New opening

• Barino at Westfield London features a former chef from the World's Best Restaurant

  Whether you're grabbing avocado and eggs in the morning, or a panini during the day or a Negroni in the evening, this new Italian kiosk at Westfield London aims to be the go-to place for shoppers.

• James Cochran's new project is 1251, a modern British restaurant in Islington

  Michelin-starred James Cochran is going back to his roots with 1251, his new Islington spot where he'll be serving sharing menus, tasting menus and snacks, featuring modern British food, made with Kentish produce (and several nods to his West Indian heritage).

• Pergola goes permanent with a new glass-covered spot on the roof of Kensington Olympia

  The Pergola crowd know a thing or two about rooftops - now they've taken the next step by opening up a greenery-laden year-round spot on the roof of the Olympia, and will be keeping punters warm and dry, without having to forgo the view, thanks to glass walls. 
  
   

• Provisioners is coming to Tower Bridge's new boutique hotel, The Dixon, from the man who launched Riding House Cafe

  Having opened Riding House Cafe and now runnning Blixen Clive Watson is well able to put together a lovely all day space so hopes for this new Tower Bridge hotel restaurant/cafe are high.

• London's most Instagrammed spot Elan Cafe is opening at Oxford Circus and Selfridges

  The cafe with the pink wall of flowers is expanding with two new central London openings planned for behind Oxford Circus and in Selfridges.

• Canard are bringing their duck poutine and French burgers to Tooting Market

  Burgers and poutine are given a classic French treatment at this Francophile street traders third London opening in Tooting Market.

• MEATliquor announces Battersea's Northcote Road will be the site of its next burger restaurant

  Opening up right next door to Franco Manca, the burger chain that brought you the Dead Hippie and introduced Londoners to the delights of the Jagermiester ripple ice-cream is bringing its burgers to South London. 

• Stokey Veg Vegan will be Stoke Newington's new veggie-focused restaurant

  Expect a British/Italian small plates menu from this new vegetarian and vegan restaurant opening up on Stoke Newington High Street

• Genesis in Shoreditch will be a vegan restaurant with an organic award by The Soil Association

  A new two-storey vegan spot in East London with a lengthy drinks menu, lots of international food and an ingredients list that's so organic, it's certified by the Soil Association. 

• Giggling Squid are bringing their Thai tapas to Kingston-upon-Thames

  There'll be space for 120 and a similarly large menu packed with curries, salads, rice, noodles and plenty of little tapas plates for you to sample at Giggling Squid's 28th branch. 

• Maître Choux to open its fourth, biggest store in Chelsea

  Don’t be distracted by the highly ‘grammable flower tunnel and croquembouche tower - it’s the gorgeous French eclairs, choux and chouquettes you’ll be wanting to focus on at this new branch of Maitre Choux.

• Sinner in Hackney lets you play video games that reward - or punish - you with booze (plus vegan pizzas)

  Seb Lyall, the brains behind London's naked restaurant and Bletchley Park cocktail bar, is at it again with a whole, 200-cover space to play with on Hackney's Mare Street. First up - an arcade that rewards, or punishes you, with shots, depending on how well you play. 

• Flesh and Buns new Fitzrovia restaurant will have a Press for Pisco button - updated

  Covent Garden's Flesh & Buns is opening a second restaurant just north of Oxford Street and this one's going to be huge with more of a Peruvian Nikkei vibe going on as well as the old izakaya favourites.

• Screwdriver is Dalston's new Spanish grill where everything is 'a la plancha'

  What can’t you cook on a grill? Nothing, according to Alexis and Emmanuel Ross, who are taking inspiration from the tapas and pintxos bars of northern Spain for their new venture Screwdriver by cooking everything 'a la plancha'.

• Gunpowder is coming to One Tower Bridge

  The team behind Gunpowder, Madame D and Gul & Sepoy bring their latest to Tower Bridge. And there will be a bakery/wine bar too.