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- Canary Wharf is the next stop for Blacklock's chops
24/5/23 - updated with the opening date
They last opened in Covent Garden and now Blacklock have their sights set on Canary Wharf's North Dock.
They're part of a big influx of restaurants into the area with recent openings including Hawksmoor, Dishoom and Zia Lucia.
If you're still not quite familiar with Blacklock, it all comes down to their main event -
... - Harvest is Jesse Dunford Wood's new Kensal Rise restaurant
24/4/23 - Updated with the opening date
Jesse Dunford Wood, the chef behind Parlour and Six Portland Road, is getting ready to open his third restaurant, called Harvest.
It'll be his second in Kensal Rise, this time taking over a former curry house (Bawarchi). The focus for Harvest will be on a British-led menu featuring contemporary vegetarian dishes, British coastal
... - Chungdam brings Korean BBQ and Pyeonbaek steam boxes to Soho
There’s a new place in Soho for all your Korean-BBQ needs, with Chungdam now open on the former YMing Chinese restaurant site.
Well-travelled destination diners might twig that it’s named after one of Seoul’s major food districts, Cheongdam-dong, and at Chungdam restaurant it’s about both modern and traditional Korean cooking techniques. Expect plenty of interactive dining experiences in a sleek
... - Terra Moderna is a new Antipodean-Italian restaurant in Belsize Park
It’s starting to feel like ‘Antipodean-influenced’ needs to be a whole new subgenre of restaurants, such is its rise in London launches. Belsize Park is now home to a modern Italian restaurant that champions its Antipodean inspiration. It’s called Terra Moderna and comes to you from Italian head chef Mirko Pisano (previously Senior Chef Partie at Apex Temple Court Hotel) and founder Jeffrey Young, who has an Australian
... - Passyunk Avenue comes to Nine Elms, bringing an American dive bar to the US Embassy
Every now and again a restaurant or bar will open in what's pretty much the perfect location for it - and that's what it looks like with the latest outpost of Passyunk Avenue. The American dive bar with the best Philly cheesesteaks in London is opening just around the corner from the American Embassy in Nine Elms.
Taking over from where Homeboy
... - Rastro serves up Mediterranean sandwiches and espressos in Bethnal Green
An Instagram post by Allegra chef Patrick Powell alerted us to the arrival of a new cafe on Bethnal Green Road. Rastro is the first project from a team who've worked at a range of hospitality businesses across London. Carlos Del Barrio is the connection with Powell - he worked with him at Allegra for the past few years and, before that, at Scarfe's Bar. He's joined in this endeavour by his stepbrother Rodrigo
... - Amethyst in Mayfair is opening Vinum wine bar underneath its restaurant
Back when we first visited Carlo Scotto's restaurant Amethyst, we spotted that there was quite a lovely downstairs bar space. But the exacting chef wanted to get his restaurant operating perfectly before he moved on to working out what to do with that bar.
Now he's about to open
... - Big Mamma to open the more intimate Carlotta restaurant in Marylebone
Updated 18/4/23 with opening date
Not resting on their laurels, having only just opened Jacuzzi in Kensington, Big Mamma are getting ready for their next restaurant, Carlotta in Marylebone.
As originally spotted by an eagle-eyed Hot Dinners reader (thanks Zac), they're
... - The Marksman team to open Lasdun at The National Theatre
17/4/22 - Updated with the opening date
It's been eight years since The Marksman launched in Hackney, very quickly becoming one of the best pubs and restaurants not only in the area, but in the whole of London. Now they're getting ready to stretch their wings as far as the South Bank, where they'll be opening Lasdun at The National Theatre.
The new restaurant will be a big
... - These Days are opening an aperitivo bar on Bermondsey Beer Mile
You've got to admire the chutzpah of spritz brand These Days who have picked Bermondsey's Beer Mile as the place they've decided to open their first bar. From this summer anyone in the area who fancies something different to craft beer will be able to head to their aperitivo bar instead.
If you haven't tried any of the drinks before, they're a mix of fruit and organic wine. Opt for Sundown Spritz,
... - The Southern-style Americana comes to Haymarket
Southern food is making a return to central London - in a somewhat unexpected guise. Americana launched a couple of weeks back, taking over a big ex-Byron site and seems a pretty large restaurant to open with little fanfare.
It's billed as serving "Authentic Southern American soul food and hospitality" and, in fairness, we'd say it's squarely aimed at the tourist crowd. As for the room
... - Lilienblum is the latest restaurant from Miznon's Eyal Shani, coming to Old Street
Things move pretty fast in restaurant news, and we like it when a chef keeps us on our toes. As we previously told you, Eyal Shani, founder of much-hyped Miznon (part of his 40+ global restaurant empire) already has another restaurant opening
... - Noci pasta restaurant is opening at Battersea Power Station
They've already been quite the hit in Islington, now the team behind pasta restaurant Noci are heading south of the river to Battersea for their second place.
This is part of a raft of new openings at Battersea Power Station. The Battersea branch will follow the same successful formula as they had in Islington; so think well-priced fresh pasta and small plates and snacks. Their pasta 'hankerchiefs' are a
... - Browns Covent Garden reopens with a new Scottish-themed Spey Bar
Welcoming their 50th birthday with a £2.5 million refurbishment, Browns Covent Garden has had quite the refit, with a new art deco look. It's also opened a new drinking venue on its first floor called Spey Bar. And it comes with some fine credentials - the people responsible are behind Quaich Bar at Scotland’s Craigellachie Hotel. That, in
... - Midland Grand Dining Room by Patrick Powell in King's Cross replaces The Gilbert Scott
12/04/23 - updated with opening date
It was one of the most impressive spaces in the St. Pancras Renaissance as The Gilbert Scott and now, after that closed in mid-2021, the restaurant is to be reborn as Midland Grand Dining Room.
Allegra chef Patrick Powell, who was also behind the menu at the other recently-revamped restaurant in the
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