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- Fallow moves to permanent digs at St James's Market
Popular Heddon Street restaurant Fallow is on the move. Having started out life as a 12 week pop-up at 10 Heddon Street back in 2020 (and then extended well beyond that), they've finally found a place they can call their permanent home. The space the team have taken over is the old Duck & Waffle site on St James's Market.
This new restaurant will have room for 150 diners and allows them to offer all-day
... - El Norte is a new high-end Spanish restaurant for Mayfair
The people behind Kensington's Latin American restaurant Zuaya and Como Garden, the Italian restaurant next door, are looking to Spain for inspiration for their next restaurant, El Norte. This time they're moving a little further afield, to Mayfair's Dover Street, and the restaurant will be focusing on Spain's northern regions.
Although opening before the end of the year, info is
... - Langan's Brasserie gets ready to reopen following a major refurb
Updated 8/10/21 with menu details
Langan's Brasserie was one of the true legends of the London dining scene, with the restaurant being the place to be seen at back in the 70s and 80s. Originally launched by Peter Langan in partnership with Sir Michael Caine it was one of the main celeb hangouts of its day.
Since Langan's death in 1988 though, the restaurant slowly lost its lustre and it
... - Pall Mall gets a new underground champagne bar from Searcys
It's been a movie set for films like The Dark Knight, Gandhi and upcoming release Infinite, now 116 Pall Mall has thrown open its doors to the public with the opening of a new underground bar.
Called 116 Pall Mall Champagne Bar by Searcys (yes, it's a bit of a mouthful) the new bar, as the name suggests, is going to serve up a lot of fizz including one of the largest selections of magnums in London. There'll be a
... - Adesse at Selfridges is US celebrity vegan chef Matthew Kenney's new London restaurant
Updated 12/10/21 with opening date
We'll confess we hadn't heard of American chef Matthew Kenney before. But it turns out he's a pretty big deal, with more than 40 restaurants around the world and a slew of A-list celebrities loving what he does. And what he does is plant food - but he makes it sexy.
Having opened restaurants in New York, Bahrain and Sydney, it was only a matter of time before
... - Clapham's Studio Voltaire is reopening with a new café from Italian Supper Club
Clapham art gallery Studio Voltaire is reopening after a major £2.8 million redevelopment and as part of that, they're also launching a brand new cafe. Called The Café at Studio Voltaire (yes, that's fairly on the nose).
It'll be run by the people behind Italian Supper Club (who are also behind Da Henrietta at the Henrietta Hotel in Covent Garden). They'll be running a seasonal menu
... - Atul Kochhar's next restaurant is Masalchi in Wembley
8/10/21 - Updated with opening date and menu details
You wait ages for an Atul Kochhar restaurant and then two turn up at once. The chef isn't happy with just opening Mathura in Westminster, he's also opening a restaurant in Wembley called Masalchi - both within weeks of each
... - Le Petit Beefbar hits Chelsea
The latest global restaurant chain to arrive in London is Beefbar. The meaty menu restaurant first opened in Monaco and since then has grown with branches in Saint-Tropez, Milan, Mykonos and Sao Paolo - which might give you an indication of what to expect. Here in London they've landed on Chelsea for their first UK opening, which is a bit of a diffusion line for the group as it's called Le Petit Beefbar.
As owner
... - Atul Kochhar is opening Mathura, a huge restaurant in a former Westminster fire station
Following up from the opening of Kanishka in Mayfair, Atul Kochhar has taken over a huge space in Westminster for his next restaurant, Mathura.
- Anglo chef Mark Jarvis brings 1771 to Belgravia
The man behind Anglo, Mark Jarvis, is getting ready to open his next restaurant, 1771 - taking over the space from Liv (which also had a menu by Jarvis). In its new guise, the menu aims to offer "refined, creative cooking using carefully grown locally sourced produce".
A single tasting menu will be available, much like Anglo and will kick off with:
- Cured trout and potato souffle in a parsley
- Warehouse in Covent Garden sees ex-Silo chef open The Conduit Club's first public restaurant
Sustainability is such an easy buzzword for London restaurants to bandy about, but when it's used by a chef who used to head up the kitchen at Silo, you can feel pretty confident he knows what he's talking about.
- Figaro's Bar recreates a piece of Provence in Piccadilly's Trocadero
Things are changing at The Trocadero. This giant shopping and entertainment centre has been largely dormant for years, but now a host of new openings there are shaking things up.
- Les 2 Garcons bring traditional French food to Crouch End
It looks as though Crouch End has just got itself a rather interesting new restaurant. Les 2 Garcons opened up a few weeks back, taking over the old Nickel site on Crouch Hill (Nickel's moved to bigger premises across the road).
- MEATliquor's Clapham bar and diner is one of their biggest yet
As they reach their 10th birthday, a new MEATliquor has arrived. This time they've opened in Clapham and it's a bit on the big side.
- Jolene neighbourhood bakeries to open in Angel, Shoreditch and Hackney
Updated 4/10/21 with opening dates
Jolene Bakery and its offshoot Big Jo have been a huge success story of the past few years - you only have to see the queues snaking down from both during lockdown to know that.
They have three new openings planned for this year, two of which they have now opened. The first was in the summer, opening in Shoreditch on Redchurch Street and
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