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  • Isibani brings West African dining to Knightsbridge

    Isibani brings West African dining to Knightsbridge

    A Hot Dinners exclusive

    London's growing West African restaurant scene is getting bigger with new restaurant Isibani, heading to Knightsbridge. Set up by Anthony Douglas Chuka and Abdul Malik Abubakar, the duo are describing it as "a love letter to West African cuisine".

    Leading the restaurant's food will be head chef Victor Okunowo, previously at Talking Drum

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  • James Cochran is opening Valderrama's on Islington's Upper Street - a sports bar with fried chicken

    James Cochran is opening Valderama on Islington's Upper Street - a sports bar with fried chicken

    James Cochran is adding a new venture to Upper Street Islington (his restaurant 12:51 is just up the road) but this time it's quite different to his previous place. He's opening a sports bar called Valderrama's.

    It's named after the Colombian 90's football captain and sports will be a big part of the venture, with screens dotted all around the bar (we

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  • Maria G's is Robin Gill's seasonal Italian restaurant in Kensington

    Maria G's is Robin Gill's seasonal Italian restaurant in Kensington 

    15/6/22 - updated with the opening date and menu details

    Robin Gill (Darby's, Bermondsey Larder, Sorella) is heading west for his next opening, Italian restaurant Maria G's. 

    This restaurant will be inspired by the chef's time in southern Italy and they're billing is as a relaxed Italian restaurant with British produce. He'll be joined

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  • Rarebit restaurant, bar and shop comes to Elephant & Castle

    Rarebit restaurant, wine bar and shop comes to Elephant & Castle

    15/6/22 - updated with opening details

    If you’ve been keeping an eye on the new Sayer Street development of the already burgeoning Elephant Park area of London’s revamped Elephant & Castle, then we have reassuring news about one of its soon-to-open restaurants. Amid the new shopping destination and residential hub will be Rarebit, the latest venture from Mark Angell,

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  • Shuk serves up Tel Aviv street food at the Seven Dials Market in Covent Garden

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    Fresh from the success of having won this year's Croquetas Challenge, the team at Tel Aviv street food spot Shuk are getting ready to open their second London location. This week seems them heading to Seven Dials Market where they'll be the only Middle Eastern trader at the popular Covent Garden spot.

    Obviously a new location means an opportunity to showcase new dishes in addition to their popular

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  • Roxanne is a hip-hop speakeasy from the Dirty Bones team in Shoreditch

    Roxanne is a hip-hop speakeasy from the Dirty Bones team in Shoreditch

    The people behind Dirty Bones have something very different planned for their next opening. They're about to open a hip hop speakeasy in Shoreditch called Roxanne (which happens to be just around the corner from the Shoreditch Dirty Bones). 

    Named after The Roxanne

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  • Zoom East Sicilian kitchen comes to Whitechapel

    Zoom East Sicilian kitchen comes to Whitechapel

    The relatively new Hyatt Place London City East hotel (it opened mid-2021) has just opened its main restaurant. Called Zoom East, it's billed as a Sicilian Kitchen & Bar with Sicilian chef Vittorio Meli in charge of the menu (he was previously at Polpo Soho). 

    On the menu will be: 

    • Arancini with Carnaroli saffron rice, peas & bechamel
    • Sarde
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  • TikTok favourite Bun House opens in Camden Market's Hawley Wharf

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    They're already a viral sensation for their Cantonese steamed buns, now Chinatown's Bun House are getting ready to bring those buns north to Camden.

    Opening today in the Hawley Wharf food hall, they'll be serving up their most famous creations alongside some brand new dishes including:

    • Sticky salt lime chicken nuggets
    • Crispy shiitake nuggets with house ranch
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  • Tatale to open first permanent restaurant at the Africa Centre in Southwark

    Tatale to open first permanent restaurant at the Africa Centre in Southwark

    Updated 10/6/22 with interior pics

    He's already been popping up around London with his supper clubs, but now chef Akwasi Brenya-Mensa is getting ready to open Tatale as a permanent restaurant, housed in The Africa Centre in Southwark. 

    With a menu focused around Pan-African cuisine, Tatale takes its name from a Ghanaian dish, the plantain

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  • Elsewhere Coffee is opening a new cafe in Brockley

    Elsewhere Coffee is opening a new cafe in Brockley

    Elsewhere Coffee Roasters in Deptford (and who also have a Cafe in Herne Hill) are expanding - this time with a new cafe that's heading to Brockley. 

    And while the coffee will, of course, be a big thing at the cafe, they're also bringing in a new chef to take on the food. That's Adam Andrews, previously executive chef at Farm Girl and who also had his own business Little Ghost

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  • Le Bab's kebabs head south to Brixton Village

    Le Bab bring their kebabs to Brixton Village

    Le Bab have become big hitters in London's kebab scene in the past few years - as well as launching the odd innovative concept like their Kebab Queen restaurant. Now they're getting ready to launch their fourth restaurant, this time in Brixton Village (where Ms Cupcake used to be). 

    The new opening, their first in south London, is a small affair, with room for just 20 people. Before you get to

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  • Café Leon Dore opens in London at Aimé Leon Dore's flagship store in Soho

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    London's cafe scene got a boost at the weekend when fashion and lifestyle brand Aimé Leon Dore opened their London flagship store in Soho. Why it's of interest to us is that it means that, like the original store in New York, London now has a Café Leon Dore.

    The hip walnut-panelled, marble-floored café serves up a shortish menu that they say is "inspired by Greek culture". That means you'll be able to order Freddo Espresso

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  • Burger & Beyond's next stops are in Soho and Borough Yards

    Burger & Beyond's next stops are in Soho and Borough Yards 

    Updated 6/6/22 with Soho soft launch info

    Burger and Beyond have had a pretty successful two years, all things being considered. They were one of the very first restaurants out of the door with a meal kit once the first lockdown arrived and they became a big hit (and they're still available too). Now, they've returned to real-life, mainly concentrated at their

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  • New London restaurants opening in June 2022

    New London restaurants opening in May 2022

    Even with a long Jubilee weekend kicking things off, a lot of new restaurants are coming in June including another Robin Gill restaurant, the new location for Honey & Co, a revamped Boundary and more...

  • Islington is home to Mother Clucker’s new fried-chicken restaurant

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    Get your chicken puns ready, Mother Clucker is setting up a restaurant in Islington, having previously found fame as a street-food truck in 2013 and then a UK-nationwide delivery service in 2021.

    You may recall we reported on their first bricks-and-mortar home back in 2018, when Mother Clucker set up shop in Exmouth

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