Wine bar

• Test Driving WC Bloomsbury - a subterranean wine bar that's big on charm

  

  We descend into the depths of a Grade II listed Victorian water closet to discover a bar that's big on charm.

• Hackney Coterie brasserie and wine bar takes over the old L'entrepot site on Dalston Lane

  If a hospitality space can be said to retain an imprint from previous uses, then 230 Dalston Lane seems determined to remain a wine bar. Previously L'Entrepot wine bar from the folks at Borough Wines, it's about to find new life as a 'warehouse brasserie' and wine bar.

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• Turul Project are opening a Hungarian deli and restaurant in Turnpike Lane

  

  Updated 14/5/21 with chef, menu and opening date details

  News reaches us of a promising new Hungarian restaurant coming to North London. Previously running as pop-ups and supperclubs, Turul Project is now going permanent. Opening near Turnpike Lane and Green Lanes, the restaurant and wine bar (as well as deli and cafe) will be all about contemporary Hungarian dining.

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• The Wine Artist is a new Italian wine bar for Highgate

  

   Top Italian sommelier Maurizio Titone joins forces with entrepreneur Marco Petrozzi for this boutique wine bar on Archway Road.

• The Cellar on Pentonville Road will be a minimal intervention wine bar and cafe

  

  From the Cotswolds to King's Cross, a coffee and wine duo will be serving up minimal intervention wine at this new wine bar and cafe.

• Planque in Haggerston will be a 'wine drinkers' clubhouse' with restaurant by Seb Myers

  

  Taking over two railway arches in Haggerston, Planque will have a wine bar, restaurant, members' club and store, with a key focus on natural and low intervention wines

• 28-50's next wine bar will be in Chelsea

  

  The next wine bar from 28-50 (the third in the group) will be on the King's Road. Expect European food alongside a strong selection of European wines - many of them available by the glass. 

• BookBar on Blackstock Road will be a bookshop, winebar and meeting space

  

  The mid-section of Blackstock Road is becoming quite the food and drink hub. There's Patron (currently delivering lovely French dishes across town), Shop Cuvee selling natural wine and cheese, and Grin and Beer it with their craft beer.

  Joining their ranks, whenever hospitality businesses are allowed to reopen, will be BookBar which couldn't be more a product of the times.

  This combo space will be a wine bar, coffee shop,

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• Test Driving Milk Beach - an all day spot in Queen's Park which now has room to flex its kitchen muscles

  

  This all day neighbourhood spot has had a dramatic revamp and, even better, has a huge alfresco space too. We headed west to check it out.

• WC find a new Water Closet to convert into a wine bar in Bloomsbury

  

  After success with their first loo-turned-wine-bar in Clapham, WC are at it again. This time they're renovating a Victorian loo in Bloomsbury to become their second wine bar. 

• The Italians wine bar and bistro heads to Marylebone's Devonshire Street

  

  The team behind Chiswick deli and pizzeria, The Italians, are preparing for a Marylebone opening this winter. The Italians' new home on Devonshire Street will be a wine bar and bistro.

  As with their Chiswick site, the key thing will be the sourcing of top drawer Italian food and drink. The all Italian wine list will change seasonally and there'll be loads available by the glass. They'll be baking focaccia fresh in-house

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• Silver Lining in Hackney will be the UK's first orange wine bar

  

  updated with bar opening info 29/9/20

  During Lockdown, popular restaurant Silver Lining revealed its plans to become the UK's first wine bar focused entirely on orange wine. In its first phase, it opened as a takeaway bottle shop with over 50 varieties of orange wine to choose from.

  Now they're opening as a fully functioning wine bar with an entirely orange wine list and serving up seasonal

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• 163 Upper Street will be a new wine bar and kitchen from Highgate's Wine Cellar team

  The team behind The Wine Cellar on Highgate's Swain's Lane are opening this new wine bar and kitchen, serving up a wide selection of wines and food designed to go with them.

• Noble Rot Soho sees the Noble Rot team take over The Gay Hussar for their second restaurant

  A truly iconic Soho restaurant is revived by the team behind Noble Rot who are promising to be custodians of its history but bring the menu fully into the 21st century.

• The Black Book in Soho sees former members' bar TRADE become a wine bar for all

  

  It used to be known as TRADE, the members' bar for people in the hospitality business, but now it's being replaced by The Black Book, a new wine bar that's open to all of Soho.

  The team running things is still the same - Gearoid Devaney and Xavier Rousset (Blandford Comptoir), and will focus "rare and interesting" wines alongside a brasserie-style menu. So wines by the glass will

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