New opening
- Fermented French cuisine with a Persian twist from Clerkenwell’s The Drunken Butler
Yuma Hashemi has been all over, from Portugal to San Francisco. Now he’s opened his first ever solo restaurant in London. It’ll be loosely French themed, with a Persian and Korean twist, and you can expect to see more than a bit of preserving and fermenting...
- Farm Girl brings superfood lattes, smoothie bowls and coconut BLTs to Soho
After getting off to a strong start in Portobello Road, aussie health food chain Farm Girl has teamed up with stylish activewear mavens Sweaty Betty to provide the health conscious with their choice of guilt-free grub, plus a bar with fairtrade vodka and biodynamic wines. Well, It is Soho, after all.
- Shoreditch’s new Essence Cuisine brings clean vegan eating with big flavour
More good news for the vegans of the world, as Essence Cuisine is bringing their animal-free cuisine to East London. They’ve got every intention of eschewing the belief that clean eating = bland as well, and based on the makeup of their raw chocolate brownie, we’re intrigued.
- Jacob the Angel is a coffee house from people behind The Palomar
23/8/17 - Updated with opening details and the menu.
There's another new place from the people behind the ever-popular The Palomar and The Barbary, siblings Layo and Zoe Paskin. They're opening a new coffee shop called Jacob the Angel in Neal's Yard.
The menu has been put together by head chef Daniela Gattegno, who was sous chef at nearby The Barbary and before that Ottolenghi, Moro
... - Pickled Fred mixes Asian food and "unusual cocktails" and there’ll be loads for vegans
Shoreditch’s latest trendy restaurant is the lovechild of two chefs who’ve want to experiment with their love of Asian food and “unusual cocktails.” There’ll be loads of pickled goods and flavours, and plenty on offer to those on restricted diets.
- Brixton’s Canova Hall: hotdesks by day, cocktails by night, and pizza around the clock
Brixton’s Canova Hall will be open from very early in the morning until 1am, all week long, but what goes on inside will change as the hours pass, from coffee and wifi in the early hours, to Italian food, and finally gin cocktails and DJs at night.
- Soho restaurant Flavour Bastard - yes, really - will bring "cuisine-agnostic" dining
Soho, get ready - Flavour Bastard (no, really) is coming and it’s got a menu full of packed with big ideas and intriguing combinations of international flavours, like white lentil and chorizo donuts, which all seems to suggest that its bite *could* match its bark.
- POWDERKEG relaunches in Battersea with Ben Mulock at the helm
Battersea favourite Powder Keg Diplomacy is being reborn as POWDERKEG. And with the new look and name they're also getting former Opera Tavern chef Ben Mulock in the kitchen for some Spanish/Italian grill dishes.
- Wool Yard is coming to Woolwich from the people behind Pop Brixton
If you're a fan of Pop Brixton, then this news will definitely be of interest. The man behind that success story, Carl Turner, has turned his sights on Woolwich where he plans to open a follow-up Wool Yard.
Pop Brixton which has hosted some great restaurants in its container village since opening, the most notable being Kricket which has since
... - Marco-Pierre White launching Mr White’s English Chophouse in Whitechapel
Whitechapel is set to get a trendy new hotel by the name of the New Road Hotel, that’s going to have a flash new restaurant built in which will have chef/entrepreneur/TV star Marco-Pierre White looking after the food.
- La Fromagerie is bringing cheese to Bloomsbury with their latest spot
Head upstairs for oysters at the seafood bar, downstairs for the Tasting Room, or pick up some delicacies from the special ‘walk-in cheese room’ to take home with you at La Fromagerie Bloomsbury.
- Brick & Liquor mixes cocktails and sharing plates in Clapham
After getting off to a great start down in Tooting, Brick and Liquor has made the move to Clapham to open their next branch of his cocktail bar. It's larger, with seats for 100, has a decently sized menu for bar snacks, and serves brunch (including a full English with savoury pancakes) on the weekend.
- Alan Yau is back with pide restaurant Yamabahçe in Marylebone
Following Babaji Pide, Alan Yau is back at it again with this pide-centric (Turkish flatbread) restaurant.
- Adam Handling to open The Frog restaurant in Covent Garden
15/8/17 - updated with opening date
What: Adam Handling opens in Covent Garden
In a nutshell: The Frog goes west
Summing it all up:Adam Handling is bringing his Frog concept from Spitalfields to Covent Garden.
- Barcelona's Mamarosa restaurant is coming to London's Shoreditch Village
The Barcelona beach restaurant Mamarosa migrates to the new Shoreditch Village space. Expect a mix of Mediterranean and Italian cuisine (but no beach views).