Gastroblog

This is very welcome news. Westminster Council have just confirmed that Londoners can expect a return to dining in the streets of Soho, Marylebone and St James this summer.
The council said that as soon as venues were allowed to open (all being well this will be on 12 April) they'll support the hospitality industry with "the return of temporary measures to enable al fresco hospitality across West…
Read more: Central London's streets are reopening for alfresco dining in April

Starting life as a delivery-only place during lockdown, this new venture is getting ready to open as a bricks and mortar restaurant in Stoke Newington.…
Read more: Schnitzel Forever moves from delivery-only to restaurant in Stoke Newington

Bone Daddies is branching out, starting in Kentish Town, with their new pop-up delivery spin-odd Wing Daddies.
As you can probably imagine from the name, this is all about chicken wings (which are already popular in the original Bone Daddies). It'll be a simple menu, with Korean fried wings with gochujang and sesame as well as sticky teriyaki, black pepper, honey BBQ, chipotle BBQ and b…
Read more: Bone Daddies comes to Putney while Wing Daddies is a spin-off in Kentish Town

It's restaurants numbers four and five for Yori, who are opening their latest place in Clapham and Ealing. Expect their usual reinvented approach to Korean cuisine. …
Read more: Clapham and Ealing are the latest spots for Yori Korean barbecue

Taking an Israeli-inspired approach to their food, we try the Weekend Box from Shuk and Restaurant Box, designed to keep you well-fed for a few days. …
Read more: Test Driving Shuk with Restaurant Box - delivering a weekend feast

What happens when the creators of one of London's great burgers gets together with one of the city's great pizza groups? Well, you're about to find out.
Next week, Four Legs - the folks responsible for this amazing cheeseburger, are launching the results of their collaboration with Yard Sale Pizza.
The Four Your Legs Only cheeseburger pizza will feature a tomato base, Fior di latte Mozzarella, gr…
Read more: Four Legs are teaming up with Yard Sale for a cheeseburger pizza

So, Boris has made his statement and we finally have a much better idea of when restaurants will open.
There are to be four stages of reopening in general (although, somewhat confusingly, two dates within stage 1) with restaurants and bars starting in stage two.
Here's how that's looking:
- 8 March: Schools reopen, people allowed to meet in pairs in a public place for a drink or picnic. …
Read more: Restaurants will be reopening on 12 April (at the earliest)

Next weekend we'll all be honorary Welsh folk - if it means getting hold of one of Brat's legendary cheesecakes.
To celebrate the upcoming St David's Day, the Shoreditch restaurant is opening for a weekend to sell its world-class baked Basque cheesecake. They'll use the sale to raise funds for The Wickers Charity with all proceeds going to the charity which supports young people and families in E…
Read more: Brat's having a St David's Day weekend popup for their baked cheesecake

Since London bars have been closed for what feels like forever, some have changed up their offering during the lockdown.
One such award-winning bar doing just that is Dalston's Three Sheets. Unable to open to serve up their normal cracking cocktails, they've been operating as a coffee and sandwich bar. And it's the latter part of that offering which has us interested.
They've started teaming up w…
Read more: Three Sheets in Dalston are serving up lockdown sarnies you need to try

Up until now, Shan Shui has had just one location in Bicester Village and it must be doing quite nicely there as they're making the jump to London.…
Read more: Bicester's Shan Shui restaurant to open in London

ASAP Pizza, Flor's born-in-lockdown pizza spin-off by Pamela Yung, has something new on the menu for the coming month. They're launching a series of guest pizzas to the menu, and it's also for charity with £3 from every pizza and £1 from every slice going to a charity chosen by the guest chef of the week.
They have an impressive number of names lined up. The first three are:…
Read more: ASAP Pizza kicks off a guest pizza series, Aziz Ansari pizza included

Three years after opening their successful French wine shop and deli in Tufnell Park, the team behind Authentique Epicerie & Bar have opened a second French food spot in North London.
The French Market sees owners Alexandre, Amaury & Matthieu, who met having worked at various London wine merchants, this time bringing the bakery to the forefront of their offering. The new spot combines a b…
Read more: The French Market brings patisserie and wine to Whetstone