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• The Prince Arthur disrupts the London pub scene with its own caviar and a Basque restaurant

  

  A Hot Dinners exclusive

  If there's one thing that 2024 has taught us, it's that the London pub scene is very much still alive and kicking. We started the year strong with crowds thronging the newly opened Devonshire and since then we've had a slew of places serving up interesting offerings in the city's old boozers from new Irish pubs to more wine-led offerings. Now as one year ends and another looms, we have

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• Test Driving Topa - a buzzing Basque residency inside a Holloway Road deli

  

  The arrival of a new Basque-inspired residency by a top chef at Holloway Road deli Provisions meant it was time for a return visit.

• Viral Basque cheesecake folk La Maritxu are heading to Carnaby

  

  I think we can safely say that anyone opening a Basque cheesecake shop in London right now is on to a good thing. Certainly, that was the experience of La Maritxu which went down a storm with its original cake shop in Connaught Village. Within days there were queues down the road and a slew of videos on TikTok rhapsodising about it. 

  Now the three Spanish sisters behind this one dish wonder are

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• Test Driving Lolo - José Pizarro continues his takeover of Bermondsey Street with this all-day diner

  

  Next door to José and down the road from Pizarro is where you'll find José Pizarro's latest Bermondsey restaurant, Lolo. We went to see what this new all day spot has to offer. 

• Provisions Holloway Road to launch new San Sebastián-style pintxo bar Topa

  

  If a trip to San Sebastián seems too far out of reach, we have the next best thing, with the exclusive news that a Basque-themed pintxo bar called Topa is opening in North London.

  Located in much-loved artisan store and bar Provisions on Holloway Road, Topa will really walk the talk, with head chef Simon Shand (of Shoreditch’s Leroy fame) introducing a menu inspired

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• Test Driving Ibai - a stellar Basque steakhouse in the City

  

  Brilliant Basque food and great steaks a few minutes walk from Smithfield Market make Ibai worth crossing town for.

• Test Driving Tollington's - the Four Legs crew turn a chippy into a Spanish fish bar

  

  A fish and chip shop in Finsbury Park has been given a new lease of life with the arrival of the Four Legs team. We popped down to Tollington's to check out this North London chipper meets Spanish fish bar.

• Tollington's sees the Four Legs team opening a Spanish fish bar in Finsbury Park

  

  Updated 22/6/24 with new images, menu details and opening date

  Finsbury Park folk are going to feel deeply smug this summer when the Four Legs team open their second place. Not only will they have their top pub The Plimsoll on their doorstep, but they'll also be able to wander up Stroud Green Road to try out the crew's new restaurant,

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• Bar Kroketa are heading to Oxford Street with their croquetas

  

  Updated 29/5/24 with opening date and more details

  Back in 2022 when Brindisa opened their spin-off restaurant, Bar Kroketa, devoted to all things croquetas, we were early fans. So we're very much behind the news that they're getting ready to expand with a second restaurant.

  They've taken

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• Bar Douro

  Portuguese food by London Bridge

• Jose Pizarro at the Royal Academy

  Top Spanish chef Jose Pizarro gets arty

• Sabor gets a refresh, adding new group table La Mesa

  

  Nieves Barragan and José Etura's Sabor is coming back from the Christmas holidays looking a little different than before. Previously a bar space, right inside the front door you'll notice something quite different - a new table for 10 people. This is La Mesa. 

  Its main use will be a group table that you can book on the ground floor, where you can order both dishes from the main counter as

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• Sherry Week is back in London for its 10th edition

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  Whether you're already a dedicated fan of sherry, or interested to discover more about these wonderful wines there's a week of activity happening in London that should be right up your street.

  For its 10th anniversary Sherry Week (6-12 November), the largest annual festival of Sherry wines in the world, is pulling out all the stops this year with a range of

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• Camino in King's Cross is opening an aperitivo bar on Pentonville

  

  King's Cross residents and workers have long loved the hidden spot Camino, tucked away in Vanisher's Yard off the main drag. But the Spanish spot will soon be a lot less of a hidden gem once it opens its new Pentonville Road-facing bar. As part of a big development, Camino has taken over the old luggage shop on Pentonville and turned it into an aperitivo bar that'll also be a new entrance for the restaurant

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• From Spain via the Ukraine, Boca a Boca will serve up tapas on Charlotte Street

  

  War may be ravaging their country, but Ukrainians are still getting up every day and going to work and that includes opening new restaurants. And one that opened its doors in Kyiv last year is getting ready to expand to London. Boca a Boca was set up by Ukrainian entrepreneur, Andrii Nikonov, who wanted to open somewhere in Kyiv to share his love of Spanish food.

  Now he's bringing Boca a Boca to London where

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