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- Birley Chocolate shop opens its doors in Chelsea
Just over a year since Birley Bakery opened its doors on Chelsea Green the same team have now opened a chocolate shop and cafe on the same street. Birley Chocolate is ostensibly, as the name would suggest, a chocolate shop. But the new space has a proper cafe space at the rear of the store where they're going to be serving breakfast and lunch.
On the menu there'll be overnight oats and croque madame croissants for breakfast
... - Café Petiole is an "almost vegan" cafe in Somerset House from Tendril's Rishim Sachdeva
15/5/24 - updated with the opening date
After opening up Tendril in its permanent Mayfair location last year, Rishim Sachdeva already has his next restaurant planned, Café Petiole in Somerset House.
Like Tendril, this will be a "mostly vegan" affair, a small all-day cafe which will also have a few grab-and-go
... - Sam's Kitchen is taking from Sam's Larder in Chiswick
We bring good news for Chiswick folk who've been perturbed by the delayed reopening of Sam's Larder after Christmas. Over the past few weeks it's been transformed into a Sam's Kitchen and is about to open its doors once more.
Following in the (successful) footsteps of the Sam's Kitchen in Hammersmith, this new 40-seat cafe will be a daytime operation focusing on breakfast and lunch options. Head chef Abbie comes
... - Viral brunch spot Apple Butter is opening a second cafe, off Oxford Circus
With perma queues outside its Seven Dials restaurant, it was only a matter of time before the super popular brunch spot Apple Butter opened a second place in London. And so it has come to pass. They're just about to open off Oxford Circus and while the all-day brunch that made them go viral will be on offer, this new restaurant has a lot of new dishes planned.
In addition to the Lotus Biscoff and Oreo pancakes that
... - Layers Bakery opens in E14 with ex-Hedone team in charge
If your cravings lean towards the freshly baked kind, then you might want to consider joining the queue outside Layers Bakery, which opened a store and cafe down by the waterfront on the Goodluck Hope island in East London last month. It joins a hub of other creative outlets and independent businesses on the industrial-inspired riverside development on the Leamouth Peninsula, where you can see everything from the English National
... - Test Driving Baudry Greene - a hit of Euro style and substance on a Covent Garden corner
This cosy new Covent Garden spot segues effortlessly from being a place to pop in for breakfast to a post-work hangout. We slinked in for early evening drinks and snacks.
- Philippe Conticini are bringing their giant croissants to Islington
If, like us, you live around Islington and have been wondering what's taking over the big site that used to be Rudy's Vegan Diner then wonder no more. Getting ready to open there is Philippe Conticini.
If that name sounds familiar, it's because you might have come across his work at the café in South Kensington or Camden's Buck Street Market. Or perhaps it's because
... - Louie Louie is gone but Saint Louie has risen in Walworth
It's been a while since the dark days of Covid, but the pandemic's effect on London's hospitality trade is still being felt. Popular South East London cafe Louie Louie was the most recent victim, having to close its restaurant on Walworth Road "mainly due to our landlord's intransigence by insisting on 100% of the rent throughout lockdown."
But when one door closes another opens, and for the Louie Louie
... - Baudry Greene is the 10 Cases team's new European cafe in Covent Garden
Here at Hot Dinners we are partial to a good cocktail and bar snack offering. So when we heard that the folk behind the 10 Cases and Parsons in Covent Garden were opening a new bar and cafe with some particularly good examples of both on the menu, we paid attention.
Baudry Greene is right beside owners Will Palmer and Ian Campbell's wine bar 10 Cases and across the road from their fish restaurant Parsons.
... - If you love oats you're going to love Oatis the oat cafe opening in Notting Hill
London does love a themed cafe and the one arriving in West London this summer is going to go big on one ingredient, oats. OATIS will be open for breakfast and lunch on Queensway and oats will be at the heart of everything they serve. And these are not just any old oats but steel-cut oats which, we're told, gives them more 'bite'.
To kick off your day there will be oat bowls, smoothies and pancake offerings
... - Rastro serves up Mediterranean sandwiches and espressos in Bethnal Green
An Instagram post by Allegra chef Patrick Powell alerted us to the arrival of a new cafe on Bethnal Green Road. Rastro is the first project from a team who've worked at a range of hospitality businesses across London. Carlos Del Barrio is the connection with Powell - he worked with him at Allegra for the past few years and, before that, at Scarfe's Bar. He's joined in this endeavour by his stepbrother Rodrigo
... - Claridge’s open an ArtSpace Café with lobster crepes and Champagne to go
If, like us, you've been glued to the TV watching the documentary about Claridge's massive renovation you'll probably be interested to hear that on top of new spa and bedrooms they've just opened up a brand new place to eat. The ArtSpace Café on the ground floor has its own entrance behind the hotel on Brook’s Mews and aims to entice Mayfair folk in for breakfast and lunch.
The hotel's Executive Pastry Chef
... - Swedish bakery and cafe Soderberg arrives in East Dulwich
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Swedish bakery Soderberg has its main home in Edinburgh - but after opening a cafe in Soho in 2019, they're starting to grow in London too. Coming next for the group is a new cafe in East Dulwich (where Terroirs and Green & Blue used to be).
If you're unfamiliar with them, they essentially serve classic Swedish food, with a big focus on their
... - Creme's gooey cookies are now in Notting Hill
A cafe selling some of London's best cookies has recently opened somewhat under the radar in Notting Hill. Yes, there's a second Creme in London.
If you've ever wandered past the Soho outpost, you'll definitely have noticed the queues for their gooey cookies at peak times. The Notting Hill cafe looks a tiny bit larger than the Soho original and it'll still serve the same warm
... - Waterloo's Scootercaffe has been saved
Back in August, we had the news that Waterloo's much-loved Scootercaffe had suddenly been forced to close after 22 years.
In a post on their Instagram account, the vintage cafe's team explained that due to fire safety regulations, the building in which they've been delighting Londoners for more than two decades
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