewhat by surprise. After five years, Norman's Cafe is getting ready to close.

  The cafe in Archway had become hugely popular over those years, also managing to attract some very high-profile collabs, notably one which saw the cafe team up with Burberry for London Fashion week (including decking the team out in Burberry uniforms).

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• After over a decade, James Lowe's Lyle's is closing in Shoreditch

  

  It's been open for a decade and for a number of years made it onto the World's 50 Best Restaurants list, but Lyle's is getting ready to call it a day and will close in May.

  Run by James Lowe (and originally opened with John Ogier) the restaurant, with its stripped back feel and Michelin-starred seasonal cooking, was at the forefront of Shoreditch's nascent restaurant scene. Through its

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