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- The best pizzas and pizzerias in London
London remains the place to be in the UK for this country's and indeed Europe's (outside of Italy, of course) best pizzas. From traditional Neapolitan to crispy new Haven-style pizzas as well as the recent trend for deep dishes, here's where to find London's best.
- Brillo sees Forno transforming into an evening listening bar with pizza and natural wine
In Hackney, Forno (from Mitshel Ibrahim, the man behind Ombra) has already been doing some impressive things with pastry. Now it's trying something different in the evenings, launching Brillo.
Brillo will be taking over the Forno space every Friday, transforming it into "a listening bar of sorts". Each Friday, they'll be cooking pizzas in the ovens,
... - Spring Street Pizza sees chef pivot from Michelin restaurants to a Borough arch
Being the chef of a Michelin-starred restaurant isn't an easy task, so you can totally understand why they might want to swap the pressures of that job for one that's a bit more fun. That's the new career path of chef Tom Kemble, who won a Michelin star while running the restaurant at Bonhams and has also worked in top-level kitchens like Hedone and Faviken, but is now opening a pizzeria.
Spring Street is the end
... - Ace Pizza are opening their first pizzeria, in Victoria Park, serving up London-style slices
If you've been to The Pembury Tavern, you might have come across Ace Pizza by Rachel Jones, where its been a hugely popular residency. Well, now she's getting her own place, just off Victoria Park.
Jones has developed her own style of pizza now dubbed "The London-style Pizza". It's designed to have "the chew and char of Neapolitan dough with the structure and
... - Naples meets London as 081 Pizzeria take their popular pizzas to Shoreditch
They're currently No 43 on the Best Pizzas in Europe list (excluding Italy), and now Peckham's 081 are expanding. They're about to open their second pizzeria, this time in Shoreditch. Taking over the old Iron Bloom spot on Eastern Street will give them a bigger, more central restaurant.
If you haven't been down to Peckham to try them yet, then here's some intel about them. The man behind 081 is Andrea Ascuiti. He was born in Naples (so he
... - Pizza by Jagua brings a West African spin to a Marylebone pizzeria
Many things open under the radar in London, and this newish pizzeria that opened in Marylebone is one of them that we're only catching up on now. Pizza by Jagua is in Marylebone (near the currently closed Chiltern Firehouse) and is billed as a vermuteria and pizzeria. However, it tries something quite different in that the pizzas are West African-inspired. Not many details have been
... - Santa Maria's latest pizzeria is in Paddington's The Frontline Club
Just a couple of months after opening their last pizzeria, Santa Maria are at it again. This time they're coming to Paddington.
It comes just as the group approach their 15th anniversary, having opened their first place in Ealing way back in 2010. This latest pizzeria is
... - Test Driving Breadstall - pizza-by-the-slice arrives in Soho
After several successful years in Battersea, Breadstall opens its first permanent (and indoor) location in Soho, serving up huge pizzas and slices. We went down to try it for ourselves.
- Dough Hands pizzas set up residency inside Nunhead's The Old Nun's Head
You might have caught them as they've been popping up all over London before settling down for a residency in Hackney's Spurstowe Arms. Now Dough Hands is heading south for a second residency, this time in Nunhead.
Setting up shop in The Nun's Head pub, Dough Hands comes from pizza chef Hannah Drye who has been working on creating her own personal style of pizza. The focus for her
... - Marta pizzeria in Chelsea is all about thin Roman-style pizzas
In the run-up to the end of last year, we were so focused on the recent openings of Alley Cats and Zia Lucia in Chelsea that we missed another very promising new Chelsea pizza opening, called Marta.
It opened on Fulham Road (taking over the space from L'Artigiano) and it shifts away from the predominant Neapolitan focus of many London pizzerias and instead is all about Roman pizzas. Those are large,
... - Breadstall takes its pizzas inside with a restaurant in Soho
2/1/25 - updated with the opening date
For years, Sebastian Vince's Breadstall has been one of the most popular pizza places in Battersea and he's spent all that time operating out of a (very big) stall on Northcote Road. However, he's finally getting ready to expand in a very big way as Breadstall is coming to Soho. It'll be opening on Berwick Street (near the
... - The next Santa Maria restaurant is going to be in Kew
It's been a while since we've had a new Santa Maria pizzeria (the last was in Islington) but they're gearing up for their next - this time in Kew. The restaurant is taking over what recently used to be Hawthorn, but is probably best known for being the site of Glasshouse, which was in this space for over 20 years.
Few details have been released, but you can imagine it's going to be a pretty
... - Top St Albans pizzeria Gracey's is popping up in Battersea
London's pizza game has improved immeasurably in recent years, but there's also a pizzeria just north of the M25 that everyone's been talking about. Gracey's in St Albans has been getting rave reviews, but not every Londoner wants to travel that far for their pizza fix.
But now that's changing as Gracey's have come to London instead. While they've done quick pop-ups before, this is a
... - Homeslice have brought their pizzas to Harvey Nichols Fifth Floor
It's been a while since we've seen a new Homeslice opening (the last was in 2018) and for their latest, Mark and Alan Wogan have gone right up to the Fifth Floor at Harvey Nichols in Knightsbridge.
There, you'll find their signature huge 20" pizzas made with 36-hour aged dough, with pizzas on the menu including the traditional margherita as well as alternative takes like
... - Berberè's award-winning pizzas arrive at The Outernet
They're currently ranked No. 5 in the 50 Top World Artisan Pizza Chains list. Now Berberè are getting ready to open their first central London pizzeria. With restaurants in Clapham and Kentish Town so far, their third UK opening will be on Tottenham Court Road as part of the huge Outernet development there.
If you haven't been to one of their places before then, as you might expect, it's all about the
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