Italian

• Test Driving Jacuzzi - Big Mamma goes extra extra in Kensington

  

  The latest restaurant from Big Mamma has arrived in Kensington and we got in early for a preview. Here's what to expect from Jacuzzi.

• Jacuzzi sees Big Mamma hit up Kensington High Street and go more extreme than ever

  

  17 January 2023 - Updated with a look inside

  Big Mamma never do things by halves but they're taking things one step further as they head west to Kensington for their next restaurant Jacuzzi. 

  It's their next big opening after Ave

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• Garum is top Roman chef Arcangelo Dandini's first London restaurant

  

  Five years after popping up in London as part of food writer Daniel Young's Young & Foodish's Spaghetti Wednesday, top Roman chef Arcangelo Dandini is back, this time with a permanent restaurant.

  Garum is the chef's 60-seater restaurant in Queensway which opened rather under the radar last month. With it, Dandini is hoping to share his devotion to Roman food with Londoners - "to bring the best ingredients in

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• Tozi Grand Cafe is opening at Battersea's new art'otel

  

  The openings at Battersea Power Station are coming thick and fast. On the heels of the main opening last month, we're now hearing about a new Italian coming to the area. TOZI has long been one of the good places to eat down near Victoria station. Way before any of the Nova openings, this critically

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• US restaurant Sparrow Italia launches in Mayfair

  

  19/9/22 - updated with images and menus

  If Mayfair wasn’t already buzzing with forthcoming new restaurant openings, here is news of another. This time it’s by way of Los Angeles as well as the southern European coast. Allow us to explain.

  Hospitality group Noble 33 first launched fine-dining Italian restaurant Sparrow Italia in downtown Los Angeles late last year and now they’re

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• Salt Yard have brought Mediterranean tapas to Borough

  

  Salt Yard are growing again. They only recently expanded to Westfield and now the latest Salt Yard has opened in Borough. 

  As with their previous openings, it's a combo of Spanish and Italian tapas in a venue that's decked out with lots of exposed brickwork. The

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• Test Driving Maria G's - seasonal Italian excellence in Kensington

  

  Maria G's is the latest restaurant from Robin Gill which sees the chef creating an Italian restaurant in Kensington. We went in to check it out. 

• Lina Stores expands its pasta empire to The City and Marylebone

  

  18/05/21 - updated with Marylebone opening date

  Fans of Lina Stores, the distinctive pistachio-green pasta restaurant and deli, are being rewarded with a couple of new openings. 

  First up (and open now), Lina Stores City has taken over the Bloomberg Arcade site that was previously

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• Palazzo in Crystal Palace is an Italian bar and diner from the Made of Dough boys

  

  A Hot Dinners exclusive

  If you're a Crystal Palace resident wondering what's happening at the old Church Grill site on Church Road, well we have news for you. The space has been taken over by the team behind pizzeria Made of Dough and will reopen as Palazzo - an all-day Italian bar and diner.

  Music is going to be at the heart of this new SE19 place. They'll have a record library and a regularly changing DJ

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• Cicchetti is coming to Knightsbridge

  

  San Carlo already have two Cicchettis in London (and a few more restaurants too) and now they're gearing up for a third - this time in Knightsbridge. 

  As with their previous restaurants, it'll all centre around "contemporary Italian dining" with fresh pasta dishes, pizza, fish and meat-focused "carne" plates alongside a selection of fritti dishes. Here's a taste from their current

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• Emilia's Crafted Pasta is opening in Canary Wharf's Wood Wharf

  

  Emilia's Crafted pasta gets ready to open its third restaurant, this time in the new Canary Wharf development Wood Wharf. Expect their much-loved fresh pasta dishes, new snacks, a bar with tabletop games and lots more...

• San Carlo have opened Isola in St Christopher's Place, and it's a looker

  

  St Christopher's Place has upgraded its Italian restaurant offering. Taking over the space long held by Carluccios is Isola. It's the latest opening from the San Carlo Group (who run Alto on the rooftop at Selfridges and Signor Sassi Knightsbridge and Cicchetti Piccadilly among others).

  Billed as a Sicilian Grand Café they've gone all out with the interiors bringing in design company Fettle who were

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• Test Driving Il Borro London - a Tuscan bistro Mayfair-style

  

  The Ferragamo family have brought their Tuscan bistro to the heart of Mayfair. We went along for cocktails and pasta. 

• Manteca's new home is in Shoreditch, bringing along their Italian/British menu

  

  25/10 - Updated with the opening date.

  They've been big in Soho and now David Carter and Chris Leach's Manteca is moving to Shoreditch. They're taking over an old Pizza Express site on Curtain Road (very close to Carter's own Smokestak). 

  Manteca has Chris Leach at the helm and originally started life as ...