Farringdon

• Quality Wines opens on Farringdon Road

  

  There’s a huge number of independent wine bars opening in London at the moment (something we fully support) and now Clerkenwell’s Quality Chop House is getting in on the act too. Quality Wines, which opened yesterday, will be part of their adjacent shop and cafe and will feature over 200 wines available to either take away or enjoy right there in the shop.

  It’ll only function as a wine bar Tuesday to Saturday evenings so if you work nearby and were

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• Quality Chop House is expanding with a new cafe

  

  Not content with a restaurant, bar and deli, Farringdon's Quality Chop House is now adding a cafe too. If you've been to the deli there recently - and we have many times for arguably the best pork pies in London - you'll have seen the wine shop that's next door (previously run by Noble Wines). It's that area that's becoming their new cafe. 

  There you'll be able to sit down and work your way through as many of those pork pies as you can (and we

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• Test Driving The Coach: Henry Harris's triumphant return to London

  A historic London pub has been reinvigorated with the arrival of top chef Henry Harris. We went to check out the new look Coach

• Bel-Air brings wholesome LA-fare to Farringdon with their second branch

  

  What: Bel Air Farringdon

  In a nutshell: Healthy food, fast.

  Summing it all up: Bel Air's an LA food inspired space that opened originally in Shoreditch serving salads and more. This sees them expanding to a second spot in Farringdon

• South African barbecue Hammer and Tongs lands on Farringdon Road

  

  A taste of South African barbecue, Hammer and Tongs, is coming to Farringdon Road with a braai grill that’s a whopping 3m in size, and a menu bursting with local ingredients.

  We’re not going to lie - it’s rare we need to run to Google *quite* so many times when looking at a menu, but Hammer & Tongs gave us a run for our money, highlighting how woefully under-represented South African food is in London.

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