New opening

• Laboratorio Pizza brings Neapolitan pizza to Great Portland Street

  Trained up under Massimo Bottura, Neapolitan born restaurateur Ivan Simeoli's pizzeria is all about the correct ingredients.

• Wulf & Lamb opens their second plant-based restaurant in Marylebone

  After success with their original plant-based restaurant in Chelsea, Wulf & Lamb have opened a second, this time in the heart of Marylebone. 

• The Blue makeover will see Bermondsey getting a new cinema, cafe and food market

  

  The same team who recently brought us Catford Mews culture centre in Lewisham, are now setting their sights on Bermondsey. The Really Local Group's next venture is The Blue - an all-day community space.

  The project sees the Really Local Group take over the old Thorowgoods furniture shop, bringing a three-screen cinema to the area along with a coffee shop, a café, bar, co-working and a food and craft hall featuring local artisans and

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• New London restaurants coming in March 2020

  

  Spring is nearly here! Here's what restaurant openings you've got to look forward to in March.

• Irish chef Adrian Martin is opening Wildflower restaurant in Camden

  Intending to shake up London's fine dining scene, Adrian Martin's new Camden restaurant, Wildflower, will serve a high end menu... in a shipping container.

• Fish & Chips returns to Upper St Islington with Trawlerman's Fish Bar

  

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  A new restaurant in Islington certainly highlights the cyclical nature of the restaurant business. Trawler Trash on Islington's Upper Street shut its doors in 2019 and the site has been closed ever since. But now a new restaurant has opened in the space and locals will be very pleased to learn that it's a fish and chip shop called Trawlerman's Fish

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• Pizza Pilgrims is opening a pizzeria and pizza academy in Camden

  

  The next Pizza Pilgrims is something of a departure. Yes, there will be the usual top-notch Neapolitan pizzas, but this Camden opening will also be home to a fully-fledged Pizza Academy.

  All of which means that alongside the traditional pizzeria will be a space that's designed to help people get into a hospitality career. It's aimed at the young, ex-homeless, ex-offenders or

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• Satay Street goes permanent with their first cafe, in Whitechapel

  After years as a street food stall, Satay Street has found a space of their own, opening the Satay Street Cafe. They'll have all their best satay alongside an extended menu based on Bangkok Street Markets. 

• Watch House Coffee opens in Somerset House in the former Fernandez & Wells sit

  Taking over the old Fernandez & Well site, Watch House will serve up coffee by day, moving through to small plates, wine and British cocktails by night.

• Two new Robin Gill restaurants on the way at Birch hotel in Hertfordshire

  Chef Robin Gill has been busy of late, with the opening of Darby’s and then The Yard in 2019, and now comes news that he’s overseeing two new restaurants – The Zebra Riding Club and Valeries – at a new country escape 30 minutes north of London called Birch.

• The O2 gets its first proper pub, The Observatory

  

  Next time you're heading to the O2 for a concert and want to grab something to eat pre or post-event, there's now something new to try. Pub company Nicholson’s are opening The Observatory pub.

  Taking over from the Harvester (which in itself can only be a good thing) they'll be open from breakfast, serving up everything from trad fry ups to buttermilk pancakes or poached eggs and avo on muffins.

  The rest of the day their main

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• L'Antica Pizzeria Da Michele comes to Soho's Old Compton Street

  

  Pizzeria L'Antica Pizzeria Da Michele is opening their second London restaurant in Soho - and you can expect the same huge (and hugely popular) Neapolitan pizzas from the original. Plus fried pizzas if carbs just aren't enough...

• Renowned Irish pub Gibney’s launches in London

  Daffodil Mulligan restaurant, the latest venture from chef Richard Corrigan on the former Nuala premises in Shoreditch has announced its new bar in the basement – and it’s a big one – the first international outpost of the renowned Gibney’s pub, which opened in Dublin over 80 years ago.

• Leandro Carreira is opening Claro restaurant in Soho

  

  Leandro Carreira is back with a new restaurant, once again teaming up Bonnie Gull co-founder Alex Hunt. Claro in Soho is inspired by Portuguese tabernas. 

• Good Neighbour to open a site in Tooting

  Good Neighbour, a popular Camberwell restaurant, is expanding to a second site. Expect sharing plates, great coffee and a big focus on wine (including tastings).