Marylebone

• Le Relais De Venise launch a delivery steak & chips sarnie called La Baguette

  

  When you've made your name by sticking to a tried and tested formula, it would take something pretty momentous to change that. But that's a pandemic for you.

  For 60 years, Le Relais de Venise has really been a one-dish restaurant. They serve up a simple menu of salad, steak and frites and dessert. And that's it.

  But these are trying times we're in and so the company have decided to bring in La Baguette. As the name suggests,

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• Homeslice are back, serving up pizza for delivery from Marylebone and Shoreditch

   

  13/5/19 - updated with Shoreditch details.

  The next restaurant to return from lockdown is Homeslice pizza - starting with Marylebone and following up with Shoreditch. They're open for both delivery and collection, setting up shop on Supper and Deliveroo.

  It's a limited menu as they've adapted for social distancing rules - so here's what you can expect:

  • Margherita -
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• Chik'n is back, delivering from Baker Street

   

  It's not Chick n Sours - yet - but if you've been hankering for some of Carl Clarke and David Wolanski's superlative fried chicken, then the re-opening of Chik'n on Baker Street should do the job. They're back up on Deliveroo now, with the usual burgers and tenders including:

  • BBQ Deluxe -
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• Jose Pizarro and Lurra both reopen for delivery - it's good news for Spanish food fans

  

  It's a good week for Spanish food lovers in London. Two of the city's best Spanish restaurants are reopening for delivery. So if you can't get to Galicia or Extremadura, then at least you can enjoy the gorgeous food from that region in your home.

  First up is José Pizarro who has opened a delivery and collection service from his restaurant Pizarro in Bermondsey. On offer, you'll find a range of classic tapas, including Galician

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• Laboratorio Pizza brings Neapolitan pizza to Great Portland Street

  Trained up under Massimo Bottura, Neapolitan born restaurateur Ivan Simeoli's pizzeria is all about the correct ingredients.

• Wulf & Lamb opens their second plant-based restaurant in Marylebone

  After success with their original plant-based restaurant in Chelsea, Wulf & Lamb have opened a second, this time in the heart of Marylebone. 

• Five reasons to try La Brasseria in Marylebone

  Enjoy a taste of La Dolce Vita in London's Marylebone at this vibrant Italian brasserie. 

• CoCo Ichibanya is opening a second curry restaurant in Marylebone

  

  Curry and rice are primarily the order of the day at the latest London outpost of this huge Japanese curry chain. 

• Madera at Treehouse London will be a Mexican restaurant with amazing views

  Taking over the old Saint George's Hotel by the BBC's Broadcasting House, on Langham Place is the American Treehouse hotel group and they've brought in the high-end Mexican restaurant group to open high-rise restaurant Madera at Treehouse London.

• Mark Jarvis and Xavier Rousset take over Gunmakers in Marylebone

  

  Updated 13/1/19 with menu

  He may have left the sadly departed Neo Bistro and Stem behind (with Anglo still going strong), but Mark Jarvis has already started on his next venture. He's joined forces with Xavier Rousset (Blandford Comptoir and Cabotte) to re-open Gunmakers in Marylebone, a pub that's been around for 300 years at this point. 

  The plan is to open a 40 cover restaurant below the pub and add six bedrooms upstairs too. It's

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• Picture Marylebone and Picture Fitzrovia announce shock closure

  

  Sad news over the weekend as the team behind Picture announced that they'll be closing both their restaurants, on Portland Street and in Marylebone, from next month.

  After six years, they've made the difficult decision to close up both businesses on 5 October. For "many boring reasons" they've found it hard to keep going and "we are making this decision....whilst we are in a solid position to close the restaurants properly without leaving

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• Crazy Pizza brings dough tossing and more to Marylebone

  Crazy Pizza comes from ex-Formula One boss, Flavio Briatore, and promises to be a lively pizza joint with plenty of dough-tossing antics alongside thin crust pizzas. 

• Ooty Station is a casual Indian cafe in Marylebone

   

  Fine dining Indian restaurant Ooty opened on Baker Street back in February and now its sister site Ooty Station is opening up right next door. Compared to the more formal main restaurant, Ooty Station is a casual cafe and bar serving Indian-inspired bar snacks, mains, and cocktails. 

  Ooty’s Head Chef Manmeet Singh-Bali (who won a Michelin star at Vineet Bhatia) is also behind Station’s menu

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• Get a spicy Sichuan fix at the Liu Xiaomian popup at the Jackalope in Marylebone

  

  Spicy. Numbing. Addictive. If you're into your spicy food and you love your noodles then those three adjectives tell you all you need to know about Liu Xiaomian.

  This street food stall was started by Charlene Liu and her flatmate Liu Qian - who are both from Chongqing, a city in South West China famous for its Sichuan food. When they couldn't get the spicy noodles they loved so much at home, they started doing street food in 2017 at Brick Lane Market where

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• Test Driving Xier - Carlo Scotto puts on an epic modern tasting menu

  Chef Carlo Scotto has a new take on the traditional tasting menu. We went down to Xier in Marylebone to see what the 10-course epic has to offer.