Southwark

• Albie is The Hoxton's Southwark's all day dining restaurant

  Southwark's hip new Hoxton hotel may be going big on its rooftop seafood spot, but it also has this buzzy ground floor all day dining restaurant with a plant-based focus.

• Seabird is the high-rise seafood restaurant in the Hoxton Southwark - and NYC's Maison Premiere are in charge

  The newest Hoxton hotel is bringing with it a seafood restaurant with an impressive view across London. And they've brought in the people behind top Brooklyn restaurant Maison Premiere to run it. 

• Maria Elia brings her Smashing Plates residency to Great Guns Social

  

  If you've ever tried chef Maria Elia's food, then you'll know that her upcoming three week residency at Great Guns Social in Southwark is worth pencilling in the diary.

  The globetrotting chef and author (she's launched restaurants in California and done pop-ups in Rwanda) is planning a modern Greek menu for her return to London. Dishes will include:

  • Savoury Baklavas
  • Moussaka Croquettes
  • Bream with pourgouri, cherries and
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• Test Driving Casa do Frango - Piri Piri chicken Algarve style in Southwark

  

  This wonderful looking dining room on Southwark High Street is serving up Portuguese food and wine with a distinctly London vibe.

• Provisioners is coming to Tower Bridge's new boutique hotel, The Dixon, from the man who launched Riding House Cafe

  Having opened Riding House Cafe and now runnning Blixen Clive Watson is well able to put together a lovely all day space so hopes for this new Tower Bridge hotel restaurant/cafe are high.

• Southwark's Chinese Food Festival returns with a 14 vendors in a night market setting

  

  It sure is festival season, isn’t it? (And we don’t just mean Boomtown, Wilderness et al.)

  We’d only just gotten over WingFest, before starting to gear up for 

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• Casa do Frango will serve up Algarvian piri piri chicken in Southwark

   Hoping to lure Londoners away from Nando's, this Algarvian restaurant will be cooking its chicken on a wood fired grill. Oh and there's also a secret bar worth checking out.

• At Borough’s Yen Burger, swap your burger cheese for kimchi and shiso

  Yen Nguyen is brings her East-meets-West burger chain idea to life, featuring ingredients like shiso, edamame and kimchi on gluten-free buns from Bread Ahead.

• Native are moving to Flatiron Square from Covent Garden

  

  Updated 4/6/18 with soft launch details

  Last week, we were a little concerned to see Covent Garden restaurant Native announcing that they were closing down due to planning permission being declined.

  But the good news is that they already have a new home to go to. Today they've announced they'll be moving into bigger, better premises over at Flat Iron Square. The new space will have twice the capacity of their current spot and there'll also be room for a

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• Test Driving Paladar - tour South America without leaving South London

  South London meets South America at Paladar - a restaurant that brings Londoners a taste of Cuba, Peru and more.

• Cheese Town is taking over Flat Iron Square for Easter weekend

  

  If you've been considering leaving town for Easter weekend, we may have news that'll make you change your mind. Returning for a third instalment is Cheese Town - the food festival (not to be confused with the dire Giant Cheese Board which broke the internet just before Christmas).

  Moving from Brixton to Flat Iron Square in Borough the event features a range of street food traders, all serving up something deeply cheesy. So there's:

  • Mac to the
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• Chimis Argentinean parilla restaurant is grilling up a storm on Southwark Bridge Road

  The former head chef of Brindisa and the founder of Portena in Borough Market have joined forces to open an Argentinean parilla restaurant with all manner of grilled meat on the menu.

• Duddell's arrives in London Bridge with Michelin-starred dim sum

  After setting down roots in Hong Kong, Duddell's is making the leap to the UK, opening its first overseas restaurant in the palatial St Thomas Church in London Bridge. 

• Mc & Sons is Southwark's new Irish boozer with a Thai kitchen

  Traditionally, deep fried carbs are the mainstay of Irish pub grub. Not so at Mc & Sons, who's Chiang Mai head chef will be cooking up heavily spiced traditional Thai food - perfect to accompany your Guinness.

• Bala Baya is bringing a market to the Union Arches in Southwark

  

  Under the Union Street arches in October, Bala Baya is expanding to the streets with their new Bala Baya Shook. Yes, it's a Middle Eastern style market where you'll be able to pick up lots of Bala Baya goodies to either eat there or grab to take home.

  So for breakfast, expect snacks like Babka Pretzels, Pitta Pie and Poppy Seed Filas, Iced Cinnamon Buns, Chocolate Babka Swirl and Quince & Almond

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