Tower Bridge

• Two new Sticky Mango restaurants arrive, in Tower Bridge and Islington

  

  Fans of the Sticky Mango restaurant (the one with the impressive Anthony Bourdain mural), just a short walk from Waterloo station towards Bankside, are in for a treat, as not one but two new Sticky Mango outlets are coming to London.

  Open now is Sticky Mango Tower Bridge, the second restaurant for chef Peter Lloyd and his South-East-Asian-inspired cooking. And there’ll be a

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• Le Pont de la Tour Bistrot to open on the Thames, with "relaxed fine dining" in mind

  

  A Hot Dinners exclusive. 

  It's had pride of place on the banks of the Thames, looking out onto Tower Bridge for over 30 years - and now Le Pont de la Tour is getting ready to launch something new. 

  Taking over the space that was once the restaurant's bar will be the brand new Le Pont de la Tour Bistrot. Designed by their

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• Jack Whitehall is bringing a decadent Foodslut residency to Tower Bridge

  

  You may know Jack Whitehall more from his standup or Netflix shows with his dad, but he also has a blog called Foodslut. That site specialises in " Italian restaurant Legare to open in London Bridge this Autumn

  An ex-Trullo chef joins an ex-Barrafina GM for Legare, offering seasonal Italian pasta and natural wines.

• The Chinese Food Festival is back - here's who's taking part

   

  The Chinese Food Festival is making a return to Potters Fields at Tower Bridge and once again, the line up looks pretty great.

  With a collection of some of London's finest Chinese food in one park, here's what some of the vendors are planning.

  • Three Uncles - Roast Duck, Char Siu Pork, Hainan Chicken Rice, Won Tons in Chilli Oil, Curry
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• Vegan afternoon tea is now a thing thanks to by CHLOE

  

  We've had vegan burgers, vegan fish and chips and vegan cocktails, so it was only a matter of time before London started seeing vegan afternoon teas on offer. One of the first we've heard of is from US import by CHLOE, which is launching their afternoon tea next week.

  As you'd expect from any trad tea set, there'll be teeny sandwiches including 'tuna' salad, 'egg' salad and smoked 'salmon' with cream cheese. That 'salmon', for example, will be made by

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• Clare Smyth is teaming up with Anne-Sophie Pic for an International Women's Day dinner

  

  International Women's Day is coming up and we can't think of a better way to celebrate - if your budget allows - than by sitting down to dinner by two world class female chefs.

  The Four Seasons  London at Trinity Square is hosting a one off event featuring their own chef Anne-Sophie Pic cooking alongside Clare Smyth.

  Each chef will each showcase a selection of their own signature dishes as part of the five course dinner which will be paired with wine

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• Gunpowder Tower Bridge team up with Instagrammers to up their lunchtime sarnie game

  

  If you've suspected for quite some time that your lunch game is a little off, then news of the latest lunch innovation at Gunpowder Tower Bridge will only serve to confirm that.

  They've teamed up with four popular Instagrammers to create a series of lunchtime sandwiches. Each of them will be available for two weeks at a time during the working week to take away. As you might imagine, they not only sound good but should be eminently

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• Test Driving Gunpowder Tower Bridge - Indian small plates make an impression south of the river

  The latest addition to the growing number of interesting restaurants at Tower Bridge is the second Gunpowder, serving up Indian small plates. We head down for a look.

• Gunpowder is coming to One Tower Bridge

  The team behind Gunpowder, Madame D and Gul & Sepoy bring their latest to Tower Bridge. And there will be a bakery/wine bar too. 

• A second By Chloe. is coming to London at Tower Bridge

  The popular US vegan chain is following up its first opening in Covent Garden with it's second at One Tower Bridge. Expect vegan fast food aplenty.  

• Custard will be the Gunpowder team's bakery and wine bar at One Tower Bridge

  One Tower Bridge development continues to get interesting new openings. The latest is Custard which will be a bakery by day serving up Bombay sandwiches and soft serve custard, and a wine bar in the evening.

• The Bridge Theatre now has St John breakfasts and post theatre meals too

  

  A recent trip to The Bridge Theatre (right by Tower Bridge) introduced us to the rather excellent bar they have in the foyer - made all the better due to the fact that all the food is by St John. And now they're stretching out their hours for even more St John goodness at each end of the day. 

  First, there's breakfast (10-12 Mon to Fri, 10-1pm Sat). For that you can get:

  • St John
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• Temakinho Brazilian Japanese fusion restaurant is the latest addition to One Tower Bridge

  A Brazilian-Japanese fusion restaurant chain founded in Italy is expanding, opening its second London restaurant at the new One Tower Bridge development

• Love Prosecco? Prosecco House in One Tower Bridge will be just your thing

  Nestled amid one of One Tower Bridge's high-spec luxury apartment developments comes Prosecco House, a new bar that'll serve nothing but bottles of spumante, frizzante, and tranquillo Prosecco, and a few cichetti to tide you over. But don't be put off by the surroundings - prices look very reasonable indeed, and bottles will be available to takeaway too.