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- Upstairs at The George sees James Knappett take pub dining to the next level in Fitzrovia
Back in November, we first reported on the second project by dream team JKS (Gymkhana, Hoppers), James Knappett (Kitchen Table) and publican Dominic Jacobs (The Running Horse) - a makeover of The George in Fitzrovia. That followed their successful opening of The Cadogan on the King's Road in Chelsea.
The Fitzrovia pub opened its ground floor offering before Christmas. That
... - Chaiiwala are coming to Dalston Junction
Last month they opened their 50th store, in Knightsbridge, with fans including Konan and boxer Amir Khan. Now the UK-based South East Indian cafe chain Chaiiwala have set their sights on Dalston.
The company was founded in Leicester by a family whose great grandfather was indeed a chai wallah in Delhi back in the 1920s. Since then they've been opening places like crazy across the UK and London.
In addition to
... - Kerb Counter brings pop-ups and residencies to Shoreditch, starting with From The Ashes
After the success of Seven Dials Market, Kerb are branching out further from the street food scene with a new venture in Shoreditch - Kerb Counter. It's both relocating from its previous home in Camden, to new digs just off Old Street roundabout, and evolving in the process.
It'll be a test kitchen, designed to host a number of pop-ups and residencies
... - New Islington cafe TRAMPOLINE serves up hope to refugees
If you prefer your morning coffee to come with a side order of goodwill, then a new cafe opening in Angel next week sounds like just the place for you.
TRAMPOLINE is a new social enterprise cafe by Founder Pranav Chopra on Camden Passage which is all about helping refugees to the UK enter the workforce. How they do that is by working with Groundwork London and Hotel School a hospitality training
... - Madhu's Brasserie choose Richmond for their second Indian restaurant
They've been big on the 5th floor of Harvey Nichols and now Madhu's Brasserie are getting a second place all to themselves in Richmond.
If you're unfamiliar with them, Madhu's started out as caterers (with the royal family among their customers) before getting into the restaurant business in Knightsbridge. Their second restaurant in Richmond will carry on with a menu of what
... - Blacklock's fourth restaurant will be in Covent Garden - bring on the chops
07/02/22 - Updated with imagery
Originally revealed at the end of 2019 and planned to open the following year (but we all know what happened then), the plans for the fourth iteration of chops purveyors Blacklock are back on.
Their next restaurant will open in Covent Garden and will actually be their biggest yet, taking over one of the old Patisserie Valerie spots
... - David Thompson is bringing Long Chim to London with Thai street food on the menu
It's been 12 years since renowned chef David Thompson last cooked his amazing Thai food in London. Back in 2010 he closed his restaurant Nahm - the first Thai restaurant to get a Michelin star - before moving to Bangkok where he reopened and quickly hit the World's 50 Best List.
Having made a name for himself with high end Thai food, Thompson's most recent restaurant forays have been for his casual street food group
... - Itaku is Jean-Bernard Fernandez-Versini's first London restaurant
3/2/22 - updated with launch info
Celeb restaurateur Jean-Bernard Fernandez-Versini (who also happens to be Cheryl Cole's ex), is gearing up to open his first London restaurant Itaku.
He's talked about opening in London twice before, but this time it looks like it's actually going to happen. He's bringing on chef Ivan Simeoli and also taking over what used to be the chef's previous restaurant, RAW in
... - Punk Pasta brings vibrant plant-based pasta to Bloomsbury's Brunswick Centre
There's a lot of change afoot at Bloomsbury's Brunswick centre at the moment, we've had new openings like Tian Tian supermarket and now they're about to get a new plant-based pasta restaurant, Punk Pasta.
It comes from Erich Ribeiro, best known for
... - Caravan hits Canary Wharf for business breakfast and weekend brunches
London's restaurant world seems pretty confident about the return to work, judging by the number of places opening in Canary Wharf recently. The latest to join their ranks is Caravan who are getting ready to open in Reuters Plaza.
For this, their sixth restaurant (not counting Vardo in Chelsea) they'll be rolling out their popular all-day dining offering. So that means opening
... - Delicious Pho comes to Spitalfields via Canada
31/1/22 - updated with opening details
We've seen a lot of US restaurant imports over the past few years (like Eggslut) but not many (if any) from their northern neighbour Canada (at least until they decide to open a Tim Hortons in London). But that's changing with the launch of Delicious Pho. They're opening in Spitalfields, taking over an old Byron site.
The pho
... - New London restaurants opening in February 2022
February's new openings feature patisserie works of art, all the chops and the return of one of London's top restaurants to the scene.
- Gordon Ramsay is opening Restaurant 1890, his third restaurant at The Savoy
Gordon Ramsay continues his stealth takeover of The Savoy with the reveal today that he's about to launch another restaurant at the hotel (in addition to his existing ones there, The Grill and The River Restaurant).
This one will be called Restaurant 1890 (so-called because that's the year that Georges Auguste Escoffier joined The Savoy). it's a
... - Din Tai Fung are opening a restaurant in Selfridges for all your post-shopping dumpling needs
27/1/22 - updated with booking details
We've been waiting an age for Din Tai Fung to launch their Centre Point restaurant. So long, in fact, that they're getting ready to open another restaurant in the interim -
... - Richoux 2.0 is reopening in Mayfair and it sounds promising
Classic London cafe Richoux had been on the same spot in Mayfair for 100 years before it closed its doors last year. But now it's about to re-open under the same name.
Taking over the space are Jamie Butler and Lewis Spencer who met at Moor Hall and have experience at Eleven Madison Park in New York and Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons over here - so this already sounds very
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