King's Cross

  • Sons + Daughters are reopening in King's Cross with a new menu and evening cocktails

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    Fans of the creative sandwich shop Sons + Daughters in Coal Drops Yard have been kicking their heels this year waiting for it to reopen after a major refurb.

    Well, today we bring you good news. Not only are they about to reopen, but they've got loads more new sandwiches planned AND they're going to be open into the evenings too.

    Talking to Hot Dinners, the shop's co-founder James Ramsden explained

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  • Ixta Belfrage is popping up at The Standard and bringing her king prawn lasagne

    Ixta Belfridge is popping up at The Standard and bringing her king prawn lasagne

    The Standard has had a run of impressive pop-ups and residencies, and that's continuing into spring as chef Ixta Belfrage takes over their restaurant Isla for three months. 

    Having worked for five years with Yotam Ottolenghi in his Test Kitchen and also a runner-up for best debut cookbook at the Fortum & Mason Awards, Ixta will draw on inspiration from

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  • The best restaurants, bars and cafes in King's Cross

    The best restaurants in King's Cross - Midland Grand Dining Room

    King’s Cross is firmly a dining destination in its own right. From Granary Square and Coal Drops Yard to the canalside, all a few minutes walk from the station and dotted with restaurants and bars, here are the best restaurants and more in King's Cross.

  • Midland Grand Dining Room

    Patrick Powell's St Pancras restaurant

  • Decimo

    High-rise King's Cross Mexican/Spanish restaurant

  • BAO King's Cross

    The best of BAO and bakery goods too. 

  • Camino in King's Cross is opening an aperitivo bar on Pentonville

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    King's Cross residents and workers have long loved the hidden spot Camino, tucked away in Vanisher's Yard off the main drag. But the Spanish spot will soon be a lot less of a hidden gem once it opens its new Pentonville Road-facing bar. As part of a big development, Camino has taken over the old luggage shop on Pentonville and turned it into an aperitivo bar that'll also be a new entrance for the restaurant

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  • Hicce in King's Cross is closing

    Hicce in King's Cross is closing

     Pip Lacey and Gordy McIntyre have recently been getting established in Islington with Hicce Hart and Little Pizza Hicce, but news has come that the original Hicce in King's Cross is closing after nearly six years. 

    The news was announced late last week on Instagram and essentially sees them being a victim

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  • Magenta, the modern Italian restaurant in King's Cross that you need to know about

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    Magenta in King's Cross is turning out a menu of excellent modern Italian cuisine - we went down to try it for ourselves.

  • Morley's, The Standard and Heinz team up for a King's Cross chicken shop with added caviar

    Morley's, The Standard and Heinz team up for a King's Cross chicken shop with added caviar

    The fried chicken behemoth that is Morley's (which just opened its 100th store) is trying something a little bit different - a team-up with The Standard hotel and Heinz. 

    They're launching a one-month chicken shop pop-up, taking over Double Standard on the ground floor and terrace of the King's Cross hotel (although there will be takeaway too, just

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  • Mare Street Market are opening a huge new space at King’s Cross

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    Five years after it first opened in Hackney, Mare Street Market is gearing up to open a second home, across town in North London. Founder Marc Francis-Baum is hoping to have similar success with the concept in King's Cross.

    Mare Street Market King's Cross sees them taking over a huge space on Lewis Cubitt Square just north of Coal Drops Yard and next to the newly-opened Lightroom art space. They'll be

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  • The Gothic Bar is opening at The Midland Grand Dining Room in King’s Cross

    The Gothic Bar is opening at The Midland Grand Dining Room in King’s Cross

    If you’re knocking about King’s Cross and looking for a new bar, then why not head for one of London’s major landmarks, the St Pancras Renaissance Hotel (also where the Spice Girls filmed their ‘Wannabe’ video, fact fans), soon to celebrate its 150th anniversary. ...

  • Midland Grand Dining Room by Patrick Powell in King's Cross replaces The Gilbert Scott

    Midland Grand Dining Room by Patrick Powell replaces The Gilbert Scott at St Pancras

    12/04/23 - updated with opening date

    It was one of the most impressive spaces in the St. Pancras Renaissance as The Gilbert Scott and now, after that closed in mid-2021, the restaurant is to be reborn as Midland Grand Dining Room. 

    Allegra chef Patrick Powell, who was also behind the menu at the other recently-revamped restaurant in the

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  • The Lightroom at King's Cross will have a bar and cafe by St John

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    A Hot Dinners exclusive

    Regular visitors to The Bridge Theatre in London will know that, in addition to the fine shows being put on there, one of the big lures of the theatre is the fact that their cafe and bar is run by the folks at St John. That means great wines by the glass along with the joys of fresh madeleines being made to order while you're in the theatre boosting your cultural credentials.

    So

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  • King’s Cross station’s Great Northern Hotel relaunches its restaurant and bar, now called RAILS

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    If you’ve been looking for somewhere new to dine while waiting for a delayed train at King’s Cross, then the answer is here: RAILS. It’s the relaunch of former Plum + Spilt Milk, the restaurant within the Great Northern Hotel.

    Frequent Eurostar travellers will be aware that the Great Northern Hotel opened in the final stages of the ...