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- Gordon Ramsay is opening London's highest restaurants at 22 Bishopsgate
Updated 10/10/24 with more details
It's big news when Gordon Ramsay reveals he's opening five (FIVE!) new restaurants at 22 Bishopsgate next year. The skyscraper in the City of London is the UK's tallest office building and Ramsay will have a number of restaurants and bars right at the top.
The biggest reveal is that the 60th floor of the
... - Louis Vuitton have opened Le Café by Cyril Lignac in their store at Heathrow
Last week we brought you the story of a new wine bar at Heathrow. This week we're talking about another new opening in the airport's Terminal 2, but this one is a lot more bouji. You may have tried French chef Cyril Lignac's food at his Mayfair restaurant Bar des Prés. Well, now
... - New Spitalfields bar 68 & Shanghai pairs wine and katsu sandos
Regular Hot Dinners readers will know that we're very much in favour of all the new wine bars opening in London of late and this latest Spitalfields addition sounds very promising.
68 & Shanghai comes from the team behind 68 & Boston in Soho, who also run the nearby Yuu Kitchen (as well as Opium, The Last Talisman and Lucy Wong). It's replaced what was the
... - Canteen is the latest Notting Hill restaurant from the Pelican team
Very under the radar, the team who brought us The Pelican and The Hero have just opened a brand new restaurant in Notting Hill. Canteen is an Italian restaurant that's taken over the same space where they held a pop-up last summer on Portobello Road.
A quick look at the launch menu shows that
... - Pastino brings fast, fresh pasta to Fitzrovia
London loves a fresh pasta restaurant and this new opening on Tottenham Court Road looks worth keeping an eye on. Pastino comes from Franco Manca alumnus Ahmos Wasif and it's been inspired by his trips to Italy and a desire to bring traditional Neapolitan, Sicilian and Roman pasta to London, with an emphasis on value.
It also leans towards more of a fast-food meets fresh pasta operation than we've
... - Hausu listening bar settles down in Peckham
Listening bars are very much a thing at the moment. Recently we've had Goodbye Horses in Islington and the upcoming nearby Godet will also have a big
... - Jazu Bar in Deptford is launching its kitchen serving up an evening and weekend brunch menu
The last year or so has been a whirlwind ride for the team at Jazu. Having first popped up in Camberwell and Market Peckham with their day-to-night listening bar, this summer saw them opening a permanent spot on Deptford's High Street. Now that they've had several months to bed into their new home, they're about to launch their kitchen.
Running the food here will be Jazu co-founder Jimmy whose CV includes time at the
... - The big new London restaurants opening in October 2024
October sees the arrival of the second restaurant from Kol's Santiago Lastra, another new Jason Atherton opening and some big changes to the Pantechnicon building in Belgravia, alongside many more new openings.
- Bottarga takes over from Chicama, shifting to the Mediterranean
Recently Chicama, from the people behind Pachamama, closed in Chelsea. However, they've hung on to the space and are opening a new restaurant there pretty sharpish, called Bottarga.
This new opening will actually be closer to the group's restaurant in Notting Hill, Zephyr, albeit a more casual version, and will see them switch to a Mediterranean influence. The menu here also
... - Quill wine bar to open in Borough Yards from the Plume and Finch team
Borough Market and the London Bridge area has had a lot of interesting openings this year, from Oma to
- Kol's Santiago Lastra to open Mexican restaurant Fonda in Mayfair
25/9/24 - updated with opening date.
With the Michelin-starred Kol getting praise from all quarters (not to mention a place on the World's 50 Best list), it was only a matter of time before chef Santiago Lastra got ready to open another place. For that second restaurant, he's chosen Heddon Street, where he'll be launching Fonda.
Not actually named after
... - Don't Tell Dad is a new combo bakery/restaurant in Queen's Park
16/12/24 - Updated with bakery launch details
One of the founders of Coco di Mama, Daniel Land, is opening a combo bakery/restaurant Don't Tell Dad in Queen's Park. Coming to Lonsdale Road, the strip of Queens Park where you'll find its best restaurants and bars, it'll be a bakery in the day and shift to a restaurant in the evening.
Taking the bakery
... - Eastern-Med-inspired Claro comes to London
A new Eastern Med restaurant is coming to London, this one having originally started in Tel Aviv. The London version of Claro is landing in St James, opening in the building that once held Villandry.
It comes from chef Ran Shmueli, the owner and founder of the group, and the restaurant is billed as serving up "contemporary Mediterranean food with Middle Eastern influences." The London menu hasn't been
... - Fantomas sees ex-Fiend chef Chris Denney join the Wild team in Chelsea
19/9/24 - Updated with lots more detail about what to expect
Restaurant duo George Bukhov-Weinstein and Ilya Demichev appear to be vying for the title of busiest restaurateurs in London. Having only very recently opened the hugely successful Lita and with places like Goodman, Wild and Belvedere under their belts, just to name a few, they're now getting ready to open
... - AngloThai to open their first restaurant in Marylebone
Updated 19/9/24 with full opening details
After years of popping up at various places across London, the first AngloThai restaurant from John and Desiree Chantarasak is very nearly here. They settled on a space in Marylebone (where The Gate used to
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