Tapas

• Test Driving Llerena - a slice of Extremadura on Islington's Upper Street

  Sourcing their food direct from their own farms in Extremadura, the family behind new Islington tapas spot Llerena can be quietly confident their food is worth crossing town for.

• A former Barrafina Head Chef is opening Abel in Mercato Metropolitano

  Barcelona-born chef Javier Duarte Campos has left Barrafina Drury Lane to go it alone, opening his own tapas spot in Mercato Metropolitano.

• Camino heads to Shoreditch for Spanish tapas and more

  This will be the fourth restaurant and tapas bar from Camino. Expect all the favourite tapas to be on the menu here, along with some new additions. And a huge outdoor terrace too.

• Japanese tapas and sushi - we Test Drive Cubé

  Try this new Japanese spot just off Oxford Street, but don't expect the traditional menu...

• Bar 44 are crowned winners of the Battle of the Bravas 2017

   Last night we ate a LOT of potatoes, but it was all in the pursuit of discovering who could make the best Patatas Bravas dish, so it was well worth the carbs. Find out who came top in the Battle of the Bravas,,,

• The Tapas Room hits Tooting from the Donostia Social Club

  Specialist Basque sherries, vermouths and more with tapas-style nibbles on the side

• Test Driving Lobos in Soho

  Lobos Meat & Tapas have opened a second restaurant in Soho. We head down to get our meat fix.

• Encant tapas restaurant in Covent Garden will be Bravas Tapas chef's first solo venture

  

   

   

  Updated with confirmed opening date. 

  We (and a lot of other people) were big fans of Tower Bridge Spanish spot Bravas Tapas, so news that the restaurant's co-founder Victor Garvey was opening his first solo venture gladdens our hearts. Opening in February in

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• La Cabina late night tapas hits Kingsland Road

  

  London is slowly but surely gearing up to the launch of the late night tube. And the arrival of La Cabina in Haggerston is another sign of that. This new basement tapas spot will serve a full tapas menu until 5am.

  Named after the Spanish phonebox, La Cabina is taking over the space that used to be Manero's. With room for 50 diners, you'll find the entrance at the back of the phone booth on Kingsland Road.

  As for food, the menu's been put together by Javier

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• Poco tapas comes to Broadway Market

  

  Poco, a tapas restaurant that's been open in Bristol since 2011, is coming to Broadway Market. It's from Tom Hunt - better known to some as the author of The Natural Cook - who's joining up with his partners Ben Pryor and Jen Best to bring the restaurant to London. 

  Expect tapas based on organic and seasonal British produce - their claim is that it's "100% seasonal, 90% British and 10% European non-air freight". To this aim,

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