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- OshPaz is bringing Uzbek dumplings and plov to Regent Street
You may have already tried his food at Seven Dials Market or the recent World Halal Food Festival (where Big Zuu really, really loved it) but now chef Muzaffar Sadykov is bringing his Uzbek food right into the West End. OshPaz will open on Regent Street, offering a handy place to grab and go for breakfast and lunch and then
... - Gaucho City is reopening after a big revamp - take a first look inside
Gaucho in the City has just had a complete overhaul. Take a first sneak peek inside the new-look steak restaurant.
- Ex-Fat Duck executive chef Ashley Palmer-Watts has big plans for The Garden Cobham
He spent 20 years with the Fat Duck Group during which time The Fat Duck won a third star with him as head chef. He also opened Dinner by Heston which won two more. Now Ashley Palmer-Watts is getting ready to open a restaurant that's all his own.
However, as befits a chef with that kind of top-level background, he's not just opening one restaurant he's opening a cluster of them. Palmer-Watts has
... - Searcys Champagne Bar comes to Battersea Power Station
Updated 18/10/23 with opening date and launch offer
The big refit of Battersea Power Station that we've seen over the past few years isn't finished yet. Next up for the station is a brand-new Champagne bar.
It comes from Searcys, whose most well-known bar is the one that aligns the Eurostar platform at St Pancras. They'd previously popped up at Battersea with
... - Ladbroke Hall sees art and dining collide in Notting Hill
17/10/23 - Updated with a look inside and details of the menu
Back in 1903 the UK's first purpose-built car factory and showroom opened in Notting Hill. In the intervening years, the building has had many other uses including, most recently, operating as a photography studio. Now it's in its most recent iteration as Ladbroke Hall, a self-styled 'arts stage' which brings together
... - Three Uncles doubles up in the City
They already have a place in Liverpool Street (as well as Camden and Brixton) but now Three Uncles are about to double up in the City with a new opening on Old Bailey, just around the corner from St Paul's.
If you're unfamiliar with them, they're best known for their Cantonese roast meats. So that's a choice of roasted duck, pork or Hainan chicken served with rice. On top of that, they serve lo
... - South-African cafe group Tashas to open its first UK site at Battersea Power Station
17/12/23 - updated with the opening date
The new dining options at Battersea Power Station just keep coming, with the arrival of tashas restaurant. If you’ve not been in South Africa or the UAE recently (where tashas have 15 and six restaurants, respectively), you’re likely
... - Brandy House Bar, from the UK’s first ever Brandy Distillery, opens in Walthamstow
We bring you a big development in the world of spirits and an exciting cocktail destination for East London, with the news that Brandy House Bar is now open in Walthamstow.
Launched by Burnt Faith, who opened the UK’s first brandy distillery in the location this summer, the bar is on a mission to educate palates new (or even adverse/agnostic) to the world of
... - Jamie Oliver Catherine Street is the chef's new London restaurant
13/10/23 - Updated with the opening date and menu details.
It's been nearly four years since Jamie Oliver's restaurants went into administration in the UK. Since then, he's had pasta pop-ups and opened restaurants abroad but nothing new in the UK - until now.
He's getting
... - Get ready Stratford, Eggslut is coming to East Village
Updated 13/10/23 with opening date
The egg-based dining concept that has induced sniggers and second-glances at its name since launching in London is asking for your attention again. Eggslut is opening a branch in Stratford, its fourth in the capital and the biggest so far.
Originally starting life as a gourmet food truck in LA in 2011, Eggslut now has 16 locations worldwide
... - Chakana sees ex-Lima head chef serve up Peruvian on Broadway Market
Eagle-eyed London Fields residents may have spotted the arrival of a new restaurant, Chakana, on Broadway Market. Turns out this is the new London outpost for chef Robert Ortiz who opened the first Chakana in Birmingham four years ago. Ortiz, you may remember, was also the head chef for Lima for years when it became the first Peruvian restaurant in Europe to gain a Michelin star. He left Lima in 2019 to head
... - The Breakfast Club is coming to Covent Garden
There’s news afoot in Breakfast Club land again. We recently told you about the famous yellow ‘caff’ and its first venture into the travel-sphere, with the new outlet at Gatwick’s North Terminal. Now, they’re launching another new site in Seven Dials, Covent Garden - their 15th opening
... - Le Deli Robuchon comes to Chelsea, opening on the King's Road
Updated with details of the launch and the opening date
The original Le Deli Robuchon had been pretty popular for a while, but that went into the stratosphere when they launched the (undeniably great) cube croissants which took over TikTok and Instagram. Now they're coming to Chelsea with a second branch on King's Road.
That cube croissant will, of
... - Caravan are opening in Covent Garden
Updated 10/10/23 with the opening date
It's been a while since coffee roasters and brunch purveyors Caravan opened a new place, but now they're about to hit up Covent Garden. They're one of the restaurants opening in the new workspace Grainstore on Drury Lane.
It's a pretty big affair, taking over part of a building that was formerly a grain and seed store (which is not dissimilar to their
... - Saltine sees the Fink's team opening a restaurant in Highbury
10/10/23 - updated with the opening date
Eagle-eyed Highbury residents may have noticed some construction work going on up at Highbury Barn over the past couple of months. Turns out that's going to be a brand new neighbourhood restaurant from Mat Appleton and Jess Blackstone, the founders behind local coffee shop group Fink's.
Saltine, as it'll be called, scores highly on the 'must
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