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- Comptoir Cafe and Wine comes to Mayfair from Xavier Rousset
What: Comptoir Cafe and Wine
In a nutshell: Xavier Rousset follows up Blandford Comptoir with this Mayfair wine bar.
Summing it all up: Coming from the same person behind Blandford Comptoir, this pairs and all day cafe with a huge downstairs wine shop (all of which you can drink on the premises).
- Brighton's The Coal Shed comes to London at One Tower Bridge
What: The Coal Shed
In a nutshell: Fresh seafood, dry-aged steak and specials, plus sharing plates and Sunday roasts, all served Thameside.
Summing it all up: After enjoying considerable success in its seaside home of Brighton, The Coal Shed is making its first foray to the capital where it'll be setting up shop in the new One Tower Bridge development with
... - What The Pitta are serving vegan doner kebabs at Boxpark Croydon
If you're a vegetarian and have been left out of the late night tradition of dining on a doner while three sheets to the wind, then we have good news for you.
What The Pitta is a new kebab store at Boxpark Croydon which serves up vegan doner kebabs. Instead of lamb or chicken, the main protein is a meat alternative of GMO free soya chunks seasoned with a secret recipe of spices. They make their pitta dough fresh daily and you can team up the doner in a meal deal together
... - Scout is the new British bar being opened by Matt Whiley in Shoreditch
A Hot Dinners exclusive
Hot Dinners can exclusively reveal details of Scout, a new bar from cocktail guru Matt Whiley, which is set to open in Shoreditch next month. Located on Great Eastern Street, Scout aims to shift the way we think about cocktails and drinks, by championing seasonal British ingredients. The drinks list will change regularly as produce from farmers and growers comes in and out of season – adopting an approach more commonly used by
... - Food Store brings healthy deli fare to go in Leicester Square
What: Food Store
In a nutshell: Healthy, international food, just off Leicester Square
Summing it all up: There are salads, pastas, mains and smoothies at Food Store's new central London venue, where offerings are big on international flavours, from Brazil to Morocco - and it should provide a viable alternative to the takeaway options dotting the
... - Tibits vegetarian restaurant is coming to Bankside
What: Tibits Bankside
In a nutshell: Swiss vegetarian south of the river.
Summing it all up: The original Tibits in Heddon Street has many a fan. This sees the Swiss restaurant open its second London restaurant in Bankside. Expect many salads as well as all vegan and vegetarian food.
- Nanashi Japanese kitchen opens on Rivington Street
Slipping almost under the radar (and frankly, only spotted because we went past it last night) is new Shoreditch sushi spot Nanashi. It's appeared on Rivington Street in a room with a pared-back modernist look.
As for the menu, it's pretty much what you expect, split into the usual mix of sushi, sashimi, gyoza, udon and tempura. A few things caught our eye, namely:
- sushi burger - fried rice buns with fresh veg, salmon or tuna in a spicy sauce vegetable
- Coya opens in the City at Angel Court
What: Coya
In a nutshell: Upmarket Peruvian food and drinks in the Bank’s new Angel Court development
Summing it all up: With a bottle library locker, a Pisco Lounge and a Rum Round Table, COYA is set to draw in the thirsty City crowd, plus light and healthy South American cuisine - we’re expecting ceviche, grilled meat and sharing plates.
- Bun House in Soho has steamed buns, pickles and deep-fried duck tongues
Updated with opening date
Soho’s Greek Street, already so rich with options, is to set to be the home of another tempting eatery, this time in the form of steamed buns and pickle cafe Bun House. Hot on the heels of the wave of steamed bun openings in London, the new takeaway street diner will be providing traditional, Canton-style bao with Chinese pickles made in house, plus sides like their prickly
... - Rick Stein is opening a London restaurant by the river in Barnes
Updated 2/3/17 with opening date and menu details
Up until now, the only way you'd get to try Rick Stein's food is by heading due South West, either to Padstow or beyond to one of his 10 restaurants. But now, after 40 years in the business, the TV chef is expanding to London. He and ex-wife Jill have just bought the Depot in Barnes. They're going to continue running the restaurant as is for the moment, but it's all change at Christmas where they'll shut for a
... - Ice cream for breakfast on Portobello Road with Four Winters
What: Four Winters
In a nutshell: Liquid nitrogen ice-cream with cereal, granola and mango yoghurt for breakfast
Summing it all up: Those after a sugary way to start their day can now have a frozen sweet treat at Four Winters’ newest venue on Portobello road.
- Foxlow from Hawksmoor is coming to Soho
What: Foxlow Soho
In a nutshell: Hawksmoor Spinoff comes to Soho
Summing it all up: The people behind Hawksmoor are finally descending on Soho with their spinoff, Foxlow. Expect steak, ribs, chicken and more...
- Patty & Bun burgers are coming to Notting Hill
What: Patty & Bun
In a nutshell: The popular burger spot comes to Notting Hill
Summing it all up: They've been launching burger joints across town, but this is the first time that Patty & Bun have headed out west. Expect the usual fave burgers, a bar and more.
- Stoke House comes to Victoria, a self-service carvery with upmarket twist
A Hot Dinners exclusive
What: Stoke House
In a nutshell: Pick and mix locally-sourced meat and seasonal sides.
Summing it all up: Nova Victoria’s latest announcement is Stoke House, an upmarket carvery where meat is cooked in the wood fire smoker, there’s an in-house salad wall and you pay for your food according to
... - The Cheese Bar is opening at Camden Stables Market
27/2/17 - updated with launch details
Of the many food trucks going permanent in London that we’ve witnessed lately, we must confess we’re extra glad to find out one of will be The Cheese Bar, purveyor of intensely comforting grilled cheese sandwiches.
After three years selling out of an old ice-cream van, The Cheese Truck will be reborn as The Cheese Bar, dishing out gooey grilled
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