Fitzrovia

• Sweet Chick, chicken and waffle restaurant by Nas to open in London

  The Brooklyn chicken and waffles group backed by rapper Nas is heading for London with their new American comfort food.

• Ippudo pick Goodge Street for their fourth London opening

  If you're after somewhere in Fitzrovia to sit and slurp ramen, then this international ramen chain are hoping you'll pick their new restaurant on Goodge Street to do just that.

• Luke Selby and his brothers take on the next guest chef residency at Mortimer House

  

  Mortimer House, a member’s club and workspace in Fitzrovia, has already hosted guest chef residencies from Elizabeth Haig and Oli Brown of duck duck goose, and next up is Luke Selby, who you may recognise from Great British Menu. As well as starring on the BBC series, Luke was previously head chef at Ollie Dabbous’ Hide, which he left earlier this year to pursue his own projects.

  Luke will be joined by his two brothers Nathaniel and Theo

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• BAO Fitz are celebrating a season of Autumn bar takeovers with limited edition baos

  

  BAO Fitz is kicking off the Autumn with a series of late-night bar takeovers, every one of which sounds worth attending. They've invited three really interesting bars from across the globe to London. Each will be in town for one night when they'll serve up a special drink and BAO will be pairing that with dishes including - wait for it - a one-off katsu sando creation. Each drink will then be on offer for the following week.

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• Arros QD

  Quique Dacosta does paella in Fitzrovia

• Test Driving Arros QD - Quique Dacosta does paella and more

  Top Spanish chef Quique Dacosta (with many Michelin stars to his name) has come to Fitzrovia with his first UK restaurant. The paella is a big deal, and we head along to see what else the restaurant has to offer. 

• Mortimer House Kitchen

  Fitzrovia club's restaurant that's open to all

• Flesh and Buns are launching the lunchtime Poke-Don mash-up

  

  Flesh and Buns are getting into the poke business - but they're doing it with a twist. Called Poke-Don, they'll be creating a hybrid between a poke dish and a donburi. Poke was made by Japanese communities in Hawaii using cut raw fish and a selection of fruit and vegetable toppings - adapted from donburi, where cooked rice was topped with ingredients from other parts of their menu and served quickly to

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• The strange story of London restaurant Passyunk Avenue's mascot theft

  

  So the rest of London might be obsessing over the Tory leadership campaign and the many, MANY Boris and Carrie sitting in a park memes, but here at Hot Dinners we've been completely caught up by the disappearance of the Passyunk Avenue much-loved Philadelphia Eagles mascot head.

  The story kicked off two days ago, when the Fizrovia restaurant, which specialises in Philly cheesesteaks, and is stuffed with all manner of NFL memorabilia, posted

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• Test Driving Circolo Popolare - the Big Mamma team go even bigger in Fitzrovia

  First came Gloria, now Big Mamma have brought us Circolo Popolare in Fitzrovia. We popped in for a first look - it's mad as ever, but backed up by great food.

• Duck Duck Goose's Oli Brown is the next Mortimer House chef residency

  

  Mortimer House is on a bit of a roll at the moment. Not only getting rave reviews for its main restaurant, but also has huge success with the first of its guest series upstairs with Elizabeth Haigh, previewing her upcoming restaurant Kaizen

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• Quique Dacosta to open Arros QD restaurant in London

  Multiple Michelin-starred Quique Dacosta is coming to the UK with a restaurant that has a big focus on rice (and maybe a bit of paella), bringing a real taste of the Mediterranean to London.

• Circolo Popolare brings OTT Sicilian food to Fitzrovia from the Big Mamma team

  

  They've already had a huge success with Gloria in Shoreditch and now the Big Mamma Group are opening their second London restaurant. This time it's Circolo, where the emphasis is on Sicilian in an over-the-top style.

• Test Driving Pied a Terre - classic Michelin-star dining keeping it fresh in Fitzrovia

  

  For almost three decades this French restaurant has been looking after folk on Charlotte Street. We went to see why Pied a Terre has stood the test of time.

• Elizabeth Haigh launches a two month residency at Mortimer House

  

  If you’ve been wondering where Elizabeth Haigh, the chef that won a Michelin Star at Pidgin, was going to pop up next, then you’ll be glad to hear she has a new central London residency starting in May. While we wait for her first permanent restaurant, you’ll soon be able to to catch her new eight week residency at Mortimer House, a member’s club and workspace in Fitzrovia.

  Head Chef Lello Favuzzi, who recently joined Mortimer House Kitchen, will continue to oversee

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