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Updated 14/6/21 with opening date

If you, like us, have been missing spending your weekends doing bar crawls of the cave à mangers in Paris or San Sebastian's drinking holes, then this new North London wine bar opening should be right up your street.

The indie project is a family business and a passion project of former Hill & Szrok partner Jimmy Stephenson and his actress wife Anna Shaffer

The team who opened The Hawk's Nest in Shepherd's Bush last year are expanding their West London empire. Next month they'll unveil The Phoenix, their new dining space at Westfield London. They've taken over the old Jamie's Italian site to serve up a mixture of Italian street food, Mexican-inspired cocktails and live music.

The key factor in the new opening will be the huge terrace, which has room for 400 hungry and

Updated 11/6/21 with new pictures and opening date

In summer (or any time of the year, frankly) Hot Dinners' heads always turn at the promise of Provencal rosé (we like it very pale in colour). So when news of a new rosé bar coming to Harrods reached us, we were all ears.

The bar is called Juliette's and comes from Unlocked Brands,

He's had big success in London at Darby's as Head Chef (and at Sorella and The Dairy before that) but now Dean Parker is heading out of London - very out of London, to Glasgow. He and his wife Anna, a Glasgow native, will be launching their first solo restaurant, Celentano’s, in August. 

It'll be in Glasgow's Cathedral House building and will carry on the couple's love of

Famed Niklas Ekstedt is coming to London with a new restaurant at the Scotland Yard Hotel that will be all about showcasing his wood-fired Nordic cooking style. 

They've been a hit in Notting Hill for years, but now Taqueria is heading to the east to open its second restaurant. Expect tacos, tostadas, quesadillas, margaritas and more.

Last week, we had spotted signs going up for Bar Liber on St Paul's Road in Islington in the cafe/wine bar that we knew as St Paul and were intrigued. Now that it's actually opened its doors, we have a lot more info about this latest addition to Islington. 

It turns out that it's from Stuart Hudson, who's previously worked at Milk & Honey as Head Bartender, Sake No

As of last week, Mayfair had a new pub. But this isn't any old pub, it's a Hedonism Wines pub. The White Horse has taken over the old Hatchett's site on White Horse Street and is the high end wine merchants first public house.

What will you find in a wine-led pub? Well, for starters things like a 1974 Blandy’s Verdelho Madeira, and a Lagavulin distiller’s edition 2005 on the optics.

There are

4/6/21 - updated with full details.

Fans of the Kudu group of restaurants and bars will no doubt be thrilled to learn that the team are opening a new restaurant in South East London. The new restaurant in Peckham/Nunhead will be called Kudu Grill and has taken over the old Babette site on Nunhead Lane which was, before that, the Edinburgh Castle pub.

"As South Africans, we can’t resist a good braai," they

Updated 4/6/21 with The Night Owl opening date

It's all happening at Finsbury Park. As part of the station's massive redevelopment, there's plenty to look out for with a large new M&S food store, Picturehouse Cinema and Honest Burgers all coming to the station environs.

But that's not all. It looks as though this part of N4 is going to get two new bars, both of which

After success at London Bridge and with their lockdown deliveries, Where The Pancakes Are is opening a new restaurant in Fitzrovia, filled with all the sweet and savoury pancakes (and Dutch Babies) you could ever want. 

The latest BAO is coming to Shoreditch and it's something od a departure for the team. This time the main focus will be on noodle bowls, inspired by Taiwanese beef noodle shops (but there will be bao buns too).

The people behind the much-loved Diogenes The Dog are opening a new wine bar, with low intervention and natural wine as the focus. 

Just when you thought they couldn't fit any more into The Ned, Soho House has managed to sneak in a new jazz and cabaret bar, The Parlour. 

It'll be in one of their basement spaces, running from Wednesday to Friday evening and residencies kicking it all off will include saxophonist and clarinettist Giacomo Smith and his five-piece band and British singer, songwriter

The people behind family-run restaurant Il Portico in Kensington are getting ready to relaunch their sister restaurant, just a few doors down the street. Previously Pizzicotto, it's going to be reborn as Pino.