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 In March this year Robin Gill opened The Delicatessen right next door to The Dairy, just a stone’s throw from Clapham Common Tube station. It's a “a farm shop in the city” where all the produce is...

Pimlico is getting a new bar - and the bar snacks don't sound half bad. The Clarendon Cocktail Cellar is a new drinking hole underneath the Artist Residence hotel (the name refers to the pub that...

As you may be aware, we recently ran a story about one helluva rumour we'd heard about Ferran Adria coming to The Café Royal - albeit with his brother Albert Adria leading things. Turns out we were on...

Yes it's a doughnut. But more than that, it's a whisky doughnut. And if the prospect of eating that doesn't enhance your day, then we can't help you. The doughnut in question is from Crosstown...

Another street vendor is heading inside for December as STAKEhaus lands a month long residency at The Duke's Head. Best known for their steak and chips, they're taking the opportunity to add a...

We've seen quite a few pub takeovers and residencies recently - but this latest is a DOUBLE residency as Dogtown hot-dogs and Slap & Pickle burgers both head for the same menu at the King & Co. That...

Everyone's favourite oddball events organisers Bompas & Parr are at it again and this time they've taken their antics up to the top of The Shard. The duo are behind The Height of Winter, which has...

30/11/15 - updated with soft launch info Chef Brett Redman is set to open a new Japanese yakitori restaurant in Dalston. The restaurant, which opens this Autumn draws upon the rich tradition of...

29/11/15 - updated with soft launch details. There's a new pizzeria on the way to Shoreditch as Homeslice (already big in Covent Garden and Fitzrovia) is due to open there before the end of the...

So there's a new chicken shop opening in London. If those words make you yawn - then hold on. Sounds like Billy and the Chicks might actually bring something new to the table. The bloke behind this...

Updated 26/11/15 with soft launch details We've been big fans of Flat Iron since its early days as a pop-up so news that they're expanding to a massive new Covent Garden restaurant before the end of...

26/11/15 - updated with opening date. Having just opened in Westfield, Danny Meyer's US burger chain Shake Shack is growing again. One is a little further away in Cardiff, but closer to home is the...

There's a new wine list at Restaurant Gordon Ramsay and it aims to light a small fire under the way in which wine is sold and enjoyed in top restaurants. The list is the brainchild of the three...

25/11 - updated with opening date and more details. Following their City restaurant, M Restaurants are the latest to join the rush to Victoria, with plans to open in the Zig Zag building (which...

The MEATliquor sibling CHICKENliquor in Brixton has a new addition just coming onto the menu - Nashville Fried Chicken - and it DOES sound good (and spicy). It's billed as "tender chicken fillets...

The next big addition to King's Cross is the new Lighterman pub - coming to Granary Square early in 2016. But there's an earlier change to see what they'll have coming up as they launch their...

It's all change on Wardour Street with the announcement that a new restaurant is taking over the site once occupied by the Marquee Club. 100 Wardour Street will be the third restaurant to open on...

Last night, Hot Dinners popped along to The Shard for our first official Christmas party of the season. The do was to launch Vivienne Westwood's Christmas tree at aqua shard, which is part of a...

This sounds good - Jose Pizarro in Broadgate has just launched a new Saturday menu where the main attraction is a Castillian leg of lamb (pata means hind leg of an animal). That full menu is: Jamón/ Tomate...

A Hot Dinners Exclusive Lucky Chip were one of the first wave of burger vans who showed Londoners just what a good burger actually was (it's hard to remember now but a few short years ago in London a...