Fitzrovia

• Test Driving the Clipstone shop - delivering a little Fitzrovian magic to your door

  

  Even if you're happy cooking at home every day, sometimes you just need a bit of inspiration and Clipstone's selection of meals and snacks turns out to be just the ticket.

• Clipstone has reopened, preparing meals for Fitzrovia (and delivery too)

  

  The Woodhead Group are already having big success with the Quality Chop House delivery service (even though we're experiencing severe withdrawal symptoms from going so long without one of their pork pies). Now the same group have reopened another restaurant - Clipstone in Fitzrovia. 

  They're both open as an online shop, but also as a shop providing food for the locals. If you're nearby,

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• Rice Error, the new rice box delivery service from Bao, is here

  

  Updated 12/5/20 with new location opening dates

  If there's one new delivery venture in London that everyone has their eye on, it's Rice Error from the people behind Bao. First off, here's what they say about the overall service:

  A delivery service brought to you by BAO. Specialising in rice boxes using award-winning Chi Shang rice from Taiwan. The design of the boxes are

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• Test Driving Arros QD's delivery options - paella, prawns and more...

  

  Top Spanish chef Quique Dacosta's London outpost has moved into delivery during the London lockdown, but they have three different levels on offer. We put a few of them to the test. 

• Gloria and Circolo Popolare from Big Mamma go takeaway with pizzas & more

  

  Over the past year and a bit, the Big Mamma restaurants Gloria and Circolo Poplare have become huge hits in London. But while it might be a little time before everyone packs into a restaurant like their massive Fitzrovia outpost, that doesn't mean that you can't have a little piece of Big Mamma to take home.

  During lockdown, both restaurants are being turned into a mix of deli and pizzeria as a

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• Test Driving Oklava Bakery and Wine - bakery by day, top level wine bar by night

  

  The restaurant formerly known as Kyseri is now Oklava Bakery + Wine - and we think Fitzrovia residents and workers are going to find this new incarnation to their taste.

• Test Driving Ampéli - Eastern Med food and Greek wines in Fitzrovia

  Fitzrovia has a new Eastern-Mediterranean-inspired restaurant in the shape of Ampeli - and it has a pretty decent Greek wine list too. We head over to try it out.  

• Luciana Berry takes over Mortimer House for a Brazilian feast

  

  Mortimer House has been getting some interesting chefs in for residencies and that looks set to continue as ex-Masterchef Professional Luciana Berry (she reached the semi-final in 2014) takes over in February. 

  Berry was brought up in Salvador before moving to London to set up a catering business that specialised in Brazilian food. Taking over the fifth floor for a month, she'll be serving a

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• Guy Ritchie's new Fitzrovia pub The Lore of the Land serves beer and venison from his country estate

  

  Film director Guy Ritchie's pub empire is expanding. This Fitzrovia pub serves his beer in the pub downstairs and features an upstairs dining room where venison from his Wiltshire estate is on the menu.

• Oklava Bakery + Wine takes the place of Kyseri

  

  Having announced plans to close Kyseri, Selin Kiazim and Laura Christie have revealed that their new space will be open from breakfast onwards and will focus on Selin's bread and pastry making skills.

• Greek-inspired restaurant Ampéli to open in Fitzrovia

  Fitzrovia’s Charlotte Street may have lost the second outlet of Peruvian restaurant Señor Ceviche but will gain a Greek newcomer in its place. Ampéli is a new Eastern Mediterranean inspired restaurant with a strong focus on Greek wines.

• Old Chang Kee are bringing their curry puffs to Fitzrovia

  After success in Covent Garden, a new Old Chang Kee is opening up in Fitzrovia. It's bigger than the original and all the much-loved curry puffs will be there. 

• Tombo goes all out with a Hello Kitty anniversary pop-up

  

  Typical, you wait all year for a Hello Kitty popup and then two come along at once. In addition to the one over at Westfield London at Japan Centre Ichiba, Tombo Japanese Café and Matcha Bar in Fitzrovia, has just launched a four-month Sanrio pop-up experience featuring Hello Kitty and friends. Both are

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• Gaucho's redesigned Charlotte Street restaurant will have a beef bar for counter dining

  The Gaucho group is back from administration woes with a new CEO and a new concept, starting with a reinvention of its Charlotte Street site.

• Le Bun bring their burgers to Fitzrovia - and a cheeseburger scotch egg too

  

  You wait for ages for a Le Bun burger pop-up and then two come along at once! Mere days after announcing their pop-up in the City (with special mash-ups), Le Bun are also going to be popping up in The Smuggler's Tavern in Fitzrovia. 

  They'll have their usual

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