New opening
- An immersive and interactive football bar is coming to the O2
We've had bars where you can play cricket, and where you can enjoy darts and crazy golf, now we have one where you can play football. Opening up in the O2 is Toca Social, which mixes up food and drink with "immersive football games".
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... - New Irish pub Brendan the Navigator opens in Highgate
Updated 23/4/21 with opening date
Highgate is about to get a new Irish pub and the people behind it have an interesting background. Called Brendan the Navigator, it's going to open on Highgate Hill, taking over the prominent building that used to be The Tourian Lounge, and before that the Old Crown Inn.
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- Macellaio RC takes over the Cafe Monico space on Shaftesbury Avenue
In what should be its biggest restaurant yet by far, Robert Costa's Macellaio RC (somehow, we've only now just realised what the RC stands for...) is heading up to Shaftesbury Avenue. It's taking over the space that was once one of the best pre-theatre dining restaurants in the area, Cafe Monico. But with no theatre, we can see how that might have been very hard to keep
... - Sixes sees the Mac & Wild team bring their indoor cricket club bar to Fitzrovia
Fancy playing cricket indoors? This bar matches indoor cricket nets with food by Mac & Wild.
- The Wine Artist is a new Italian wine bar for Highgate
Top Italian sommelier Maurizio Titone joins forces with entrepreneur Marco Petrozzi for this boutique wine bar on Archway Road.
- Cinder in Belsize Village sees an ex-Ritz chef go full grill-obsessive
This new neighbourhood restaurant by an ex-Ritz chef Jake Finn has a menu devoted to the grill and a lovely outside terrace too.
- Molly’s Café sees the Anchor & Hope team opening at Hackney's Museum of the Home
The Hoxton museum is getting a new all day cafe and bistro from the team who brought us the Anchor & Hope and The Clarence Tavern.
- The Tapas Room arrives in Peckham next
South London Spanish restaurant The Tapas Room is expanding again. They're already in Tooting, Deptford, Battersea and Brixton - now they're coming to Peckham too. The restaurant has its roots in the successful Donostia Social Club pop-up and this will be the group's largest restaurant yet.
The main menus will be a mix of snacks, tapas, meat and cheese. So, alongside the usual suspects like croquetas
... - INO is a new Soho Greek grill restaurant from OPSO
OPSO's new restaurant in Soho is all about live-fire grilling over charcoal. Expect plenty of meat and fish grilling, alongside an ever-changing Greek wine list.
- Korean fried chicken Pelicana is coming to London
News reaches us of another big fast-food chain making inroads in London - and the first branch is opening this week.
Pelicana is pretty big elsewhere, with over 3000 branches selling their Korean fried chicken. The first UK restaurant is landing at Hammersmith Broadway shopping centre followed soon after by Angel (June), Wimbledon (July) and Clapham Junction (September).
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... - Pergola on the Wharf is taking over the rooftop space at Canary Wharf's Crossrail Place
It's fair to say it's been a while since we reported on a new opening at Canary Wharf, so it's a positive sign that today the folks behind Pergola Paddington, The Prince and Lost in Brixton have declared the wharf to be their next destination.
This summer they'll be opening Pergola on the Wharf at Crossrail Place. The huge new entertainment space is taking over the East side of the Crossrail Place
... - The new Standard Rooftop bar will have amazing views over St Pancras
With alfresco spaces in London being a premium right now, you can count on us to bring you news of any new places opening. And the new roof venue at The Standard hotel in King's Cross sounds (and looks) worth checking out.
The Standard Rooftop is the hotel's latest space to launch and they say the aim of the 11th-floor bar - just upstairs from their Decimo restaurant - is to bring "the vibe of New York’s
... - Keff is opening in Camden, bringing its Middle-Eastern dips and pita toasties
They've been delivery-only up until now, but Keff are gearing up to bring pita toasties and Middle-Eastern dips to Camden.
They'll be setting up shop in their first real-life location in Camden Market's North Yard. Over lockdown, they've been delivering their dips across London including hummus, aubergine and tomato, matbucha baba ghanoush, tahini, masabacha, labneh,
... - New London restaurants opening in April (with alfresco dining)
London is reopening on 12 April and by that point, restaurants will have been closed in London for almost four months. But with everything reopening - there are also brand new restaurants to visit...
- The Cellar on Pentonville Road will be a minimal intervention wine bar and cafe
From the Cotswolds to King's Cross, a coffee and wine duo will be serving up minimal intervention wine at this new wine bar and cafe.