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- Natoora are opening Alma bakery in Bermondsey with award-winning New Orleans baker Graison Gill
We're always interested in anything Natoora are up to, so news that they're getting ready to open a flour mill and bakery down by Maltby Street Market obviously pricked our interest. Alma sees the high-end greengrocer teaming up with James Beard finalist Graison Gill who was behind the award-winning Bellegarde Bakery in New Orleans.
Together they have a mission that they state is all about reinstating "the integrity
... - Counter 71 and Lowcountry bring a mix of British counter dining and the American south to Shoreditch
11/6/23 - updated with the opening date
Joe Laker, the former head chef at Fulham's Fenn which is sadly closing at the end of April, already has his next place planned - a restaurant called Counter 71 and a bar, Low Country.
The restaurant will, as the name suggests, be all counter dining and is described as a seasonal "ode to the
... - Eric's is ex-Flor baker Helen Evans' own bakery in East Dulwich
Updated 22/3/23 with the opening date
Earlier this year, the end finally came for Flor. It had previously been a restaurant, then carried on the bakery in Bermondsey before they called time on that too. While Flor was running, their head baker Helen Evans picked up a stellar reputation and now she's getting ready to open her own bakery.
Called Eric's Bakery Helen
... - Harrods gets more alfresco dining with The Dim Sum Terrace
Harrods has been many, many years without terrace dining - and now two terraces have arrived almost together. We've recently had the launch of Studio Frantzen on the rooftop and now they've opened The Dim Sum Terrace on the fourth floor. It comes from Eddie Lim,
... - Andreas on Chelsea Green is opening a new shop, and restaurant Kale Street
For more than a decade Andreas Georghiou and his family have been providing the well-heeled residents of Chelsea and many of London's top chefs with their five-a-day. Now the grocer beloved by the likes of Nigella and Gordon is making plans to expand.
Andreas and his family are getting ready to unveil a brand new grocers shop - they've taken over the building next door to them on Chelsea Green.
... - Dunamis restaurant in Soho takes the energy crisis as inspiration
Update - 12 noon, 1/4/23 - Yes this was indeed this year's April Fool. Sorry (not sorry). See all our previous April Fools here.
There's no doubt that the current energy crisis is an ongoing nightmare for those in the hospitality industry, with bills rocketing for restaurants and bars across London.
... - Seven North is Miznon chef Eyal Shani's next London restaurant
London is getting a lot of new hotels over the next year, with big names like Mandarin Oriental and Rosewood opening new central London spaces. But there's plenty of room for boutique hotels too, and that's just what's coming to the City. Sircle London comes from hotel group Sircle
... - Cantinetta Antinori comes to London with Florentine T-bones and fine wines
Updated 31/3/23 with more details
The Antinori family are arguably the most famous name in Italian wines, so it's fair to expect that their upcoming London restaurant will have a pretty decent wine list. Cantinetta Antinori will be an interesting team-up in Knightsbridge between the Italian winemakers and the Monaco family - the Giraudis - who opened Le Petit Beefbar in London last year.
The
... - Rosarium and Underland restaurant and bar arrive in Waterloo
31/3/23 - updated with more about the restaurant
The Olivier Award-nominated Alice's Adventures Underground is an immersive theatre show in the tunnels underneath Waterloo Station. It's been a big hit before and now it's back in a bespoke development called Labyrinth - and has brought a new restaurant and bar along with it.
First up is the
... - The big new London restaurants opening in April 2023
April is upon us and on either side of the Easter weekend there are some very impressive new restaurants opening in London. Here's our pick of the bunch.
- Tom Sellers to open Story Cellar in Covent Garden's Neal's Yard - mixing rotisserie chicken and wine
Updated 29/3/23 with details of the menu
What is it with London's Michelin-starred chefs. Not content with having at least one big new project on the go, they're already planning more openings before they've opened the doors on their latest. In addition to ...
- Fortnum & Mason unveils a new food and drink studio, transforming its third floor
Fortnum & Mason: home of extravagant wicker hampers, a famous food hall, a signature Eau de Nil shade of blue-green and now…a brand new food and drink studio.
Taking over the third floor of the historic flagship department store in Piccadilly, the purpose-built interactive space will feature a production kitchen where over 100 of Fortnum’s chefs will
... - Mexican restaurant 1910 to open in Parsons Green
Southwest Londoners have cause to rejoice because there’s a revolution coming to Parsons Green. At least, a new restaurant called 1910 is opening, and it’s no accident it was named after the year of the Mexican Revolution.
The good people of Balham are already one step ahead, having had a 1910 Cantina on their doorstep since April 2020. Its opening was much less low-key than originally planned, scuppered
... - Mondo Beer + Pizza brings exactly that to Borough Yards
New openings are still happening at Borough Yards. The latest to arrive in the area are Mondo Beer + Pizza and yes, you can probably guess what they're serving.
The restaurant comes from Mondo Brewing Company who are also based in Nine Elms but this is their first location away from the main brewery. They've teamed up with pizzeria Joe Public, who you might have
... - Burnt Ends is coming to London, opening at Harrods
Update 5/7/24 - This is unfortunately no longer happening.
Are there no limits to the ambition of Harrods' food and drink team? Not content with luring Bjorn Frantzen over this year to open his first UK restaurant, and ...