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- Prelude by Oriole is popping up in Covent Garden, then the bar is staying for good
Right at the end of 2022, the very highly rated Oriole cocktail bar closed down in its original location - but with a vow to open somewhere else. Early in 2023, they popped up in Southwark, but now they're getting ready to return for good, this time in Covent Garden.
They'll be opening up the new Oriole in The Yards in Covent Garden, the same area where you'll find Lahpet, but
... - Moonstruck is serving up great coffee in Stockwell
South London's collection of good independent coffee shops got a boost this week with the opening of Moonstruck on South Lambeth Road. The man behind the cafe is self-styled 'coffee nerd' Liam Clifford who was previously at Rosslyn Coffee.
His new spot is serving up coffee by Woolwich-based roasters Plot and this week they released a special collaboration Moonstruck coffee with beans sourced by Cata Export.
... - Mistress is a Parisian-inspired restaurant and late-night bar in Mayfair
Updated 22/2/24 with menu details and photos
The Mayfair restaurant scene - particularly the high-end side of things - sees no sign of slowing down with Mistress opening in the area.
It's a lower-ground affair in James Street, taking over the space that used to be Aura. Instead of the R&B club it was before, it's going to be
... - Liu Xiaomian take their spicy Chongqing noodles to Carnaby
You've got to hand it to whoever's curating the food offering at Kingly Court at the moment. They're really playing a blinding game. Hot on the heels of having signed up everyone's favourite Filipino spot Donia, they've only gone and persuaded the insanely popular noodle purveyors Liu Xiaomian to make a space on the
... - BAM Karaoke Box in Victoria brings in chef Sabrina Gidda for a Parisian menu
As we've previously written about, karaoke has become a big thing in London, with some places offering pretty great food to accompany the backdrop of occasionally on-tune warbling. Now here comes a new karaoke bar which has a strong focus on food, BAM
... - Unlock mixes Napoli-style pizzas and art in Hackney Wick
Hackney's getting a new pizzeria and it's from two Napoli-born siblings, so we should be getting something pretty authentic with this opening.
Unlock comes from Arianna and Giovanni Izzo. Arianna is the chef, who previously worked as a pastry chef at Tarallificio Leopoldo in Naples, and she's joined by her brother Giovanni.
Pizzas are the main event here, made from traditional 30-hour fermented dough,
... - A Braccetto is a modern Italian trattoria in Earl's Court from the Spaghetti House family
12/3/24 - updated with the opening date
Almost 70 years after opening their first Italian restaurant on Goodge Street, the family behind Spaghetti House is getting ready to open a brand new place. A Braccetto in Earl's Court is being billed as a modern Italian trattoria focusing on regional Italian dishes.
And while the OG Spaghetti Houses are fully old-school, this latest opening is
... - 20 Berkeley becomes Niju Japanese grill and sushi bar, with Endo Kazutoshi more involved
After nine months, things are changing at 20 Berkeley Street. The restaurant there originally opened as 20 Berkeley, a British-influenced brasserie from the Creative Restaurant Group, which runs Endo Kazutoshi's restaurants, and got some pretty good reviews too. But it seems that wasn't enough and now it's about to get a relaunch, pivoting to
... - Jean-Georges' ABC Kitchens at The Emory opens in Knightsbridge
Updated 18/2/24 with images
London's hotel scene is seriously hot at the moment. The past 18 months have seen the opening of The Pensinsula, The OWO and 1 Mayfair and now the group behind Claridge's is getting ready to open a new hotel in Knightsbridge. The Emory will be the first brand-new London opening for them in over 50 years - the Berkeley opened its doors back in
... - Nancy Spain's Irish pub is opening in Shoreditch
If there's one date you want to open in time for if you're a new Irish pub, it's St Patrick's Day. So Shoreditch pub Nancy Spain's is coming in just under the wire with the intention of flinging open its doors a few days before the big day.
The folks behind it are Kerry-born brothers Peter and Nicholas O’Halloran and they're hoping their pub will bring something new to Shoreditch. Interestingly,
... - Ex-Pujol chef Jesús Durón is opening Dué in London
The opening of Kol and Cavita gave a shot in the arm to London's high-end Mexican dining scene and it looks like another exciting chef from Mexico is on the way too.
Jesús Durón was the executive chef of Pujol, which happens to be no. 13 in the World's 50 Best Restaurants list, and he's getting ready to open Dué in London. For that, he's teaming up with Lindsay Jang of Hong Kong's Yardbird for a restaurant
... - Freddie's is a New-York-inspired deli and restaurant in Belsize Park
A new New York-inspired deli has just opened in Belsize Park, taking over the site that used to be Sunday.
A family-run business, it comes from Jack Graham, who previously ran Raw Press in Chelsea, and Amelia Graham who was previously in charge of marketing at Planet Organic (the restaurant is named after their son). An all-day restaurant, it's serving up smoked fish
... - Fish & Bubbles features seafood paninis from the La Mia Mamma team in Notting Hill
The people behind La Mia Mamma, Italian restaurants in Chelsea and Notting Hill which got a big push by featuring on Stanley Tucci's "Searching for Italy", are getting ready to try something different with their next opening.
Opening next door to their Notting Hill restaurant, taking over what used to be the La Mia Mamma deli, is Fish & Bubbles. This
... - Vivek Singh's Cinnamon Bazaar comes to Richmond
Updated 15/2/24 with soft launch info
Vivek Singh (also behind The Cinnamon Club and Cinnamon Kitchen) is bringing Cinnamon Bazaar south of the river as the restaurant gets ready to open in Richmond.
As with the first Cinnamon Bazaar in Covent Garden, they say the restaurant is "inspired by bazaars in antiquity and in the modern day." That translates into an all-day menu
... - Yuki Bar sees ex-Noma sommelier opening in London Fields
This weekend a new East London restaurant/wine bar opened its doors officially, and there are a number of reasons why you should have Yuki Bar on your radar.
The key point of interest is the man behind it, Yukiyasu Kaneko. Kaneko was formerly the sommelier at Noma and also P Franco before working with former Koya chef Junya Yamasaki at Yess Aquatic in LA. This will be his first solo project. It's being billed as a small
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