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  • Grab a very British bite to eat from Burberry in Clerkenwell Green

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    Updated 23/9/17 with pictures and more details

    Clerkenwell has a new pop-up from luxury Brit brand Burberry which has temporarily extended its West End restaurant (which we're rather fond of) to support the photography exhibition it's putting on by Clerkenwell Green.

    Much like the main venue in town, the menu will be heaving

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  • New Orleans chef Dickie Brennan is popping up at Canary Wharf's Boisdale

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    Football team The New Orleans Saints are marching into London this autumn to compete in the NFL, inspiring chefs from their home turf to follow suit. First up, we had news that Galatoire's was popping up at The Colony Grill Room. But just ahead of them will be Dickie Brennan, who'll be making the trip to Canary Wharf to temporarily turn Scottish

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  • CurAte popup in Clapton mixes art with Laughing Heart chef's food

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    Like a bit of culture with your chowing down? Well an irregular popup called CurAte (see what they did there?) hits Clapton next week and it sounds worth a punt.

    The pair behind it Jenny Barcelos and Anna Beketov describe it as "new initiative that seeks to save souls through a combination of therapeutic visuals, nourishing cuisine and the art of conversation." So the space will showcase emerging artists alongside food by a chef who has been inspired by the

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  • Your own private supper club in a John Lewis showroom apartment

    Your own private supper club in a John Lewis showroom kitchen

    When battling through Oxford Street, do you invariably find yourself drifting towards the safe, peaceful haven that is John Lewis? This might be one for you - the chance to get your dinner served up to you by a personal chef (aka realise your dream of pretending you're a millionaire with a showroom kitchen.)

    The Residence, John Lewis's latest stunt, is a fully-kitted out apartment that you can rent out, dine

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  • The Budapest Bar and Kitchen goes back to Cambridge Heath - and they've got pálinka

    The Budapest Bar & Kitchen goes back to Cambridge Heath - and they've got pálinka

    Italian-meets-Hungarian pop-up Pasta 'n' Goulash will return once more to its spiritual home in CambridgeHeath, when it revives The Budapest Bar & Kitchen for a three-month residency.

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  • Oxalis's modern British cuisine comes to Soho's The Sun & 13 Cantons

    Oxalis's modern British cuisine comes to Soho's The Sun & 13 Cantons

    The latest residency at Soho's The Sun & 13 Cantons has been announced as Oxalis, a travelling pop-up led by a pair of chefs called Max De Nahlik and Nick Ross.

    The duo will be pooling their collective experience and international know-how to serve up a menu that's as much about seasonal British ingredients as it is about traditional French cooking methods, and includes a nod to Nick's Canadian

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  • Tel Aviv chef Oded Oren is popping up with Lebanese wines at Borough Wine and Beers

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    Islington restaurant and micro-brewery Borough Wine & Beers has been keeping busy this year with a series of excellent pop-ups. They're showing no sign of letting up for the time being too. Now they've announced that the next to join will be Oded Oren, an Israeli chef who's previously worked down south in the well-received Louie Louie

    This time

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  • Latin American food for London Fields with Tacu Tacu's six month pop-up

    Latin American food for London Fields with Tacu Tacu's six month pop-up

    A new six-month pop-up has just landed in London Fields as Tacu Tacu are back with their Latin American fare. You may know them from selling Mexican fish burgers on Brick Lane but now they've headed inside for the winter, taking over the spot that used to hold Rita's. There, they've tarted up the place to give it a summer feeling all winter long.

    For the first week, it's been all about tacos along

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  • The bartenders in their pants from Le Calbar in Paris are coming to London

    The bartenders in their pants from Le Calbar in Paris are coming to London

    Yes, you read that right - and you can see from the picture above - there's a bar in Paris where the bartenders serve drinks in their pants. While we're tempted to write something about "those crazy French" at this point, we should also point out that Le Calbar also gets rave reviews for the drinks too. 

    And now those drinks - and those pants - are coming to London where they're popping up for one

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  • Everything is better with sprinkles at EasyJet's Leicester Square pop-up

    Everything is better with sprinkles at EasyJet's Leicester Square pop-up

    Anyone who’s been to the Netherlands will (hopefully) have already been exposed to one of their greatest exports: sprinkles for breakfast, also known as hagelslag. 

    Whether you’ve already a fan - and let's be honest, how could you not be - or you’re wondering what all the fuss is about, you’ll be able to get your fix of bread, butter and hagelslag at EasyJet's new Leicester Square pop-up,

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  • Bubbledogs' Sandia Chang takes the reins at Chick n Sours for one night only

    Bubbledogs' Sandia Chang takes the reins at Chick n Sours for one night only

    We love a good kitchen takeover, and while we've already seen Chick N Sours take over Bubbledogs, now it's time for the next event as Sandia Chang takes over the Seven Dials Chick n Sours. 

    On that one-night-only menu will be wings in a fiery chipotle maple glaze, and Cap’n Crunch fried chicken strips (these sound GREAT) as well as grilled Mexican street corn slaw, jalapeño popper wontons

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  • Mac & cheese croquettes and mustard-glazed burgers from Nanny Bill’s at Birthdays

    Mac & cheese croquettes and mustard-glazed burgers from Nanny Bill’s at Birthdays

    Dalston pop-up hotspot Birthdays has just announced its latest residency,  following previous Birthdays residencies from Crouch Hill’s Max’s to Le

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  • Grain and Graze is a Merchant Gourmet Islington pop-up restaurant

    Grain and Graze is a Merchant Gourmet Islington pop-up restaurant

    Online retailer Merchant Gourmet (where you can buy all manner of pulses and grains) are getting into the restaurant business with a pop-up space in Islington. It's working as a companion to their website so, as you might expect, those grains and pulses are heavily featured on the menu.

    While it's a strongly vegetarian affair, it's not completely veggie either with a few meat dishes cropping up. And for

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  • New Orleans's legendary Galatoire's comes to London's Beaumont

    New Orleans's legendary Galatoire's comes to London's Beaumont

    Here’s a very special one for lovers of everything from the good old USA. For three days, Londoners will be able to temporarily transport themselves to New Orleans's legendary Galatoire’s, an elegant-yet-raucous restaurant popping up in Mayfair.

    The pop-up will be operating out of five-star hotel The Beaumont, setting up in Corbin & King’s Colony Grill Room (one of Hot Dinners' personal fave spots in town).

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  • Eat Club Gascon’s Michelin-starred food in the cloisters of a medieval church

    Eat Club Gascon’s Michelin-starred food in the cloisters of a medieval church

    Ever dreamt of dining in a medieval East End church? Soon, you’ll be able to do just that when St Bartholomew-the-Great, a beautiful parish that’s been standing in Smithfield for over 800 years, temporarily hosts neighbouring restaurant Club Gascon.

    The pop-up will be called Cloister by Club Gascon, and will run for the duration of the restaurant’s refurb. Until then, you'll be able to tuck

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