Pub

• 'It's like a drug - totally addictive' - blogger Samphire and Salsify starts work at The Guinea

  Ever wondered what it was like to work in a restaurant? Restaurant blogger and influencer Dominic Rowntree recently stepped across the divide to begin work front of house at London's historic Guinea Grill. Here's his diary of the first few weeks on the job.

• Goose Island Shoreditch Brewpub promises a holy trinity of beer, pizzas and live music

  Expect a holy trinity of beer, food and live music at this American beer company's first UK brewpub which has landed on Shoreditch High Street.

• The Bedford in Balham gets ready to show off its multi-million pound new look

  

  Having been shut for five months, the popular live music pub The Bedford in Balham is about to open the doors to show off its multi-million pound new look. The Grade II listed building has had a shed load of money lavished on it and will now have five bars, four private rooms, a ballroom and a live music club as well as 15 bedrooms upstairs.

  Back in the days when a tweet by Ed Sheeran was lucky to get 21 likes, the popstar mentioned his love of the venue. It's said

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• The White Haus in Farringdon will be an Alpine-themed pub with schnitzel and hot toddies

  Hippo Inns are turning three floors of Farringdon pub into an après ski fest of schnitzels, Alpine beer and hot toddies.

• The Barrel Vault will be Wetherspoon's huge new pub at St Pancras

  Ousting the old M&S which looked out on to Pancras Road, this huge new Wetherspoons is going to have room for hundreds of thirsty commuters.

• The Pembury Tavern in Hackney is now The Five Points Brewing Company's new tap room

  What better idea for a London brewery to open their own tap room in a pub just down the road from where they're making their beer? That's what Five Points Brewing Company have done with their takeover of this popular Hackney pub.

• Dan Doherty's pub The Royal Oak is about to start serving Saturday brunch and Sunday roasts

  Back when it opened in June, Dan Doherty's Marylebone pub The Royal Oak kicked off with a tiny menu, while the chef and his team went about putting useful things like a proper kitchen in. Now, almost three months down the line they're about to kick things off.

  This week sees them launch a proper a-la-carte menu as well as Saturday brunch and Sunday lunch and, well, we thought you might like to take a look at what's on offer.

  Test Driving Plaquemine Lock - a Cajun and Creole pub in Islington

  Tucked down a residential side street in Angel is a canalside pub turning out Cajun and Creole food. We along for a taste of the Deep South.

• Islington's Compton Arms reopens with a new landlord and refined pub classics menu

  The pub that inspired George Orwell's famous Moon Under Water essay has been taken over by the landlord who runs The Gun in Hackney and he's brought in help to serve up some interesting bar food too.

• Plans to turn The Archway Tavern into a wine bar AND nursery are rejected

  

  In a story so crazy you couldn't make it up, an Archway pub has had its application to open a wine bar/nursery rejected.

  The Archway Tavern has been closed for four years now, but an application by leaseholder Dr Imtiaz Sarder was proposing to put a nursery in the back of the building whilst changing the pub to a wine bar.

  Unsurprisingly that didn't cut much mustard with the planners who turned the drinking and daycare combo down, saying: "The

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• The Naturalist at Woodberry Down is Manor House's newest pub

  The huge new Woodberry Down development by Manor House now has its own pub. The Naturalist will be open all day and is setting itself up to offer a mean weekend brunch and Sunday lunch.

• The Blue Posts is about to launch a contender for best pub lunch in London

  

  London's gastropub scene has been getting a real injection of creativity of late, what with Dan Doherty and Tom Oldroyd both opening their own boozers and Henry Harris bringing his skills to a range of pubs

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• Test Driving The Duke of Richmond - Tom Oldroyd becomes a publican

  Tom Oldroyd has followed up his first restaurant by turning Landlord at the Duke of Richmond. We head along to the pub to find out more...

• Belsize Park’s newest pub is The Belrose, and they’ve got a south-facing beer garden

  Whether you’re after brunch, lunch, pizza or charcuterie, the Belrose should have you covered. And while you wait for your food, you may as well quaff a pint of their homemade IPA in their south-facing beer garden… 

• The Newman Arms reopens with a pie menu and downstairs snugs

  

  It's always a worry when any central London pub closes its doors, ostensibly to be renovated. So when The Newman Arms shut a year or so ago to have the upstairs section turned into flats, the chances that this historic pub, which had been a popular spot for foodie pop-ups more recently, would ever reopen seemed pretty bleak.

  So we're particularly pleased to see that not only is it remaining a pub, but the 18th century boozer has also had a bit of a

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