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Hot Dinners Exclusive Acme Fire Cult are getting ready to launch their first permanent restaurant at the 40FT Brewery in Dalston.  Acme comes from chefs Andrew Clarke (Brunswick House and St...

The people behind popular cafe Abuelo in Covent Garden are expanding. They'll be launching another cafe, Uncle Zorro, just around the corner and this one also features a basement bar.  The ground floor...

If you don't know about Outstanding in the Field, let us quickly fill you in. This 'roving restaurant without walls' spends the summers travelling across America setting up alfresco dinner tables in...

Updated 21/3/22 with opening date and new dishes Our news story on the opening of Bunsik's first place on Charing Cross Road was one of our most-read of 2021. So, we confidently predict you're all...

Following both fire and flooding - not to mention the issues facing live entertainment over the pandemic - it's fair to say the past few years haven't been great ones for iconic music venue KOKO...

If you need something to lure you out of the house on a Saturday then this new stall at Hackney's Westgate St Market could be just the thing. HOKO have been selling their Hong Kong milk tea online for a...

A Hot Dinners exclusive During lockdown, residents of Highbury and Finsbury Park were sustained in part by a local business, The Roost, serving up superlative rotisserie chicken deliveries. The...

  Caravan have expanded to many parts of London, Canary Wharf being the most recent, but now they're adding something new to their main roastery just off Caledonian Road.  Until now, the roastery has...

  London restaurants are doing their bit to support those affected by the current invasion of Ukraine with a load of special events, dishes and menus. If you're looking to head to a restaurant that is...

They say a picture paints a thousand words and if that's true, what this picture of CHIN CHIN Dessert Club's latest creation is telling us, is that our life would be immeasurably better having tried...

They have restaurants north and south in Kentish Town and Battersea but now The Patate are bringing their French burgers to central London, opening in Covent Garden.  They're taking over a space that...

The people behind Soho's Freedom Bar and Soho Residence are heading west to Notting Hill for their next, The Act. As the name hints, it'll be a little more than a standard bar, being dubbed a...

There was more than a little surprise when the news was revealed that Honey & Co was closing on Warren Street in April after 10 years. But now we have much better news, in that it's reopening fairly...

  Head down to Smith & Wollensky in Covent Garden for a St Patrick's Day party to remember

Lucky old Walthamstow is the proud owner of a rather lovely new place to get baked goods from. Beaten by a Whisker is an artisan small-batch bakery which opened its doors just a few weeks back. The bakery...

Finsbury Park residents who've been watching the opening of all the new food and drink businesses at the station over the past few months may have been a little disappointed by how slightly...

14/3/22 - updated with opening news We've been fans of Philly cheesesteak masters Passyunk Avenue since they opened in Fitzrovia (and their delivery DIY kits are one of the best we've had) so the...

14/3/22 - updated with opening date Six months after taking over the old Dominique Ansel bakery in Belgravia, Chestnut Bakery are at it again. The bakery that's already created a stellar reputation for its...

We'd been hearing that Burger King were going to be trying something new with the reopening of their Leicester Square restaurant - and they've certainly done that, going completely meat-free.  We've had...

Nightjar's original near Old Street has been long revered as one of London's greatest bars, and now its getting a sibling in Carnaby.  Echoing the original as closely as they can, the decor will be...