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- Julie's spawns a sibling with new Holland Park pop up Little Julie's
Eagle-eyed Holland Park residents will have spotted a new arrival on their doorsteps this past week or so. Popular restaurant Julie's has extended across Clarendon Cross to a new site.
Little Julie's is, right now, a pop-up. In the mornings, they're serving up brioche breakfast rolls along with chef Owen Kenworthy's homemade granola with seasonal compote. At lunchtime that changes to include a range of
... - The Lavery opens a café that's just as beautiful as the main restaurant and very handy for museum visits
The Lavery in South Kensington has been winning a lot of fans of late, such as Grace Dent, who called the space "not only beautiful, but useful", being so close to the museums. In her review,
... - Café Kitsuné is heading to Covent Garden with its matcha teas and patisserie
Updated 15/6/25 with opening date
Five years on from opening their first London tea shop, the French Japanese brand Café Kitsuné is heading into central London. Up until now if you wanted to try their cute fox-shaped biscuits and matcha lattes you'd have had to head to Belgravia where they have a branch behind the Pantechnicon building. But this Spring they'll be opening in the heart of Covent
... - Fink's are taking over the Clissold Park cafe in Stoke Newington
It's been rumoured for months now, but yesterday the folks at North London cafe group Fink's announced that they would be taking over the cafe space at Clissold House in Stoke Newington.
"It’s the Fink’s you know and love, reimagined," they said on Instagram. "We’ll even have sit-in (yes, actual chairs and tables!)."
The cafe went into administration last year so news that it's being replaced by a team who really
... - Rastro is Leather Lane's hip new sandwich bar
A few years ago we brought you the news about an interesting new Mediterranean sandwich bar Rastro, which had just opened up in East London. Now the same team, which included two Allegra alum moving closer to the centre of town by expanding to Leather Lane. Their new cafe, halfway between Farringdon and
... - Filipino bakery and cafe Panadera is opening in Soho
Updated 21/4/25 with opening date and more details
A few weeks back, we wrote about how Filipino bakery Panadera was being forced to close in Kentish Town. Owner and co-founder Florence Mae talked then about "operational challenges" but now it transpires that she
... - New Knightsbridge spot Clap Ka-fe is hoping to go viral with its cute Japanese pastries
They already run a sushi restaurant at the top of the building, now the Knightsbridge cafe CLAP London (we feel we've pretty much exhausted jokes on that name) has taken over the ground floor too. Their newest venture, CLAP KA-FE, is a more casual sort of place where you can either grab some sushi or Japanese pastries to go or eat in.
Knowing how much Londoners love the thrill of a new bakery to try, we got an
... - E5 bakehouse is opening at the new V&E East Storehouse in Stratford
The new Stratford Cross development is resulting in adding some very interesting new food options to the area. We've recently had the opening of Templar from the
... - Violet Cakes has opened a secret cafe in the Alaïa store in central London
London is no stranger to interesting cafes in high-end stores - check out our guide to some of the best here. But we'll admit we missed out on the news just before Christmas that another noteworthy spot had opened. The cafe in question is Violet Cakes and it now has a central London location
... - Get monogrammed croissants at the Louis Vuitton x Murakami pop up in Soho
Two years after they launched a pop-up with Japanese artist Kusama at Harrods with its own patisserie counter, Louis Vuitton are back at it again. They've just opened a pop-up in Soho to celebrate the 20 year anniversary of their partnership with another Japanese artist Takashi Murakami.
The Louis Vuitton x Murakami pop-up has taken over the old Fiorucci store on Brewer Street for a month.
... - De Beauvoir's hot new cafe is Leigh's
Islington's run of interesting openings continues this year with the arrival of Leigh's in De Beauvoir. The duo behind it are Cordon Bleu-trained chefs Melanie Clarke and McKenzie Amaral who have taken over the cafe area at co-working space One and a Half, just across the road from the popular pub The Scolt Head.
It's a daytime-only space, serving up coffee, toasties, soups and bakes. Expect to find a regularly
... - Fantail open a second cafe, at Finsbury Park
Two years after opening their first cafe, the duo behind Fantail in Islington, Jonny and Joel, have moved further north to Finsbury Park for their second venture.
They've taken over the long-vacant spot on 250-252 Seven Sisters Road (at the end of St Thomas's Road). The new location makes it very handy for commuters using Finsbury Park station, not to mention presenting locals with a nicer independent alternative to the
... - Friends of Ours are popping up for six months at the Serpentine Gallery
They're responsible for serving up one of Shoreditch's most popular brunch menus. Now Friends of Ours are hoping to bring that same joy to West Londoners. This weekend they launch a six-month pop up brunch restaurant inside the Serpentine North Gallery's Zaha Hadid building.
The new restaurant will take over from what used to be a Benugo, serving up the Friends of Ours brunch-with-a-twist dishes for a
... - Mayfair is getting a Ladurée café serving up macaron lattes and more
Earlier this year we reported on the arrival of a new type of cafe from Ladurée in London. Notting Hill was the first place to get one and things must have gone well, as the French company is just gearing up to open in Mayfair too. It's in a good spot, just opposite Socca on South Audley Street and will have
... - Boxcar Bread & Wine is a new bakery by day, wine bar at night for Connaught Village
If there are two things Londoners are obsessed with right now, it's bakeries and wine bars. So the arrival of Boxcar Bread & Wine is going to be a boon for the well-heeled denizens of Connaught Village as it's a neat combo of both. It comes from the same team behind Boxcar Bar and Grill and Boxcar Baker & Deli in Marylebone.
This new neighbourhood spot, taking over
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