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  • Brother Marcus are taking their Eastern Med plates to Covent Garden

    Brother Marcus bring their Eastern Med plates to Covent Garden

    1/9/24 - updated with the opening date

    Brother Marcus, which has already opened in Islington, Spitalfields, Borough and Kensington, are getting ready to open their fifth restaurant. This time, it's in Covent Garden and will be the latest opening in The Yards development. They'll be taking over the site that was Miscusi and more recently hosted the Prelude by Oriole

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  • Stoke Newington is getting an empanaderia and vinyl wine room courtesy of De Nadas

    de nadas opening in stoke newington

    Stokey locals who fancy grabbing an empanada will soon have somewhere on their doorsteps to do just that. De Nadas who already have two empanaderias in London are opening on Stoke Newington Church Street and this sounds like their biggest place yet. In addition to the general bakery space with 20 seats there's also going to be a vinyl wine room at the back where you can sit in, enjoy some tunes and wine along with your

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  • Wildflowers comes to Pimlico from ex-Elystan Street chef

    Wildflowers comes to Pimlico from ex-Elystan Street chef

    5/6/24 - updated with the opening date

    A new development has arrived in Pimlico, Newson's Yard, that is bringing with it a very promising new restaurant. Wildflowers is the development's food and drink element and comes from chef Aaron Potter, who most recently was Executive chef at Maria G's and before that head chef at Elystan Street.

    Described by Elystan Street's Phil

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  • The big new London restaurants opening in September 2024

    The big new London restaurants opening in September 2024

    As autumn approaches, the London food scene always starts to get a little bit busier. This month sees another new restaurant from Jason Atherton, the return of  chef Selin Kiazim, a Pidgin replacement, a brand new Barbary and lots more. 

  • Jeremy Clarkson is opening The Farmer's Dog pub in Burford in the Cotswolds

    jeremy clarkson's pub in the cotswolds

    Updated 21/8/24 with opening date and pub name

    Having had his plans to run a restaurant at his farm scuppered by local planning restrictions, presenter Jeremy Clarkson has responded by buying a pub instead. Announcing the news in his weekly column for the Sunday Times Clarkson said he's just bought The Windmill - a pub/wedding venue just outside the picture-postcard town of Burford.

    The

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  • Tofu Vegan is bringing vegan Chinese food to Fitzrovia

    Tofu Vegan brings vegan Chinese food to Fitzrovia

    27/8/24 - updated with the opening date

    It quickly became a local hit when opening in Islington in 2021 and now a new Tofu Vegan is opening, this time in Fitzrovia. 

    Since the Islington launch, the group - which is backed by Zhang Chao of Xi’an Impression - has opened in Golders Green and Spitalfields but this is their most central location yet, taking over from what

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  • Café Francois sees the Maison Francois team opening in Borough Yards

    Café Francois sees the Maison Francois team opening in Borough Market

    Updated 23/8/24 with opening date and address

    They've been big in Mayfair and now Maison Francois are the latest to head over to the growing food mecca that is Borough Market, opening Café Francois in Borough Yards where the Paul Smith shop used to

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  • Sesta takes over from Pidgin - here's what to expect

    Sesta takes over from Pidgin - here's what to expect

    9/9/24 - updated with a first look inside

    Pidgin has now closed its doors for good, but something new is rapidly taking its place. 

    Sesta sees the former Pidgin head chef Drew Snaith teaming up with former Pidgin GM Hannah Kowalski to launch their own restaurant. They'll be bringing the rest of the Pidgin team (minus founders Ramsden and Herlihy, of course) with

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  • The Barbary is opening in Notting Hill

    The Barbary are opening in Notting Hill

    22/8/24 - updated with the opening date

    When they last opened a new restaurant, The Barbary team just went next door, but for their third opening, they're heading across town to Notting Hill. 

    Opening on Westbourne Grove (taking over what was Maddox Gallery), the

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  • Istanbul confectioner Hafiz Mustafa chooses Knightsbridge for its first London store

    hafiz mustafa opening london store in knightsbridge

    For over 150 years, the Istanbul sweet and dessert giant Hafiz Mustafa has been a place of pilgrimage for sweet-toothed Turks (and tourists). Now the giant, which has stores all over Turkey and in Dubai is heading to London. They're opening a massive shop in a prime spot opposite Harrods.

    Not only will the shop sell their famous baklava and rock candy, but there will also be room to sit in and

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  • Bleecker Burger arrive at London Bridge

    Bleecker Burger arrive at London Bridge

    They're known by many (including us) for being one of London's best burgers (you can even smell them on the Circle line platform at Victoria) and this week there's another place to try them. Bleecker are coming to London Bridge. 

    Just in time for National Burger Day, they're opening on Tooley Street

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  • Goldies is the Blanchette team's new live fire restaurant in Carnaby

    goldies restaurant kingly court

    We've known for a while that the folk behind popular Soho spot Blanchette were planning to open a place in Carnaby's Kingly Court. But they've moved faster than anticipated and Goldies is now open.

    Billed as a "wood-fired dining experience" the focus of the restaurant is that grill. They'll be serving up a selection of small and large plates where the key connection is that smoky flavour that live fire cooking

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  • Sunday in Brooklyn is opening its second London restaurant near Oxford Street

    Sunday in Brooklyn is opening their second restaurant in St Christopher's Place

    19/8/24 - Updated with the opening date

    If you've been meaning to check out the signature hazelnut maple praline pancakes at Sunday in Brooklyn, but haven't made it out to the Notting Hill restaurant, you'll be pleased to hear another more central opportunity is coming. The New York-originating restaurant is getting ready to open its second restaurant

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  • Crumb get set for Angel with their NYC style cookies

    crumb cookies camden passage

    Cookie lovers in Islington should keep an eye out for the opening of new space Crumb this autumn which is promising to bring NYC style thick, gooey cookies to the denizens of N1.

    They're opening in a teeny space on Camden Passage making it more of a cookie hatch than a cafe - but one that also sells coffee to go. The endeavour is the brainchild of baker Amy Gastman who also runs a vegan bakery Eat By Amy after leaving her

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  • Mignonette is a new affordable French bistro for Richmond

    mignonette restaurant richmond london

    Updated 20/8/24 with opening date

    Two decades after winning a Michelin star for his eponymous restaurant in Twickenham, chef John McClements has come out of retirement to launch a new French bistro in Richmond. Mignonette is the latest venture for the chef and restaurateur who is also behind the South West London group Ma Cuisine.

    It's taken over the old Restaurant 109 site and there'll be

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