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- Goldies is the Blanchette team's new live fire restaurant in Carnaby
We've known for a while that the folk behind popular Soho spot Blanchette were planning to open a place in Carnaby's Kingly Court. But they've moved faster than anticipated and Goldies is now open.
Billed as a "wood-fired dining experience" the focus of the restaurant is that grill. They'll be serving up a selection of small and large plates where the key connection is that smoky flavour that live fire cooking
... - Sunday in Brooklyn is opening its second London restaurant near Oxford Street
19/8/24 - Updated with the opening date
If you've been meaning to check out the signature hazelnut maple praline pancakes at Sunday in Brooklyn, but haven't made it out to the Notting Hill restaurant, you'll be pleased to hear another more central opportunity is coming. The New York-originating restaurant is getting ready to open its second restaurant
... - Crumb get set for Angel with their NYC style cookies
Cookie lovers in Islington should keep an eye out for the opening of new space Crumb this autumn which is promising to bring NYC style thick, gooey cookies to the denizens of N1.
They're opening in a teeny space on Camden Passage making it more of a cookie hatch than a cafe - but one that also sells coffee to go. The endeavour is the brainchild of baker Amy Gastman who also runs a vegan bakery Eat By Amy after leaving her
... - Mignonette is a new affordable French bistro for Richmond
Updated 20/8/24 with opening date
Two decades after winning a Michelin star for his eponymous restaurant in Twickenham, chef John McClements has come out of retirement to launch a new French bistro in Richmond. Mignonette is the latest venture for the chef and restaurateur who is also behind the South West London group Ma Cuisine.
It's taken over the old Restaurant 109 site and there'll be
... - Kitty Hawk rooftop restaurant and bar will have great views over Trafalgar Square
Updated 20/8/24 with opening date
They already have two rooftop bars under their belt (Wagtail and Aviary) now the ETM restaurant group are about to take on a new venue overlooking Trafalgar Square.
Kitty Hawk (not to be confused with the Moorgate bar of the same name, which was from a different company) is getting ready to open in the space that used to be Bisushima up at the top of the
... - Sticks'n'Sushi head to Islington with their yaki and sushi
Updated 16/8/24 with opening date
Eagle-eyed Hot Dinners readers have spotted that there are signs of life in the currently empty restaurant site that used to be Neighbourhood on Islington Green. Turns out that it's going to be the next branch of the popular sushi spot Sticks'n'Sushi.
It's a large old space so there's going to be an open plan dining room, space to eat up at the kitchen counter
... - Fatto a Mano's next pizzeria is in Bethnal Green
Sager + Wilde has just closed in Bethnal Green, but we already know what will be taking its place. It's going to be the third London pizzeria for Fatto a Mano - you might have already seen them in Covent Garden and King's Cross and they originated from Brighton.
As with the other pizzerias in the group, they'll be serving up Neapolitan-style pizzas with 24-hour proven dough and
... - Abuelo have opened a new Aussie coffee shop off Oxford Circus
Six years after they opened, bringing a mix of Aussie and Latin American influences to London's cafe scene, Abuelo have expanded with a second cafe. Their latest opening is in Marylebone, just off Oxford Circus making it a very handy pitstop to know about if you're up in the West End working or shopping.
If you haven't been to the OG Covent Garden cafe, then here's a bit about them. It's run by mother and daughter team Lynette
... - Good Measure is Daddy Bao's new underground bar in Tooting
Tooting folk looking for a new drinking hole are about to get one in the form of a Taiwanese subterranean bar. Good Measure is opening downstairs from popular spot Daddy Bao and will serve up cocktails with a Taiwanese twist.
The owners have taken inspiration from Taipei's cocktail scene where bars pop up in the most unusual places. Here, in the former storeroom, you'll be drinking
... - You Call the Shots is a residency-fuelled bar in Hackney from the team behind The Plough
A new bar is coming to Hackney, taking the space that was once Silver Lining (and very briefly House of Hades). You Call the Shots comes from the same team as The Prince Arthur in London Fields and The Plough in Homerton (Emma Piggott and Jonathan Mercer) but this will be a little different to those pubs.
- JKS are opening Ambassadors Clubhouse on Heddon Street
13/8/24 - updated with more details about the launch.
We reported earlier that JKS(the group behind Gymkhana, Hoppers, the nearby Sabor and lots, lots more) were taking over the building where Momo used to be and now they've revealed what's planned for the space.
Called Ambassador's Clubhouse, it is, as we expected, much closer to Gymkhana and Brigadiers in terms of
... - It's Bagels are opening in Notting Hill
Updated 13/8/24 with the new opening date
A few weeks back, super viral bagel bakery It's Bagels put a post up on Instagram looking for staff. "We are expanding," they said. Thanks to a Hot Dinners reader, we discovered that they were coming to Notting Hill. Since then we've found out more about what this new location is bringing.
They've picked the site that used to belong to Rika Moon on
... - Jason Atherton is opening Sael British brasserie in St James's Market
Jason Atherton is teaming up with his wife, Ihra Atherton, for Sael brasserie which we're told it will celebrate "all things British".
- Abney Park in Stoke Newington has a chic new cafe
As part of £5m spent on its restoration, Abney Park in Stoke Newington now has a modern new cafe. The pair behind it are Hackney locals Toby Williams and Lianna Jewell, a husband and wife team. They also run local catering company Sabel Food which has worked on festival food for Lost Village and Wilderness as well as doing events like a birthday bash for Ottolenghi and TV and film shoots.
The cafe they say
... - Dalston's The Marquis of Lansdowne is reborn as The Marquee Moon
The Team behind Docklands nightclub The Cause are revamping a pub in Dalston. Once The Marquis of Lansdowne, it's being relaunched as The Marquee Moon (the second opening recently to take its name from a classic song - see also Goodbye Horses). The same people are
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