King's Cross

• Sons + Daughters comes to King's Cross from the Pidgin duo

  James Ramsden and Sam Herlihy already have a winner with Pidgin and now they're opening a more casual restaurant in King's Cross. There will be plenty of sandwiches (including finger sandwiches) and soft serve. 

• Test Driving Isla - Adam Rawson goes coastal at The Standard

  Adam Rawson has not one but two restaurants at The Standard hotel in King's Cross. We check out the coastal cuisine at Isla.  

• Isla and Double Standard in King's Cross are Adam Rawson's restaurants at The Standard London

  The huge Standard hotel comes with not one, but two ground floor drinking spaces. Run by ex-Pachamama chef Adam Rawson, there will be Isla (focusing on British coastal cuisine) and the more British pub/dive bar Double Standard. 

• Morty and Bob's team up with Mark Hix for a new cheese toastie at King's Cross

  

  Recently launched in Coal Drops Yard, Morty and Bobs are well known for their very fine cheese toasties. Now they're settled in their fancy new restaurant, they're teaming up with other chefs for the monthly Melt Collaborations. And to kick things off, they've drafted in Mark Hix.

  The new toastie from Hix and M&B features black pudding, spring onions and tangy apple sauce, grilled between thick

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• Aussie brewery Little Creatures open a London taproom in King's Cross

  King's Cross is getting a new brewery, taproom and restaurant as Australian craft beer brand Little Creatures prepare to open behind Granary Square.

• Parrillan is the DIY outside grill at Barrafina Coal Drops Yard in King's Cross

  Barrafina's counter dining is already a big hit in all its locations - and now they're trying something new at King's Cross. They're launching Parrillan - an outside space where you can grill your own meat, fish and vegetables. 

• Happy Face

  Pizza upstairs, cocktails and music downstairs in King's Cross

• Michelin-starred street food pop-up Hawker Chan returns for 3 days

  

  If you’ve been kicking yourself for missing Hawker Chan’s temporary visit to London last year - and considering the frankly epic queues, we don’t blame you - then here’s some very important news.

  The Michelin-starred

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• BBQ Dreamz from Million Pound Menu are popping up in MEATliquor at King's Cross

  

  15/2/18 - Updated with extended dates

  If you've been watching My Million Pound Menu, you'll have seen Draft House founder Charlie McVeigh agreeing to invest £350k in the Filipino barbecue concept BBQ Dreamz.

  And, while the team there work out where they're going to open a permanent restaurant, the street food traders are going to be popping up in King's Cross for a while. They'll be taking over the kitchen at MEATliquor Kings Cross "every Sunday

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• Hicce

  Wood-fired food from a former Murano chef

• Cut and Grind launch London's first keto burger

  

  Sure we've had bunless burgers before now. But if you're after the full burger experience without piling on the carbs, they're not really the same. So a new burger that's just launched in London may be the answer.

  The Keto burger from Cut + Grind in King’s Cross and Boxpark Wembley is the brainchild of chef Sammy Aykak (previously at Zelman Meats and Burger & Lobster). He's put together an aged beef patty using meat from butchers Turner & George, layers

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• Beer and Burger Store opens in King's Cross

  The third Burger and Beer store has come to King's Cross, so if you like both of those things - this is for you. And vegan burgers are on the menu too.

• Chapel Down Gin Works has arrived in King's Cross

  Chapel Down - best known as an English vineyard - have come to London with a new focus on their own gin. This bar and restaurant takes up prime position overlooking the canal in King's Cross and there's some great alfresco space planned too. 

• Test Driving The Drop - the Harts Group's gem of a wine bar at Coal Drops Yard

  London's wine bar scene gets raised a notch with the arrive of the Harts Group new wine bar in King's Cross.

• Test Driving Hicce at Coal Drops Yard - built for sharing

  Former Murano head chef Pip Lacey has gone it alone with a new restaurant overlooking Coal Drops Yard in King's Cross. We check it out.