Pizza

• Lenny's Apizza is introducing New Haven-style pizza to Finsbury Park

  

  Islington is about to get a very interesting new pizzeria as Lenny's Apizza kicks off a long-term residency in The Bedford Tavern on Seven Sisters Road. 

  Set up by Max Lewis, this will be all about New Haven-style pizza. We'll be honest and say that our pizza knowledge isn't quite on-point in this regard, but it's something that originated in New Haven Connecticut,

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• Fatto a Mano's next pizzeria is in Bethnal Green

  

  Sager + Wilde has just closed in Bethnal Green, but we already know what will be taking its place. It's going to be the third London pizzeria for Fatto a Mano - you might have already seen them in Covent Garden and King's Cross and they originated from Brighton. 

  As with the other pizzerias in the group, they'll be serving up Neapolitan-style pizzas with 24-hour proven dough and

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• Alley Cats Pizza are heading to Chelsea

  

  Updated 15/7/24 with opening date

  They've been hugely popular in their first Marylebone location, with near-constant queues since they opened last year, but now Alley Cats Pizza are looking to open their second restaurant. 

  They've settled on Chelsea as their next location, opening on the King's Road (taking over from another pizzeria, Humble Pizza) where fans can

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• Pizza Pilgrims' next pizzeria is around the corner from Euston station

  

  A new Pizza Pilgrims is incoming, and this one will be very handy for commuters as it's opening right next to Euston station. 

  As with any Pizza Pilgrims, it's all about their 72-hour double-fermented pizza dough, and you'll find the usual classic pizzas on the menu, as well as their own versions, including: 

  • Margherita Extra-Extra- A
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• Don Koko kicks off pizza vs taco evenings with a What Willy Cook vs SG Lewis face-off

  

  Updated 10/5/24 with soft launch info

  Friday nights in Camden are kicking off. Starting this summer Cafe KOKO - the Italian eatery attached to the iconic music venue - is having a series of face-offs between pizza and tacos. The menu, created by the restaurant's Executive Chef Andreas Engberg (La Petite Maison, The Arts Club) sounds great, but we're particularly interested in the limited edition slices and tacos

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• Pizzeria Mozza

  Nancy Silverton's London pizzeria

• Doughnation are bringing potato pizza to Covent Garden

  

  Maybe hoping they'll get the same kind of queues that Alley Cats do, a brand new pizza spot is opening in Covent Garden. Doughnation will be at 3 Henrietta Street, taking over part of the ground floor where Gentlemen Baristas used to be, as well as a terrace on the piazza. 

  Details on exactly what those all pizzas are going to be are being kept a little under wraps for now. However, 

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• Test Driving Unlock - unique Neapolitan pizzas in Hackney Wick

  

  Unlock sits by the canal in Hackney Wick, mixing up art and gourmet pizzas. We took a stroll down by the canal to have a closer look.   

• Yard Sale Pizza's next stop is Tufnell Park

  

  There's no sign of slowing Yard Sale down, as they're just gearing up to open their twelfth pizzeria. This time they're heading north to Tufnell Park, and that also means they'll be delivering to parts of Kentish Town, Hampstead, Highgate and more. 

  If you're a fan of their pizzas,  you know what to expect. So there will be the usuals like the TSB (tenderstem broccoli, pine nuts,

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• Unlock mixes Napoli-style pizzas and art in Hackney Wick

  

  Hackney's getting a new pizzeria and it's from two Napoli-born siblings, so we should be getting something pretty authentic with this opening. 

  Unlock comes from Arianna and Giovanni Izzo. Arianna is the chef, who previously worked as a pastry chef at Tarallificio Leopoldo in Naples, and she's joined by her brother Giovanni. 

  Pizzas are the main event here, made from traditional 30-hour fermented dough,

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• Detroit Pizza comes to Islington (bringing deep-fried lasagna too)

  

  Deep-dish Detroit pizza is becoming a bit of a thing again. We've had Ria's in Notting Hill and Kin Pizza in Notting Hill while Detroit Pizza, already a big deal in Spitalfields, has just opened its second restaurant, in

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• Alley Cats Pizza brings NYC slices to Marylebone

  

  Fans of NYC style pizza pies should take note of a new pizzeria that's just opened up off Baker Street. Alley Cats Pizza is from the restaurant group that run Ochre at the National Gallery and (whisper it) Angus Steakhouse. Here in Marylebone their head chef Francesco Macri, who's ex-Pizza Pilgrims and Princi, has put together a tight menu that takes New York's pizza scene as its inspiration.

  There are just seven thin

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• Real Housewives of Clapton have a January special with Yard Sale pizza

  

  If their Insta feed was literally the only thing keeping you sane over the Christmas hols, then you'll be glad to hear that meme mistress The Real Housewives of Clapton now comes in pizza form.

  The Insta account has teamed up with Yard Sale Pizza for a January collab that is 100% something we can get behind. The Glut & Glory is "a half-and-half 18” monster" that will work whether you're hitting 2024 on a health kick or carrying on as

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• Fatto a Mano pizza head to Covent Garden

  

  Updated 4/12/23 with opening date

  Fatto a Mano started selling pizzas in Brighton and Hove before landing in King's Cross last year. Now they're getting ready to double up in London with a second pizzeria, this time in Covent Garden. 

  As with their previous restaurants,

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• Zoilo chef Diego Jacquet is opening Florencio Pizza, an Argentine-inspired pizzeria, in Marylebone

  

  More than a decade after opening the doors to his Argentine grill Zoilo, chef Diego Jacquet is expanding. He's getting ready to open a pizzeria just around the corner from his restaurant.

  Florencio Pizza will give him a chance to showcase pizzas inspired by his travels around the world including time spent in Patagonia, his life in Argentina and the creative input of Italian immigrants in

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