Covent Garden

• Carluccio’s launches new nationwide veggie menu with a Covent Garden pop-up

  

  It seems just about everyone is getting in on the animal-free thing lately, from Pret to KERB. Now, not one to be left out, Carluccio’s has just announced they’ll be

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• Test Driving Joe Allen - Theatreland's charmer survives its move

  Theatreland stalwart Joe Allen has moved, but has it taken its legendary charm with it? We went to find out

• Test Driving Jacob the Angel - this coffee house from the people behind The Palomar has a great pastry game going on

  The people behind the Palomar and The Barbary have opened a coffee shop with some pretty bad-ass cakes on offer. We pop down for a look. 

• Jacob the Angel is a coffee house from people behind The Palomar

  

  23/8/17 - Updated with opening details and the menu.

  There's another new place from the people behind the ever-popular The Palomar and The Barbary, siblings Layo and Zoe Paskin. They're opening a new coffee shop called Jacob the Angel in Neal's Yard.

  The menu has been put together by head chef Daniela Gattegno, who was sous chef at nearby The Barbary and before that Ottolenghi, Moro

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• Adam Handling to open The Frog restaurant in Covent Garden

  

  15/8/17 - updated with opening date

  What: Adam Handling opens in Covent Garden

  In a nutshell: The Frog goes west

  Summing it all up:Adam Handling is bringing his Frog concept from Spitalfields to Covent Garden.

• Host Coffee are bringing sustainable but fun coffee to Covent Garden's Henrietta Street

  Covent Garden gets a new coffee shop from a duo that started their business as an Old Street pop-up

• Test Driving Sibarita - wine, cheese and charcuterie in Covent Garden

  There's a new wine bar in Covent Garden by the same people behind Encant. And it's all about the cheese and charcuterie too. We check it out. 

• P.F. Chang's comes to London with their Asian Table in Covent Garden

  They're pretty huge in the States and now P.F. Chang's is coming to London with their new concept. Expect an Asian brunch and drinks from the people behind Worship St Whistling Shop. 

• Flesh & Buns prepares to relaunch with a new party menu and bigger bar

  Covent Garden has got a hot new party venue as Flesh & Buns prepares to relaunch with a new look and menu

• The London Magnum pleasure store is back in Covent Garden - double-dip ice-cream goodness

  

  Double. Dipped. Magnum ice-creams. If that's music to your ears, is then you'll be wanting to make a beeline for Covent Garden during the next heatwave, where the hugely popular Magnum Pleasure Store pop-up is set to open for the summer.

  If you can get over the 50 Shades-esque name, then head to Earlham Street in Seven Dials, where you'll be able to choose from 20 toppings and

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• Test Driving Henrietta - an Anglo-French marriage made in heaven

  Ollie Dabbous teams up with the Experimental Group for a match made in heaven

• The Oystermen Seafood Bar and Kitchen (and its happy hour) is coming to Covent Garden

  After a 10 month residency in South Kensington, the oyster experts have found a permanent home in Covent Garden to serve up the shellfish every which way, as well as heaps of British seafood, wine, champagne and a very attractive Happy Hour offer…

• Sibarita is Covent Garden’s new Catalan wine and cheese bar from Encant’s Victor Garvey

  After wowing Londoners with his Catalan food at Encant and Bravas Tapas, Victor Garvey has teamed up with his dad to open another restaurant on Maiden Lane. This time, it’ll be a laid back wine and cheese bar, with tapas and plenty more to enjoy.

• Petersham Nurseries opens The Petersham and La Goccia restaurants in Covent Garden

  Petersham Nurseries is making the leap from Richmond to central London and they're not doing things by half. They're launching two restaurants, a lifestyle home and garden shop and a delicatessen with a wine cellar AND a florist.

• Jimmy Doherty will be serving up cones of potatoes in Covent Garden

  

  If you’re partial to a cheeky bit of Escape to the Wild, perhaps with a plate of nourishing carbs balancing atop your lap, perhaps this may interest you - Jimmy Doherty will be hosting a special potato-themed event to celebrate the start of Jersey Royal season. 

  The ‘Just Jerseys’ pop-up, which is sponsored

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