Hampstead

• Iné is a new Japanese (and omakase) restaurant in Hampstead from the Taku team

  

  14/12/23 - Updated with the opening date

  Can London have too many omakase restaurants? It appears not, as the people behind Taku in Mayfair are getting ready to open a restaurant with its own omakase counter in Hampstead (taking over what used to be Goldfish).

  Iné will have an eight-seater omakase counter alongside booth seating if you want to pop in for

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• Ottolenghi comes to Hampstead

  

  They opened in Chelsea back in January 2022, so it's been a while since their last opening, but now a new Ottolenghi is on the way, this time coming to Hampstead. 

  Taking over the space that was once Kojo, the new location should be fairly similar in approach to the other Ottolenghis. So

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• Zia Lucia opens its next pizzeria in West Hampstead with dough made from crickets on the menu

  

  14/6/23 - updated with the opening date

  For their next opening, pizza group Zia Lucia are doing something a little different. 

  One of their USPs is that there are four different doughs to choose from when ordering a Zia Lucia pizza - white flour, wholemeal, vegetable charcoal, and gluten-free. But in their new West Hampstead

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• London Shell Co lands in Highgate with a fishmonger and seafood bar

  

  Hot Dinners exclusive - updated 15/3/23 with opening date

  They already have two barges, one roaming and one moored, but now London Shell Co are moving onto terra firma. They're getting ready to open their first land-based site, a fishmonger and seafood bar near Parliament Hill.

  The move is rooted in something they did to survive the lockdowns, a period

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• Hampstead is getting a new all day spot Oak & Poppy - handy for the Heath

  

  It's always a real shame to see a lovely old pub all boarded up. But having been shut for a few years now, the old Rossyln Arms in Hampstead is getting a new lease of life.

  The place is being turned into Oak & Poppy from the restaurant group that are behind The Grafton Arms and The Summerhouse. An all day bar and kitchen, it'll be just as handy to pop in for a buttermilk hotcake fresh from your yomp

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• Leicester Square stalwart the Cork and Bottle is opening a wine bar in Hampstead

  An old Hampstead pub is getting a new lease of life, being reborn as a modern wine bar courtesy of the folk behind the longstanding Leicester Square wine bar the Cork & Bottle.

• Cafe Hampstead is bringing Tel Aviv-style culture to Rosslyn Hill

  This new independent all day restaurant and bar hopes to bring a little of the buzz of Tel Aviv style cafes to this part of Hampstead