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- Selin Kiazim's first restaurant Oklava comes to Shoreditch
Updated 26/10 with soft launch details.
Since leaving Kopapa, Selin Kiazim has become a bigger and bigger name with a series of very successful supperclubs while searching for a place of her own. Now she's found it and is getting ready to settle down in Shoreditch with Oklava.
Her new
... - Le Bab brings gourmet seasonal kebabs to Kingly Court in Soho
There's another addition on the way to the host of new restaurants that have been arriving in Kingly Court. This time, it's the turn of the kebab as Le Bab is aiming for a "kebab renaissance" .
There will be a seasonal kebab menu at the heart of things. Kicking things off, the winter menu will feature:
- Roe Deer Shish, with damson and isot pepper jam, cavolo nero kimchi, artichoke
- Beer and kebabs from Camden's Daughter in Kentish Town
Already a popular venue in its own right, Camden Town Brewery is expanding. They're getting ready to open a new sister venue called Camden's Daughter.
It's all about the kebabs. They say they'll be "be stacking and spinning our own chicken and lamb kebabs" and as they're all made from sustainably sourced meat they'll be considerably better than many a kebab shop you might stumble into. They'll
... - 45 Jermyn Street by Fortnum & Mason takes over from The Fountain
Updated 15/10/15 with new image and opening date
There's a new restaurant from Fortnum & Mason on the way, and it's taking the place of the Fountain brasserie that's been open for 60 years - so it's a big move for the store. It will be rechristened as 45 Jermyn Street and they're apparently going for a restaurant that recaptures "a golden age of glamour".
In practice, that means an
... - German Gymnasium gets ready to open in King's Cross from D&D
Updated 14/10/15 with opening date
No, it's not some kind of new fitness craze, this is the latest restaurant from D&D that's opening in King's Cross. It's absolutely huge, as anyone who crosses between St Pancras and King's Cross will tell you (it's the building that was completely covered up until recently) and promises to be D&D's biggest restaurant yet.
Yes, it used to be a
... - Jun Tanaka's new restaurant is The Ninth in Charlotte Street, Fitzrovia
Jun Tanaka is coming back with his own restaurant. Previously best known for his Pearl in Holborn and with the Street Kitchen business with Mark Jankel (which is doing very nicely) this is his long-anticipated solo restaurant and sees him taking over the space that once held
... - Pho & Bun are introducing a bao burger hybrid to London
Londoners prepare yourself - hitting Shaftesbury Avenue this month is what promises to be the perfect fusion between two of the city's current food obsessions - burger and bao. Pho & Bun is the brainchild of Holborn restaurant Viet Eat's owner Andy Le. The new Vietnamese spot will focus on Pho and
their steamed milky bun burger. And while the rest of the dishes all sound lovely - rare sirloin beef pho, summer roll with tiger
... - MEATliquor reveal plans to open in Islington off Upper Street
Updated 13/10/15 with pics.
Well it seems that there well and truly is a god. It's not a secret that Hot Dinners is based in Islington, so when news popped into our inbox that MEATliquor was planning on opening their fourth restaurant here, well to say we were pleased isn't the half of it.
They're going to open where in the site where Pipsdish once was - an
... - Orange Elephant Steak brings steak and chips for £20 to Chelsea
There's a new steak house on the way to Chelsea - Orange Elephant Steak, taking a spot on "The Beach" in November,
It'll serve steak and chips for £20. It's a "no menu" steakhouse - meaning that there's mainly one choice on offer - 12oz sirloin steak served with a special house sauce, a side salad and portion of hand cut chips for just £20.
But there's more on offer if you
... - Anthony Demetre comes to Old Street with Urban Coterie
Now soft launched in the City, Urban Coterie is the latest offering from Anthony Demetre, previously best known for Arbutus in Soho. He's joined up with Head Chef Martin Zahumensky for a seasonal British menu at the top of the M by Montcalm at Old Street (the building with the perspective that makes you feel you've gone slightly mad - you'll know if you've seen it).
It's a
... - Brad McDonald and The Lockhart launch Shotgun in Soho
Updated 4/10 with details of the menu.
We loved the Lockhart (particularly that cornbread) so it's very good news today as we hear that the people behind The Lockhart are expanding things - bringing Brad Mc Donald into Soho. They're setting up Shotgun in Kingly Street - an area which has a lot of interesting foodie developments (
... - US chain Wing Zone is opening its first UK place in Finsbury Park
The bit around the back of Finsbury Park station is slowly becoming an interesting place to eat and drink. In addition to the pretty decent bar at the Park Theatre and popular new burger and burrito spot Street N4, residents and commuters will soon be welcoming Wing Zone.
As the name suggests, it's a fast food joint devoted to things chicken and the first UK restaurant for an American chain begun by two students at the University of Florida in their frat house. The main
... - Trinity relaunches adding new Upstairs restaurant and more
It's been a Clapham fave for some time and now Adam Byatt's Trinity is getting ready to re-open after a big refurbishment - with a new upstairs restaurant, to boot.
There will be a new casual dining spot upstairs called... "Upstairs". There will be 12 small dishes (between £3 and £12) and they'll change daily. They'll include Roast Chestnut Salad, BBQ Squid and Gremolata, Crab Thermidor, Game
... - Pizza Pilgrims is bringing pizza - and soup - to Exmouth Market
There's more change on the way to Exmouth Market as one of the top pizza purveyors of Soho are on the way there with their latest pizzeria.
Expect lots of pizza. In case you're not aware of them already, they're known for their - very good indeed - Neapolitan pizza coming in Margherita, Marinara, Carbonara and spicy Nduja flavours (they were one of the earliest to use nduja in
... - Kioskafé is Monocle's latest venture in Paddington
Looks like Paddington just got an interesting place to grab a morning coffee or lunchtime snack. Kioskafé, a newsstand and coffee bar opened last week - it's a new project from the folk behind Monocle. Inspired by the city-street kiosks of Europe, this teeny 80 sq m space will sell an amazing selection of magazines and newspapers and travel essentials. Think part great café, part street kiosk with some tables outside if you want to linger.
For breakfast there'll be
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