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- Soul Mama sees YolanDa Brown bringing live music and fusion food to Stratford
Around this time last year, we were championing a new North London venue from YolanDa Brown OBE DL called Soul Mama that, thanks to some exuberant Kickstarting, was fundraising itself into record-breaking existence. Well, in terms of location, it now turns out that Islington’s loss
... - Ukiyo are serving up Japanese hand rolls in Covent Garden
It's been three years since London's first dedicated Japanese hand roll restaurant (Temaki, in case you're wondering) opened in Brixton. Now we've got a new one to try, this time in Covent Garden. Ukiyo is a counter dining spot in The Yards development in Covent Garden that's serving up temaki and sashmi. The chef behind it definitely knows what he's doing - Konstantin Tskhay used to be head chef at
... - Selin Kiazim is back with Leydi, a Turkish restaurant in the City
We already knew that the new Ennismore hotel, Hyde London City, was planning a new restaurant for when it opened, opposite the Old Bailey. Now we're able to reveal what was pretty much an open secret, that Selin Kiazim, the chef behind Oklava and Kyseri, is going to
... - The Hound is the next JKS pub, opening in Chiswick
9/7/24 - Updated with opening details
It's no secret that a lot of pubs are closing across the UK at the moment. However, we are seeing some of those snapped up and brought back to life. There's the upcoming The Pig's Ear (once The Chelsea Pig) which is being reopened by the
... - Kricket is opening in Canary Wharf
8/7/24 - Updated with an opening date
It's been a while since we've seen the last Kricket restaurant opening, over in White City in 2018, but they're now getting ready to open some more.
The first of these will be in Canary Wharf, opening in the North Dock area (close to the Elizabeth Line station there). If you're unfamiliar with Kricket, they describe themselves as "modern Indian
... - Birley Chocolate shop opens its doors in Chelsea
Just over a year since Birley Bakery opened its doors on Chelsea Green the same team have now opened a chocolate shop and cafe on the same street. Birley Chocolate is ostensibly, as the name would suggest, a chocolate shop. But the new space has a proper cafe space at the rear of the store where they're going to be serving breakfast and lunch.
On the menu there'll be overnight oats and croque madame croissants for breakfast
... - Mare Street Market open a huge new space at King’s Cross
8/7/24 - updated with the opening date
Five years after it first opened in Hackney, Mare Street Market is opening a second home, across town in North London. Founder Marc Francis-Baum is hoping to have similar success with the concept in King's Cross.
Mare Street Market King's Cross sees them taking over a huge space on Lewis Cubitt Square just north of Coal Drops Yard and next to the
... - The Dusty Knuckle come to Highbury Fields with a cafe in a van
Dusty Knuckle have arrived in Islington, and they're trying something new. While they've delivered by milk float before, this will be their first-ever bakery in an actual van. It's parked up in Highbury Fields (near the bottom of the tennis courts section) and they say they're planning to be there for the next 12-18 months.
The bakery will have a selection of bread (including
... - XI home have brought their XXL dumplings to Liverpool Street
They've already won a fanbase at Bang Bang Oriental Foodhall and at their first London restaurant in Covent Garden, now XI home are expanding to the City. If you haven't tried them before they are all about the dumplings. There are over 20 options on the menu along with various salads, BBQ skewers and noodle dishes.
The real USP for them (and one that's gone viral) is their supersize xiao long bao, a soup
... - The Lahpet team are opening Lahpet Larder in Bermondsey
3/7/24 - updated with the opening date
Having expanded from Shoreditch to Covent Garden, now Burmese restaurant Lahpet is heading south of the river for its next opening, Lahpet Larder.
The third Lahpet will be in Bermondsey, taking over the space that was most recently The Hide bar. The name for this opening comes from Bermondsey's history as being
... - Here's what's opening in the big revamp of Olympia
Big changes are afoot at Olympia. Long known as a place for huge events in Central London (it's been around for 140 years), it's now in the process of getting a £1.3bn overhaul. As with lots of these big projects, that means there will be many new bars and restaurants to come.
The space is due to open in 2025, and in the run-up, we'll be gathering together just who's opening
... - Miga Korean kitchen comes to Hackney
A somewhat quiet opening in Hackney earlier this month is already starting to get a lot of positive reactions. Miga bills itself as a "modern Korean kitchen" and it's a family affair coming from two brothers and their chef father. Originally starting in New Malden, their mother currently has a takeaway in Morden while their father runs the kitchen at this restaurant in Hackney.
They have a different menu
... - The big new London restaurants opening in July 2024
This month, a returning restaurateur opens in the Royal Exchange, a plant-based restaurant that's already booked out for the entire year, a big new food hall in Dalston and more...
- Bangladeshi-inspired Dhakaah is coming to Camden Market’s Hawley Wharf
While the UK’s current heatwave may be giving Bangladesh’s temperatures a run for their money, we know the latter country certainly has more reliability in that department. So, when you undoubtedly need warming up again, Camden Market is going to be the place for spicy street-food goodness at new Bangladeshi-inspired Dhakaah.
It’s another addition to the Hawley Wharf
... - Victory Mansion transforms into TA-KO in Stoke Newington
Victory Mansion in Stoke Newington has been a neighbourhood restaurant and bar in Stoke Newington for a few years now, an Asian/Mexican fusion affair with their "ta-kos" being the biggest draw. Now they've just had a big revamp and with that a name change - they're now TA-KO.
They've brought in a new menu which, as you might expect, goes big on their titular Asian-inspired tacos
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