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- Jackson Boxer is behind the latest Selfridges Corner Restaurant residency
We're still waiting to hear if Jackson Boxer is going to be opening his Lumette restaurant that he previewed last year, but in the meantime, the chef behind Orasay and Brunswick House is popping up at Selfridges with a new residency.
He's taking over the
... - Test Driving BAO Marylebone - a Taiwanese dumpling house off Oxford Street
The BAO team branch out into dumplings with their latest branch, just off Oxford Street. We went to check it out.
- BAO Mary is the BAO group's take on a Taiwanese dumpling house beside Selfridges
2/5/23 - Updated with the opening date
Oxford Street shoppers are going to have a handy new pitstop to drop into this summer. BAO are opening up BAO Mary on James Street. They've taken over the space next to Patty & Bun (where Sidechick used to be) and this latest restaurant of theirs will focus on dumplings.
BAO Mary, as it'll be known, will have an open kitchen, with handy
... - Sarap's Budgie Montoya brings Filipino BBQ skewers to Market Halls Oxford Street with Apoy
Filipino restaurant Sarap finished its run on Heddon Street at the end of 2022 and, since then, the restaurant has been looking for a permanent home. In the meantime, after an appearance on Great British Menu, chef Ferdinand ‘Budgie’ Montoya
... - Selfridges opens Howl’s Moving Castle pop-up, Calcifer's Kitchen
Studio Ghibli's Howl's Moving Castle is coming to Selfridges in food form as it takes over their Dolly’s Café for a month.
It's all part of Loewe's new capture collection inspired by the movie. It's actually the third of Loewe's Studio Ghibli collections (they've already done My Neighbour Totoro and Spirited Away) but the first to come with a pop-up on
... - 20ft Chicken sees Black Bear Burger moving to fried chicken on Oxford Street
If you're a fan of Black Bear Burger (and we are), then it's worth knowing they have something new up their sleeve. Next up after burgers, it's fried chicken with their new 20ft Chicken.
They'll be launching this as part of Market Halls in Oxford Street.
... - Test Driving Saltie Girl - the Boston seafood import hits Mayfair
All the way from Boston, this US import is hoping to make itself an indispensable seafood spot for anyone shopping on Oxford Street.
- Cuban feasting and cocktails by Oxford Circus with La Rampa
La Rampa brings a Cuban flavour to Oxford Circus with their unique take on Cuban food classics and cocktails - plus lots of rum...
- London's first Tasty by Greggs cafe in Primark on Oxford Street has a sausage roll swing
It's the partnership that brought us such sartorial delights such as the Greggs clogs this summer, now Primark have gone on step further and opened a Greggs cafe in their Oxford Street shop.
Tasty by Greggs will, they say, be "the most Instagrammable’ Greggs in the world". That sounds like hyperbole until you hear that it has a Greggs Sausage Roll swing. It's the second such cafe to open in
... - Whistle Punks are bringing axe-throwing to Oxford Circus
We've had darts, crazy golf and, of course, bowling and now we have axe-throwing, thanks to the upcoming opening of a new Whistle Punks.
This new one in Oxford Circus
... - Arcade Food Hall is relaunching at Centre Point with all-new kitchens
Hugely popular with central London’s shopping masses when it opened in July 2019, its welcome return is in a slightly new guise, thanks to JKS Restaurants (Gymkhana, Hoppers) who are masterminding the relaunch.
- The London popup Champagne bar where a glass is just £2.33
Popping up briefly in St Christopher's Place this week is a Champagne bar with a difference. The signage out front doesn't give the game away but Veuve is actually a popup from Aldi, selling the supermarket's own-brand - and award winning - Veuve Monsigny Champagne.
Billed as "the UK’s cheapest Champagne bar in one of the UK’s most expensive postcodes", Veuve will be open until Sunday to give weary Christmas shoppers
... - San Carlo have opened Isola in St Christopher's Place, and it's a looker
St Christopher's Place has upgraded its Italian restaurant offering. Taking over the space long held by Carluccios is Isola. It's the latest opening from the San Carlo Group (who run Alto on the rooftop at Selfridges and Signor Sassi Knightsbridge and Cicchetti Piccadilly among others).
Billed as a Sicilian Grand Café they've gone all out with the interiors bringing in design company Fettle who were
... - Test Driving Pizzeria Mozza - top LA chef Nancy Silverton lands in London
Nancy Silverton is a big name on the American food scene, and now she's brought her Pizzeria Mozza to London. We went along for a look...
- Giz & Green with Night Tales take over the John Lewis Rooftop
It's been a while since the rooftop at John Lewis has been open - but it's coming back in style and with a new name. This summer, it's called Willows, and is being taken over by the people behind Night Tales who have brought in Gizzi Erskine and Professor Green to run the food.
Giz & Green's deep-pan sourdough and stuffed-crust pizzas were a hit at ...