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- Caia is a new wine bar for Golborne Road
Rishabh Vir and Tim Lang, two of the people behind Portobello restaurant Fiend, are getting ready to open something new in the area. This time they're taking over a site that was last a Flat Iron location to open wine bar Caia.
The wine comes from a list by Beth Brickenden (also behind the wine at Fiend) and we're told to expect Old-World wines from producers old and new, alongside
... - Wolfox cafe and wine bar eyes up the old Savoy Taylors Guild on the Strand
It's been home to a tailors since the early 20th century and its distinctive frontage on the Strand is Grade II listed, but next year the historic Savoy Taylors Guild is going to switch from cutting cloth to serving food.
The site's been taken over by Wolfox a coffee and restaurant group with places in Brighton and Leeds. Here at their first London opening they're planning a "high end cafe and wine bar".
If that follows
... - Test Driving the new Carousel wine bar - the residency restaurant's permanent Fitzrovia home
Residency restaurant Carousel has moved from Marylebone to Fitzrovia and added a brand new wine bar in the process. We went down to check it out.
- Test Driving Porte Noire - Idris Elba's wine bar in King's Cross
Idris Elba co-owns a wine bar in King's Cross. We went along to find out if it lived up to its star billing.
- Test Driving Bar Crispin - illuminating wine and small plates in Carnaby
Tucked down Kingly Street, this all day Carnaby spot comes into its own in the evening with interesting small plates and a great wine list.
- Where's Fred's is a City café/wine bar from the District team
A new cafe by day/wine bar by night is heading to The City. Where's Fred comes from Chelsea Finch, who's also behind the Districtcafés in Parsons Green, Mayfair and Nine Elms.
The food menu is going to change throughout the day. So they'll start with a brunch-style menu on which
... - Hithe + Seek at the Westin London City is London's newest riverside wine bar
There's one obvious USP at the wine bar opening up at the new five star Westin London City - the view. Hithe + Seek is right on the river with amazing views across the Thames to the Tate Modern and The Globe.
It's one of two eating and drinking spots at this new luxury hotel on the north bank's Queenhithe, a part of London so old it's thought to have been a Roman dock even before it got its current name back in the 11th
... - Coravin launches a by-the-glass pop-up wine bar in Mayfair
You may have come across Coravin before - they are behind those special machines that can serve glasses of wine while keeping the bottle sealed up so it stays fresh. They've appeared in a number of bars, restaurants and wine bars - but now they're going it alone with a pop-up wine bar in Mayfair. They're taking over La Cave Wine Bar which is tucked away in Lancashire Court.
At the pop-up, they'll have 300 wines available by
... - La Cave is Hoxton Holborn's new underground wine bar and chef's residency spot
Taking over the space where Chicken Shop used to be, in the basement of the Hoxton Holborn hotel, is La Cave. Described as both a wine bar, pop-up space and incubator kitchen it'll see a variety of chefs and restaurants taking over the space.
First up is Cantina Valentina from former Pachamama chef Adam Rawson. His menu will feature a range of dishes inspired by Peru - think dishes like:
- Lima bean humous served
- Test Driving Aspen & Meursault - a Battersea wine bar that wants you to love natural wine as much as they do
This new Battersea wine bar is hoping to shake up the way Londoners think about natural wine. We went along to be inspired.
- Bar Crispin is a new natural wine bar for Soho
The people behind Crispin in Spitalfields are coming to Soho with a new natural wine bar (backed up by a great snacks list).
- Hector's has ex-Hill & Szrok partner and Harry Potter actress opening a wine bar in De Beauvoir
Updated 14/6/21 with opening date
If you, like us, have been missing spending your weekends doing bar crawls of the cave à mangers in Paris or San Sebastian's drinking holes, then this new North London wine bar opening should be right up your street.
The indie project is a family business and a passion project of former Hill & Szrok partner Jimmy Stephenson and his actress wife Anna Shaffer
... - Bar Liber wine bar arrives in Islington, along with a £100 cocktail
Last week, we had spotted signs going up for Bar Liber on St Paul's Road in Islington in the cafe/wine bar that we knew as St Paul and were intrigued. Now that it's actually opened its doors, we have a lot more info about this latest addition to Islington.
It turns out that it's from Stuart Hudson, who's previously worked at Milk & Honey as Head Bartender, Sake No
... - Aspen & Meursault is the new Battersea wine bar from Diogenes the Dog
The people behind the much-loved Diogenes The Dog are opening a new wine bar, with low intervention and natural wine as the focus.
- Good Neighbour arrives in Peckham, bringing wine, brunch and more
Updated 24/5/21 with soft launch offer
Following the Camberwell original and the Tooting follow up, Good Neighbour are getting ready to open a third wine bar/restaurant - this time in Peckham.
They're taking over the space from Pedler (who are heading east to a new location). Once again it's from the team of Paul Williamson (ex Soho House) and Josue
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