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- Control Room B is a 1950s-themed bar inside Battersea Power Station
More Battersea Power Station news today, as the final pieces of the new development come into place. This time it's news of a big new bar that's opening there from the Mr Fogg's team.
Called Control Room B as it's based in - you guessed it - the power station's old control room, it's inspired by the Power Station architecture, right up to the turbine-inspired radial
... - Autumn's biggest new London restaurant openings
Autumn is when the London restaurant scene gets busier than ever - and that means some big new restaurants are getting ready to open. Here are the ones to watch...
- Bromley Town Hall's courthouse is turning into restaurant Dorothy & Marshall
Bromley Town Hall has been going through a big renovation recently and as it's gearing up to opening fully, we have news about the brand new restaurant opening there.
Taking over what used to be the old courthouse in the Grade II building (originally built in 1906), will be Dorothy & Marshall. In charge of the kitchen is local chef Ralph Jones, who's worked in the kitchens
... - Mykonos restaurant Nammos is coming to London
They started in Mykonos, expanded to Cannes, Dubai and more - and now Nammos is coming to London.
Opening in Knightsbridge, just across the road from Harrods, they're taking over a Grade II listed building and are calling it an "an elegant and more refined version of its original concept" so it sounds like we might be in for another impressive-looking dining room in London.
As
... - The Hoxton prepares to open in Shepherd's Bush with Chet's as its restaurant
Earlier this summer we popped into The Hoxton hotel in Holborn to check out Chet's - their latest residency. Back then, the word was that this would be LA-based chef Kris Yenbamroong's restaurant in the upcoming Hoxton opening in Shepherd's Bush and we've now had confirmation of that.
The
... - Notto is chef Phil Howard's new fresh pasta restaurant on Piccadilly
He launched his own mail-order pasta during the various lockdowns and now Phil Howard is going one step further with his own pasta restaurant. The chef, who has a Michelin star for his Elystan Street restaurant, will be opening Notto in Piccadilly (taking over an old Paperchase site).
He's joined in the endeavour by Executive chef Louis Korovilas who has been quite busy
... - Restaurant St Barts sees the Fenn team come to Smithfield with a 15-course tasting menu
6/9/22 - Updated with the opening date
They've had success with Nest in Hackney and an even bigger hit with Fenn in Fulham, now the same team are heading eastwards again.
Johnnie Crowe, Luke Wasserman and Toby Neill are the people
... - Evernight is Nine Elms' hot new izakaya from a Laughing Heart chef
A Hot Dinners exclusive
Every once in a while a London restaurant manages to open totally under our radar but the minute we become aware of it, we want to let you know about it too. That's 100% the case with Evernight, an extremely interesting new Japanese restaurant in the Embassy Gardens development in Nine Elms that's starting to get noticed, with a lot of low-level buzz right
... - Marugame Udon are opening at Oxford Circus, St Christopher's Place and Canary Wharf
Updated 5/9/22 with Oxford Circus date
When one door closes, another opens and Londoners have definitely got the better end of the deal with this particular restaurant changeover on Argyll Street.
Taking over the old Garfunkels site, beloved only of confused tourists, is the udon chain Marugame. It'll turn out to be Marugame's fifth opening in quick succession in the city, following their
... - Sonora Taqueria are opening Mexa at Arcade Food Hall
A Hot Dinners exclusive
Ever since top taco folk Sonora Taqueria dropped the news on Instagram that they were leaving their home in Netil Market, London's Mexican food lovers have been wondering when and indeed where they'll be getting their next Sonora fix from. Well we can now reveal what their plans are.
From later this month, Sonora's co-founders Michelle Salazar de la Rocha and
... - Holloway Model Bakery sees East Finchley's Margot Bakery expand to Holloway
Updated 31/8/22 with soft launch details
It feels like we're living through a boom period of amazing neighbourhood bakeries opening in London. The next area to get a great bakery landing on their doorstep is Lower Holloway.
Artisan baker Michelle Eshkeri opened Margot Bakery in East Finchley in 2016 and it's since become one of North London's most popular bakeries, winning Michelle plaudits for
... - Brother Marcus picks Kensington for its next Eastern-Med restaurant
Their last restaurant opening in Spitalfields proved to be a big success, so Brother Marcus are moving onwards and upwards, getting ready to open their fourth restaurant - this time in Kensington.
If you're unfamiliar with them, their speciality is Eastern Mediterranean cooking and the weekend brunch is a very big deal. As with their other restaurants, it'll be open from
... - Cycene is the new restaurant from Blue Mountain School
31/8/22 - updated with the opening date
Shoreditch's Blue Mountain School was once home to Maos, a Michelin-starred restaurant launched by Nuno Mendes and which had an experience primarily centred around a single dining table. The pandemic caused more than a few problems with that setup and while they tried to adapt the theme with a new-look space, the restaurant closed earlier this
... - Japanese restaurant Koyn is the latest opening from the team behind Jamavar and MiMi Mei Fair
31/8/22 - updated with new opening date
Samyukta Nair, the restaurateur whose group is behind other Mayfair hits Jamavar, MiMi Mei Fair and Bombay Bustle as well as the upcoming venture with Claude Bosi called Socca, is
... - Operation Falafel brings Middle Eastern street food to Camden from Dubai
A new fast food import is coming to London, and this one hails from Dubai.
Operation Falafel is not just about falafel, though - as it's billed as serving up "Middle Eastern street food using only the freshest ingredients". In practice, that means they'll be taking modern approaches to stuffed fresh-baked pitas with kofta meatballs as well as veggie, chicken or beef
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