Borough Market & London Bridge

• Test Driving Akara - deep-fried delights in Borough Yards

  

  West African restaurant Akara is the follow up to Akoko and sees the team focusing in on deep-fried snacks and a not inconsiderable amount of heat. We head down to Borough Yards to check it out.  

• Test Driving Kolae - the Som Saa team have a winning follow-up in Borough Market

   

  The second restaurant from the Som Saa team, Kolae, has opened at Borough Market, where the team specialises in Southern Thai cuisine. We went down to check it out.

• Akara comes to Borough Yards from the man behind Akoko

  

  9/10/23 - Updated with the opening date

  The man behind Fitzrovia's Akoko, Aji Akokomi, is getting ready to open his next West African restaurant - Akara in Borough Yards. 

  An akara is a crispy savoury fritter made from black eye bean and you'll be seeing those on the menu here, all with different fillings. They include carabinero prawns & vatapa, hand-dived scallops, ox

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• The Som Saa duo are opening Kolae Thai bar and grill in Borough Market

  

  28/9/23 - updated with the opening date and menu details

  We knew way back in 2019 that the people behind Som Saa, Mark Dobbie and Andy Oliver, had a successful crowdfunder for a new restaurant. But with the pandemic messing up the timing a little, things went quiet - until now. The

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• Experimental Sandwich Shop pops up by London Bridge

  

  We do love a good sandwich and if you do too, then a new pop-up that's coming to Vinegar Yard should be well worth a look. 

  The Experimental Sandwich Shop comes from the people behind Bad Boy Pizza Society and it's all inspired by a

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• Mondo Beer + Pizza brings exactly that to Borough Yards

  

  New openings are still happening at Borough Yards. The latest to arrive in the area are Mondo Beer + Pizza and yes, you can probably guess what they're serving. 

  The restaurant comes from Mondo Brewing Company who are also based in Nine Elms but this is their first location away from the main brewery. They've teamed up with pizzeria Joe Public, who you might have

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• Rambutan Sri Lankan restaurant is coming to Borough Market

  

  3/3/22 - Updated with the opening date

  It's been promised for a while, but Rambutan is finally gearing up to open. It's the latest step in chef, restaurateur and author Cynthia Shanmugalingam's journey of exploration of her Sri Lankan roots. The restaurant, which opens in Borough Market, follows the publication of a book of the same name which shines a light on Sri Lankan cooking with a focus on

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• Turnips

  The restaurant for a longstanding Borough Market greengrocer

• Sons + Daughters sandwiches hit up Borough

  

  Updated 20/9/22 with opening date

  If inventive, towering sarnies stacked with the best ingredients are your thing, then we bring you good news indeed. The folks behind Sons + Daughters sandwiches in Coal Drops Yard are expanding. They're taking over the old 26 Grains site on Stoney Street at Borough Market for their second sandwich shop.

  "After a long search we couldn’t be more pleased

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• Salt Yard have brought Mediterranean tapas to Borough

  

  Salt Yard are growing again. They only recently expanded to Westfield and now the latest Salt Yard has opened in Borough. 

  As with their previous openings, it's a combo of Spanish and Italian tapas in a venue that's decked out with lots of exposed brickwork. The

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• Burger & Beyond's next stops are in Soho and Borough Yards

   

  Updated 6/6/22 with Soho soft launch info

  Burger and Beyond have had a pretty successful two years, all things being considered. They were one of the very first restaurants out of the door with a meal kit once the first lockdown arrived and they became a big hit (and they're still available too). Now, they've returned to real-life, mainly concentrated at their

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• Berenjak heads to Borough Market for their next restaurant

  

  18/5/22 - Updated with the opening date

  We only heard a few weeks back about the closure of Flor in Borough (although they do still have their bakery in Bermondsey) but a replacement has been lined up already. Flor was backed by JKS so it's no real surprise to see another JKS restaurant is poised to fill the gap, Berenjak. 

  Berenjak, if you're unfamiliar, is all about

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• Parrillan opens a new grill terrace at Borough Yards, and adds an indoor restaurant too

  

  They already have a mini-empire at Coal Drops Yard in King's Cross with Casa Pastor, Barrafina, Parrillan and The Drop and now The Harts Group are doing something similar at Borough. El Pastor is well established, but with the new Borough Yards development, the group are adding a Barrafina, a new-style Parrillan and Bar Daskal too. 

  First up is

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• Bar Daskal is a Spanish wine bar in Borough Yards from the Barrafina team

  

  The openings at Borough Yards, the new development close to Borough Market are continuing apace - and that includes three new openings from the same people, the Harts Group. They're planning to open both a Barrafina and a Parrillan - but also a new Spanish wine bar, Bar Daskal.

  We see it as something of a sibling to their The Drop wine bar at King's Cross. It has a list that's

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• Brother Marcus comes to Borough Yards with their stellar brunch and more

  

  Updated 18/2/22 with opening date

  London's next big food and drink development to watch is definitely Borough Yards. We already know that Barrafina, Butchies and Vinoteca will be opening new restaurants there - and now

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