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• Party Store Pizza in Brixton is ALL about the deep pan Detroit-style pizzas

  

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  It's certainly starting to look as though 2020 is the summer of the deep pan pizza in London. First, we had Gizzi and Professor Green's popular pop-up at Old Street and now, down in Brixton, a new Detroit-style pizzeria has opened its doors.

  Party Store Pizza at Market House on Coldharbour Lane is all about the "Detroit style" pizza. That means it's baked in bespoke deep rectangular steel pans

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• Jolie is bringing French sharing plates and bottomless fondue to Chelsea

    

  The people behind the Breaking Bad bar, ABQ, are getting ready to unveil their next restaurant. Called Jolie, it's in Chelsea Funhouse, on the same site as their pre-lockdown restaurant Journey and this time it's all about France.

  Described as "a hybrid between a restaurant and a cocktail lounge" they're taking classic French dishes and creating sharing plates with some extra Europe-wide

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• Crossroads Cocktail Bar takes over from Ladies & Gentleman in Camden

  

  Opening its doors in Camden tonight is new bar Crossroads. It sees husband and wife team Bart and Monica Miedeksza taking over the Ladies & Gentleman Bar in Camden. The bar will still be owned by L&G's William Borrell, but run by Bart and Monica.

  Lockdown gave the team a chance to give the bar a new look and, when it reopens tonight, it'll focus on both cocktails and wine.

  Bart previously managed High Water in Dalston and was

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• Vas J Morgan and his sister Bianca open The Broadway restaurant and bar in Muswell Hill

  

  Magazine editor, former TOWIE cast member and general man about town Vas J Morgan turned up to open his new Muswell Hill Restaurant.

  The Broadway had its opening party over the weekend, bringing in Morgan's former TOWIE mates Chloe Sims and Joey Essex along with model Bobby Brazier, Jade Goody and Jeff Brazier's son.

  Vas is a co-owner of the restaurant and his sister Bianca is running the place. "Just arrived to the social

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• Wingmans are bringing their gourmet chicken wings to Soho

   

  There may be a lot of restaurants reopening at the moment - but we're also seeing brand new additions to the scene. One of them is Wingmans who, as you might guess from the name, specialise in gourmet chicken wings. 

  Until now, they've had a restaurant in Kilburn (launched after a series of pop-ups and residencies) and a hatch in Shoreditch but their new opening is a much bigger space in Soho (taking over

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• India's biggest TV chef has just opened The Yellow Chilli in Wembley

  

  India's best-known TV chef has just opened the first of his restaurants here in the UK. Sanjeev Kapoor has his own TV channel in India, has published over 200 cookery books and has a slew of restaurants. It's not an understatement to say he's BIG business.

  And it's his Yellow Chilli restaurant group that he's chosen to launch in Wembley. Kapoor put the menu together for the Yellow Chilli from his extensive travels

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• Sam’s Larder is Hammersmith's hot new deli

  

  Hammersmith folk have a hot new deli. Sam's Larder will open officially on Crisp Road tomorrow as an extension of nearby Sam's Riverside restaurant.

  The shop will stock all the fresh and store cupboard foods the restaurant's kitchen uses, along with wines from the wine list, and ready meals such as fish, chicken and vegetable pies; seasonal casseroles; and rabbit ragù pasta sauce.

  So you'll be able to pick up London's best bread

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• The Nook wine bar and deli opens in Islington, taking over from Linden Stores

  

  With people not heading into the centre of London to work, neighbourhood bars and restaurants are getting a lot more attention - and this new opening in our own local area caught our attention. The Nook has taken over the space that used to be Linden Stores, so we popped down to find out more. 

  The owners are Angus and Lale Oztek-Pook. Angus is front of house and Lale the chef. Lale studied at Le

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• Donna Sofia sees Highbury's Da Mario deli opening its first restaurant

  

  Over the many, boring weeks of lockdown, we spent a lot of time on our daily prescribed walk going past the old Dear Pizza spot on Highbury Barn, wondering what new restaurant was opening there.

  Now we know - it's Donna Sofia - an Italian restaurant and pizzeria from the folk next door at Da Mario deli. They're serving up a range of antipasti, pasta, mains and pizzas.

  On the menu you'll find:

  • Toasted sourdough
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• Yotel is opening a new affordable hotel (and restaurant) in Clerkenwell

  

  The past few months haven't been the greatest for the hotel business, but that isn't stopping new hotels from opening. Sure, quite a few have put their opening dates back a bit - but here's one that's just about to open in Clerkenwell.

  Yotel already has hotels in both Heathrow and Gatwick - now they're moving into central London for the first time. If you're unfamiliar with them, they're best known for their

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• Stanley's restaurant opens in Chelsea with a huge courtyard area

  

  New to Chelsea, Stanley's features a menu with an emphasis on British produce and has the ace-in-its-sleeve of a big outside courtyard for alfresco drinking and dining.

• Harrods has a new Baccarat Bar that's open until midnight

  

  If you're after a swanky new bar experience then the Baccarat Bar, which has just opened at Harrods, looks to be the place.

  The jewel-like bar, which has its own entrance that allows it to open outside store hours, was created in a partnership between the Knightsbridge store and the French crystal brand.

  Drinks, by award-winning bar manager Cameron Attfield, have been inspired by the colours refracted through the crystal. So you might

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• Gallio pizza brings in Norma's Ben Tish for a mould-breaking delivery menu

  

  A new pizza company about to hit London are claiming that their pizzas are devised specifically to relieve that bloated post-pizza feeling. Gallio are using only ancient grains to make their pizza bases. Apparently those olde grains are high in protein and antioxidants and more easily digestible than newer flours. 

  Just as interesting as the pizza dough itself is the pizzeria's decision to bring in Norma chef Ben Tish for some of the menu as a

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• Brand new restaurants to try this summer in London

  The combination of summer and the post-lockdown release mean one thing - the arrival of brand new restaurants in London. We've selected the ones to watch, some of which only managed to open a few days before the lockdown hit.   

• Treats Club are opening their permanent hot donut bar in Hackney

  

  They've been popping up across town and even have a lockdown DIY kit - but now Treats Club Dessert Bar are settling down with their first permanent shop in Hackney. 

  If you're yet to come across them, then the key thing you need to know is that

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