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- E5 bakehouse is opening at the new V&E East Storehouse in Stratford
The new Stratford Cross development is resulting in adding some very interesting new food options to the area. We've recently had the opening of Templar from the
... - Filipino bakery and cafe Panadera is opening in Soho
A few weeks back, we wrote about how Filipino bakery Panadera was being forced to close in Kentish Town. Owner and co-founder Florence Mae faced a combination of "landlord difficulties and operational challenges" but while that bakery has now closed down, another is now getting
... - Café Kitsuné is heading to Covent Garden with its matcha teas and patisserie
Five years on from opening their first London tea shop, the French Japanese brand Café Kitsuné is heading into central London. Up until now if you wanted to try their cute fox-shaped biscuits and matcha lattes you'd have had to head to Belgravia where they have a branch behind the Pantechnicon building. But this Spring they'll be opening in the heart of Covent Garden, on Monmouth Street.
If you haven't
... - Violet Cakes has opened a secret cafe in the Alaïa store in central London
London is no stranger to interesting cafes in high-end stores - check out our guide to some of the best here. But we'll admit we missed out on the news just before Christmas that another noteworthy spot had opened. The cafe in question is Violet Cakes and it now has a central London location
... - Get monogrammed croissants at the Louis Vuitton x Murakami pop up in Soho
Two years after they launched a pop-up with Japanese artist Kusama at Harrods with its own patisserie counter, Louis Vuitton are back at it again. They've just opened a pop-up in Soho to celebrate the 20 year anniversary of their partnership with another Japanese artist Takashi Murakami.
The Louis Vuitton x Murakami pop-up has taken over the old Fiorucci store on Brewer Street for a month.
... - De Beauvoir's hot new cafe is Leigh's
Islington's run of interesting openings continues this year with the arrival of Leigh's in De Beauvoir. The duo behind it are Cordon Bleu-trained chefs Melanie Clarke and McKenzie Amaral who have taken over the cafe area at co-working space One and a Half, just across the road from the popular pub The Scolt Head.
It's a daytime-only space, serving up coffee, toasties, soups and bakes. Expect to find a regularly
... - Fantail open a second cafe, at Finsbury Park
Two years after opening their first cafe, the duo behind Fantail in Islington, Jonny and Joel, have moved further north to Finsbury Park for their second venture.
They've taken over the long-vacant spot on 250-252 Seven Sisters Road (at the end of St Thomas's Road). The new location makes it very handy for commuters using Finsbury Park station, not to mention presenting locals with a nicer independent alternative to the
... - Friends of Ours are popping up for six months at the Serpentine Gallery
They're responsible for serving up one of Shoreditch's most popular brunch menus. Now Friends of Ours are hoping to bring that same joy to West Londoners. This weekend they launch a six-month pop up brunch restaurant inside the Serpentine North Gallery's Zaha Hadid building.
The new restaurant will take over from what used to be a Benugo, serving up the Friends of Ours brunch-with-a-twist dishes for a
... - Mayfair is getting a Ladurée café serving up macaron lattes and more
Earlier this year we reported on the arrival of a new type of cafe from Ladurée in London. Notting Hill was the first place to get one and things must have gone well, as the French company is just gearing up to open in Mayfair too. It's in a good spot, just opposite Socca on South Audley Street and will have
... - Boxcar Bread & Wine is a new bakery by day, wine bar at night for Connaught Village
If there are two things Londoners are obsessed with right now, it's bakeries and wine bars. So the arrival of Boxcar Bread & Wine is going to be a boon for the well-heeled denizens of Connaught Village as it's a neat combo of both. It comes from the same team behind Boxcar Bar and Grill and Boxcar Baker & Deli in Marylebone.
This new neighbourhood spot, taking over
... - 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
... - Abney Park in Stoke Newington has a chic new cafe
As part of £5m spent on its restoration, Abney Park in Stoke Newington now has a modern new cafe. The pair behind it are Hackney locals Toby Williams and Lianna Jewell, a husband and wife team. They also run local catering company Sabel Food which has worked on festival food for Lost Village and Wilderness as well as doing events like a birthday bash for Ottolenghi and TV and film shoots.
The cafe they say
... - Birley Chocolate shop opens its doors in Chelsea
Just over a year since Birley Bakery opened its doors on Chelsea Green the same team have now opened a chocolate shop and cafe on the same street. Birley Chocolate is ostensibly, as the name would suggest, a chocolate shop. But the new space has a proper cafe space at the rear of the store where they're going to be serving breakfast and lunch.
On the menu there'll be overnight oats and croque madame croissants for breakfast
... - Café Petiole is an "almost vegan" cafe in Somerset House from Tendril's Rishim Sachdeva
15/5/24 - updated with the opening date
After opening up Tendril in its permanent Mayfair location last year, Rishim Sachdeva already has his next restaurant planned, Café Petiole in Somerset House.
Like Tendril, this will be a "mostly vegan" affair, a small all-day cafe which will also have a few grab-and-go
... - Sam's Kitchen is taking from Sam's Larder in Chiswick
We bring good news for Chiswick folk who've been perturbed by the delayed reopening of Sam's Larder after Christmas. Over the past few weeks it's been transformed into a Sam's Kitchen and is about to open its doors once more.
Following in the (successful) footsteps of the Sam's Kitchen in Hammersmith, this new 40-seat cafe will be a daytime operation focusing on breakfast and lunch options. Head chef Abbie comes
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