Gastroblog
James Ramsden and Sam Herlihy already have a winner with Pidgin and now they're opening a more casual restaurant in King's Cross. There will be plenty of sandwiches (including finger sandwiches) and soft serve.
Read more: Sons + Daughters comes to King's Cross from the Pidgin duo
Would you describe yourself as an honest person? One way to really put that to the test is with the return of Vinery London next month. This irregular pop-up boasts that it's the only honesty wine bar in London where they trust you to pay what you think you should.
The idea is that you buy a ticket (£7.50) which gives you entry plus a wine glass which you can then top as much as you like througho…
Read more: Vinery London is a pop up honesty wine bar where you pay what you think it's worth
Recently opened in Waterloo is With Love, a new not-for-profit cafe that, in their own words, is "a community-focused charitable enterprise that seeks to make a modest difference to the lives of local homeless people."
As you pick up your morning coffee, you'll also be encouraged to buy some food or a drink, and they'll then give that to someone who couldn't afford it. On top of that, they're pro…
Read more: With Love cafe to help the homeless comes to Waterloo
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…
Read more: BAO Fitz are celebrating a season of Autumn bar takeovers with limited edition baos
Fans of Cutter and Squidge - best known for their biskies (a cake/cookie sandwich concoction) - can rejoice as they're about to get another location - this time as a pop-up in Victoria. Already set up in The City and Soho, they're now heading to Victoria.
And as they're just down the road from Buckingham Palace, the new shop will have a special biskie for the occasion - The Royal Bisk…
Read more: Cutter and Squidge are coming to Victoria with a pop-up bakery
As the launch of Seven Dials Market gets closer, we're hearing more about who exactly will be settling into London's next big food hall.
First up is Monty's Deli. They've recently closed their Hoxton restaurant, so this will be their third site (they're also at Spitalfields and Market Hall Victoria). So if you're in Covent Garden and have a craving for a proper reuben salt beef or pas…
Read more: Monty's Deli and Claw are the latest to move into Seven Dials Market
Great Guns Social in Borough has just announced a trio of residencies running up to October, and they all sound well worth your time. Here's what's coming.…
Read more: Borough's Great Guns Social is serving up a trio of new residencies
15/8/19 - updated with details of some of the burgers
This year National Burger Day is designated as 22 August - but since the demise of Mr Hyde, who previously sponsored it, we're still not sure if there will be a big co-ordinated discount spree this year.
But we do know that the yearly celebration at Street Feast is coming back - and this time it's being renamed Bundance, taking place at…
LA's Eggslut has landed in Notting Hill with a mind to cornering London's eggy bun market. We head down to try them out. …
Read more: Test Driving Eggslut - we try all the eggy buns in Notting Hill
Ex Duck & Waffle chef Tom Cenci comes to Bermondsey to launch Loyal Tavern, taking over from Village East (but run by the same group). There will be seasonal menus - and cheese toasties for late-night snacks. …
Read more: Ex Duck and Waffle chef Tom Cenci opens Loyal Tavern in Bermondsey
If the impending arrival of Autumn (if it isn't here already) has you depressed, then we have some good news to counter that. September may mean the end of the hols and back to work, but it also means that the Salt Yard Group Croqueta Challenge is just around the corner.
We've judged it for the past few years and it's always a cracking event - bringing together some of London's best restaurants i…
Read more: Here's who's taking part in the 2019 Croqueta Challenge
Taking over an Iconic building in Brixton is local entrepreneur Melanie Brown who also runs the New Zealand Wine Cellar in Pop Brixton. Brown is aiming to turn the old laundry into a two floored all day restaurant and bar.…
The newest Hoxton hotel is bringing with it a seafood restaurant with an impressive view across London. And they've brought in the people behind top Brooklyn restaurant Maison Premiere to run it. …
In Islington's Compton Arms, they have the very popular Four Legs residency (which we Test Drove recently). Now the Compton Arms' sister pub The Gun in Hackney has brought in a long term food residency Anju - which they're hoping will be a similar success.
Anju - which already has a residency at Blend in Green Lanes - sounds like the perfect match, given that its name means 'food eaten with alcoh…
Read more: Anju is the new Korean food residency at The Gun in Hackney
Already getting respect for serving up one of London's best plant-based burgers, Halo Burger in Brixton has just put another couple of items on the menu that both sound a bit special.
First up is the "THIS™ Isn’t Chicken Nuggets" using on the plant-based chicken that THIS™ produce (made to be as close to chicken as possible) with a choice of BBQ sauce, signature sauce, ketchup or mayo.…
Read more: Brixton's Halo Burger launches a vegan deep-fried Magnum
