New opening
- Maremma will serve up Tuscan cooking in the heart of Brixton
Two Brixton locals, with one foot in Italy and the other in south London, are opening a neighbourhood spot on Brixton Water Lane serving up a range of Tuscan treats.
- London Irish Centre opens shop selling crisps, curry sauce and Barry's Tea
As any London-based Irish person knows, any trip home is always used to fill your roll-on Ryanair suitcase with as much Tayto, Clonakilty and Barry's Tea as you can squeeze in to take back to London. But now, you'll be able to replenish stocks of your favourite Irish food without going any further than Camden.
The London Irish Centre has just opened its Irish Shop 'An Siopa' and it's filled with Irish household favourites including Tayto, Flahavans, Barrys
... - Dandy is back in London with a crowdfunded Maltby Street restaurant
Dandy Cafe is coming back! Now Dandy Cafe and restaurant, they've kicked off a crowdfunding campaign to launch a new permanent restaurant on Maltby Street. And they'll have their own brewery too...
- Other Side Fried are opening a takeaway chicken kiosk at Leicester Square
They've been popping up everywhere from Camden to Brixton, but now the team behind fried chicken stall Other Side Fried are getting ready to open in the heart of London.
Just before Christmas, they'll be throwing open the doors to their new takeaway space just outside the Leicester Square tube station. If they were looking for a place with great passing trade, they couldn't have chosen better.
The menu at their kiosk will
... - Homeboy Bar brings Irish food, drink and cheer to Islington's Essex Road
Expect Irish food, drink and hospitality at this Islington bar which is serving up everything from cocktails featuring Barry's Tea to curry chips and Tayto crisps.
- Maison Bleue Canteen is the nearby sister cafe to Islington's Maison d'Etre
One of Islington's most popular cafés is Maison d'Etre, just on the opposite side of Highbury Corner from the station (right next to another Islington fave, Black Axe Mangal). They've been doing storming business there for the past few years in a tiny space and now they've expanded with a second cafe, Maison Bleue.
The second spot is a mere 5 minutes walk away, so if you've ever
... - Din Tai Fung hits London - how did London respond?
This week, leaving it right up to the last minute, one of the year's biggest openings happened. After much anticipation, Din Tai Fung opened in Covent Garden. Here's how it went...
- Shola is bringing Pakistani food to White City Place
Aida Khan brings the Karachi cooking from her Shola supper club to White City for her first restaurant, celebrating Pakistani food.
- The Halal Guys sees another US import coming to London
They've been around for 27 years to date and expanded across the US. Now America's Halal Guys are bringing their gyros and platters to London.
- Test Driving Roe - a serious seafood treat at Pop Brixton
We take a tour around the British and Irish coast at this small seafood spot with serious ambition at Pop Brixton.
- It's Pleat at Westfield London is Swedish clothing giant's first UK cafe
Clothing giant H&M choose London for their new cafe concept's first opening outside of Sweden.
- Bao and Bing is serving up Taiwanese street-market food in Marylebone
This addition to Marylebone is inspired by the street-markets of Taiwan, and there's quite a lot more to it than bao buns (but they appear too). Expect waffle-like wheelcakes made to order and alcoholic ice lollies in the downstairs bar.
- Jason Atherton to open H.O.M.E. 16-seat restaurant right next to Pollen Street Social
Jason Atherton did a lengthy interview with Squaremeal talking about everything from an upcoming refurb of Pollen Street Social to the hunt for a new location for Sosharu. But there was one snippet revealed in the interview that caught our notice - that he's opening something new in London, a place currently
... - FAM Bar on Duke Street lets you choose the vinyl for a good night out
This new Duke Street spot hopes to be so welcoming that you view it as a sort of home from home (with better cocktails and food than you'd make yourself).
- Clerkenwell gets a new wine and tapas bar on St John Street with Le Cellar
The former wine buyer at Club and Cellar Gascon has come back to the area to open a wine and tapas bar on St John Street.