Borough Market & London Bridge

The restaurant for a longstanding Borough Market greengrocer

Updated 20/9/22 with opening date

If inventive, towering sarnies stacked with the best ingredients are your thing, then we bring you good news indeed. The folks behind Sons + Daughters sandwiches in Coal Drops Yard are expanding. They're taking over the old 26 Grains site on Stoney Street at Borough Market for their second sandwich shop.

"After a long search we couldn’t be more pleased

Salt Yard are growing again. They only recently expanded to Westfield and now the latest Salt Yard has opened in Borough. 

As with their previous openings, it's a combo of Spanish and Italian tapas in a venue that's decked out with lots of exposed brickwork. The

Updated 6/6/22 with Soho soft launch info

Burger and Beyond have had a pretty successful two years, all things being considered. They were one of the very first restaurants out of the door with a meal kit once the first lockdown arrived and they became a big hit (and they're still available too). Now, they've returned to real-life, mainly concentrated at their

18/5/22 - Updated with the opening date

We only heard a few weeks back about the closure of Flor in Borough (although they do still have their bakery in Bermondsey) but a replacement has been lined up already. Flor was backed by JKS so it's no real surprise to see another JKS restaurant is poised to fill the gap, Berenjak. 

Berenjak, if you're unfamiliar, is all about

They already have a mini-empire at Coal Drops Yard in King's Cross with Casa Pastor, Barrafina, Parrillan and The Drop and now The Harts Group are doing something similar at Borough. El Pastor is well established, but with the new Borough Yards development, the group are adding a Barrafina, a new-style Parrillan and Bar Daskal too. 

First up is

The openings at Borough Yards, the new development close to Borough Market are continuing apace - and that includes three new openings from the same people, the Harts Group. They're planning to open both a Barrafina and a Parrillan - but also a new Spanish wine bar, Bar Daskal.

We see it as something of a sibling to their The Drop wine bar at King's Cross. It has a list that's

Updated 18/2/22 with opening date

London's next big food and drink development to watch is definitely Borough Yards. We already know that Barrafina, Butchies and Vinoteca will be opening new restaurants there - and now

If you've been a fan of Flat Iron Square near London Bridge, then next time you go back be warned that it's now somewhere else. Yes, because of ongoing development in the area, you'll now find them in St Felix Place. That's not too far from the original location and where they're planning to stay for the long term

The new site brings with it some changes too. They'll now have an on-site brewery and taproom and

8/12/21 - updated with Bermondsey launch date

Flor, the Borough restaurant from the team behind Lyle's is going through some big changes. The team there are opening a new bakery in Bermondsey's Spa Terminus  - but at the same time they've switched the focus at the original Flor in Borough Market, turning it into a wine shop and bakery. 

First up, the Bermondsey bakery. That

Updated 10/11/21 with more info on the Vinoteca opening

We've only just had the opening of the big Hawley Wharf development in Camden and now another new retail and restaurant scheme is getting ready to open on the other side of town in Borough. Borough Yards is the latest hoping to tempt in the workers giving up their WFH status. 

It's part

19/10/21 - updated with the opening date and menu

It's been 33 years since Mildreds first opened its doors in Soho, in a flash transforming London's vegetarian restaurant scene. Now they're getting ready to open their first brand new restaurant in over three decades.

Mallow is going to be a totally new restaurant from the team in Borough Market. Located in a building right opposite

Bob's Lobster have been around the back of London Bridge station for a few years - but now they've teamed up with Bedales of Borough to launch the Little Lobster Bar. 

Their 1957 Vintage VW split screen converted Campervan has been parked in Borough Market for a while now, but for the winter they've brought it under cover, added seating and created a bar that's

Promising loaves, if not fishes, the new Bread Ahead Cafe popping up for a six-month residency at Southwark Cathedral is going to be shaking up their food offering. From today, guests heading to the cathedral's cafe for sustenance will have all manner of carby delights to enjoy.

The bakery's founder, Matthew Jones, said he was "absolutely delighted to be opening up a new space at the Southwark

Over at Borough Market, there's a new kid on the (butchers) block, when it comes to evening dining. Northfield Farm butchery have moved into the restaurant business, by opening an evening alfresco supperclub. Chef Joe Albina, who trained under Pierre Koffmann and who would normally be head chef at The Blueprint Cafe if that were open, is going to be serving up a carnivore's delight of a menu.

As Dom