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South London fans of the Portobello Road burger restaurant will soon have one opening on their doorstep. The Jamaican-inspired burger company has signed the deal on a site in Brixton, 12 months...

If you're a steak nut who likes to go that extra mile (not to mention spending more money) to try something new and different, the new Kobe beef menu and dishes coming to Sushisamba will definitely...

Here's an event for the weekend - Freddie Janssen of F.A.T. and Rita's Missy Flynn are teaming up for Snack Bar at Rita's downstairs bar, Night Elm.  It's a monthly Saturday event which will be...

An Italian deli, which already has sites in Milan, Venice, Torino and Florence has chosen Stoney Street near to Borough Market as the area for its next opening, its first outside Italy. As the name...

Anyone who popped down to the turning on of the Christmas lights in Shepherd Market last night may have spotted a newcomer Kitty Fisher joining in the fun. This 40 seat restaurant, named after a...

From street stall to pop up to a restaurant of his own: Joel Braham, the chef behind the popular Good Egg is launching a crowd funding appeal to help open his very first permanent site. Working with...

As part of the Season's Eatings event which runs in Selfridges tomorrow, the new St John bakery there is launching something new that will be worth popping down for alone - rarebit toasties. And...

We rather like the sound of the latest shop that's opened in the Harrods Food Hall, The Truffle Shop, which is - as you might expect - dedicated to all things truffle. As well as whole truffles (of...

From the folk behind the Lauriston in Victoria Park, comes Luppolo, a neighbourhood pizzeria with a focus on craft beer. Luppolo, which means hops in Italian, will serve up stone baked pizza with...

Previously seen at Kerb, another street food vendor is setting up inside for December, as Bocaface runs a series of Spanish supperclubs with Black Vanilla in Greenwich throughout December. They'll have a special...

Updated 1/12/14 with soft launch details. Is there room in East London for more cue? Seems so as HOTBOX prepares to open there this winter.

It's time again for another round of Stuff We Liked - a general round-up of the things we've been talking about on Twitter, Instagram, facebook and more. This week was a great chance for us to get...

Updated 1/12/14 with menu details It's all about lobster in Fitzrovia this week with two crustacean-focused restaurants opening in that area within weeks of each other. We've already written about Lobster...

Ramen? That's so last week. It's all about the udon with Den specialist udon dish restaurant opening up in King's Cross

Good news for anyone working at the BBC as restaurant folk Will Lander and Daniel Morgenthau unveil their first joint project, a restaurant called Portland due to open in January. Will is one of the...

Updated 28/11 with soft launch details. The people behind Goodman (some of London's best steak restaurants) seem to like shaking up the London restaurant scene every now and again. They've certainly done...

A new Mediterranean restaurant is coming to Fitzrovia courtesy of Barry Hilton (previously at Black & Blue and Yalla Yalla) and Stephen Gee (who's currently chairman of Carluccios, Gaucho , Busaba...

Having spent years working front of house at Salt Yard followed by a more recent stint as General Manager at one of Hot Dinners favourite casual spots LeCoq in Islington, Max Halley now has his...

27/11/14 - updated with new photos. The latest London skyscraper to unveil a high-rise restaurant and bar is nearly upon us, this time in the nearly-complete "walkie talkie" building, aka 20...

There's still a lot of love for the spritz in London. Hard on the heels of Tony Conigliaro opening Bar Termini in Soho with its house Spritz cocktail, Russell Norman and Richard Beatty are launching...