Australian

• Abuelo have opened a new Aussie coffee shop off Oxford Circus

  

  Six years after they opened, bringing a mix of Aussie and Latin American influences to London's cafe scene, Abuelo have expanded with a second cafe. Their latest opening is in Marylebone, just off Oxford Circus making it a very handy pitstop to know about if you're up in the West End working or shopping.

  If you haven't been to the OG Covent Garden cafe, then here's a bit about them. It's run by mother and daughter team Lynette

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• Popular Sydney brunch cafe The Rusty Rabbit is heading to Notting Hill

  

  Homesick Aussies will want to make a beeline for Notting Hill soon as popular Sydney cafe Rusty Rabbit is gearing up to open on Westbourne Grove.

  With two cafes in the Sydney suburbs of Darlinghurst and St Leonards, brothers Jamesray and Joshua Khoury have picked the posh central neighbourhood of Notting Hill for their first London opening.

  Billed as a Sydney brunch club, it serves up a

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• Daisy Green's latest is Johnny Green in St John's Wood

  

  Coming off the back of the very successful Peggy Jean riverside barge opening in Richmond, the Daisy Green group aren't slowing down. They've just opened the next in the series of Australian-inspired cafes, Johnny Green, in St John's Wood.

  Taking over from what used

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• Friends of Ours brings its Hoxton-meets-Aussie brunches to Wandsworth's Ram Quarter

  

  Antipodean-inspired East London brunch spot Friends of Ours has forged a reputation over the past few years for its amazing brunches. Now it's heading to south west London for its next venture.

  The team are taking on a place at Ram Quarter in Wandsworth where they'll be able to serve up a larger menu than at their Hoxton site. There'll be a seasonal, all-day brunch menu, switching up in the evenings into a

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• Bondi Green is Daisy Green's new flagship restaurant complete with A grade bakery

  This new canalside flagship restaurant at Paddington sees the Daisy Green group go up a notch featuring an in house bakery from one of the founders of Puff, rooftop dining and loads of plant-based dishes alongside trad Sunday roasts and brunches.

• Test Driving Milk Beach - an all day spot in Queen's Park which now has room to flex its kitchen muscles

  

  This all day neighbourhood spot has had a dramatic revamp and, even better, has a huge alfresco space too. We headed west to check it out.

• Queen's Park restaurant Milk Beach is expanding - with more alfresco seating and a new bar

  

  A lot of restaurants in London have taken the enforced downtime of lockdown to take stock of their business. And over in Queen's Park, Aussie restaurant Milk Beach has decided that expansion is the way forward.

  The team behind the all-day restaurant, which is tucked away on Lonsdale Road mews, have taken over next door Hugo's Restaurant. They'll be doing renovations over the coming two months, during which time they'll run as an outside shop

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• London's restaurants, bars and cafes raise money to support the Australian bushfire relief effort

  

  Many restaurants across London are keen to help raise money to support those affected by the catastrophic Australian fires, from wildlife charities to disaster relief. Instagrammers Felicity Spector and Clerkenwell Boy have been hard at work collating a list of the events and efforts for Hot Dinners.

• Mama Fuego in Greenwich is an Australian dining and drinking emporium with a sixties feel

  North Greenwich is getting a dining and drinking emporium mixing Aussie coffee know-how with South American food inspiration.