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The boutique hotel Belgraves has a new chef ready to take over its restaurant. The space, you may recall, was previously run by Mark Hix before it closed last year. Sophie Michell will be executive...

Updated 13/8/13 with Vauxhall opening details After last week's American burger war, it's been a bit quiet on the burger front. But never fear, because there's a new burger joint opening - and it's...

We've made little secret about our excitement about the upcoming rotisserie restaurant LeCoq in Islington, as we've been walking past the place every day since we first wrote about it. Now the...

It was a sad day for Islington foodies when Canonbury Butchers on St Paul's Road closed down. But the good news is that it hasn't become another estate agents but has switched from meat to fish...

A BBQ pop-up at a canalside location - so far, so Hackney, but the latest addition to the East London dining scene, Smokey Tails, also has a celebrity owner, in the form of top DJ Seth Troxler. Troxler is...

EatPlayLove sees a number of the UK's top chefs getting together for charity in Canary Wharf. There's an impressive line up of chefs attending, who include (so far): Daniel Doherty (Duck & Waffle) Simon...

Jason Atherton's had a busy old year so far and now we've got more details of his next venture - opening next month. As revealed earlier, he's in charge of the restaurant Berners Tavern at Edition,...

Hot Dinners passed the new King's Cross roller disco while walking back from Grain Store the other week and we were mightily impressed with the set up (and the look of the Disco Bistro menu too)...

If you've always fancied dinner from Michelin starred Michael Caines, but haven't made it to Gidleigh Park yet, then Harrod's are giving you an alternative... He's getting a position in the Harrod's Food...

Updated 7/8 with launch menu info. Islington continues to get more interesting as New Rankin firms up his next venture. Having revamped John Salt and left Luke Findley, in charge, he is moving onto a...

Following up from our earlier Korean Chicken story, we have another new chicken restaurant opening up further south in Balham. Poulet Rouge is from the same people behind the Cattle Grid steakhouse...

Everyone's looking for the next big trend in food - recently we've had Peruvian, burgers, chicken, pizza (and probably burgers again a few more times) but one we've been keeping an eye out for is...

The first Toast event was a big success and now they're back again for a one-off event celebrating the best of Cornwall - with a Sunday lunch cooked by Tom Adams and James Lowe. The event, the next...

Often all eyes are on central London openings, but very interesting things are opening further away from the centre. Just opened (last week) in Kensal Rise is new French bistro Madame Gautier - an...

The upcoming London Craft Beer Festival over in Bethnal Green this month has a cracking line-up of food to go along with the many, many lovely beers on offer. A beer-matching supperclub called The...

It's going to be a busy old year for Angela Hartnett. Not only is she behind the opening of Merchant's Tavern restaurant and bar in Shoreditch this September, but it turns out she's also opening a new...

Last night ourselves and a bunch of foodies, bloggers, chefs and restaurateurs crowded a Soho pavement for the launch of the much-anticipated Pizza Pilgrims restaurant in Soho. The new restaurant...

Multi-Coloured Slop Shop, Ealing. Keith Chegwin hunches with a ladle and several buckets of garishly unidentifiable "food product". Anarchic. If all that sounds familiar, then you're a follower of...

We've had Burger and Lobster, chicken and steak (Tramshed), chicken and egg (Whyte and Brown) and many more combinations. But this latest Russian inspired bar cuts right to the chase offering the...

Update - Bleecker St Burger (that's them in the photo) were crowned the winners! The London burger craze may have just added some American newcomers to the scene, but the city's doing very well on...