Italian

• Test Driving Ave Mario - Big Mamma have another winner on their hands

  

  Big Mamma have already had huge hits with Gloria and Circolo Popolare. We take a look at Ave Mario in Covent Garden to see how their third London restaurant measures up.

• Ave Mario in Covent Garden is the huge new restaurant from Big Mamma

  

  The folk responsible for huge London hits Gloria and Circolo Popolare are behind this new Florence-inspired restaurant and bar in the heart of Covent Garden.

• Bardo will be Pall Mall's luxury new Italian restaurant

  

  Bardo will be a luxury Italian restaurant in the heart of St James from club owner Luca Maggiora

• Test Driving Bocca At Home's summer BBQ offering

  

  Bocca di Lupo is still going strong on the home delivery front. We gave their summer BBQ offerings a go. 

• Il Borro Tuscan Bistro replaces Nobu Berkeley Street

  

  Taking the space on Berkeley street once held by Nobu, Il Borro Tuscan Bistro is a high-end Italian restaurant with strong links to a Tuscan estate and farm. And they even have their own wines.

• Test Driving Cucina Del Mercato - where Eataly puts all its produce to great use

  

  The huge Eataly London has arrived, becoming an instant hit. We popped down to Liverpool Street to try one of their main restaurants, Cucina Del Mercato.

• Darby's chef Dean Parker and his wife Anna head to Glasgow to open Celentano’s

  

  He's had big success in London at Darby's as Head Chef (and at Sorella and The Dairy before that) but now Dean Parker is heading out of London - very out of London, to Glasgow. He and his wife Anna, a Glasgow native, will be launching their first solo restaurant, Celentano’s, in August. 

  It'll be in Glasgow's Cathedral House building and will carry on the couple's love of

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• Bernardi's becomes The Italian Greyhound in Marylebone

  

  9/6/21 - updated with a look at the inside

  Over in Marylebone, it's all change for what used to be Bernardi's. Relaunching on the same site (but from the same team) is Italian Greyhound. 

  Responsible for the new menu will be Head Chef Yohei Furuhashi, who was previously at the River Café, Dinings SW3 and Petersham Nurseries and he'll be pulling together a menu made

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• Pino is opening in Kensington, from the people behind the classic Il Portico

  

  The people behind family-run restaurant Il Portico in Kensington are getting ready to relaunch their sister restaurant, just a few doors down the street. Previously Pizzicotto, it's going to be reborn as Pino. 

• Piazza Italiana is opening in a Grade II listed bank on Threadneedle Street

  

  There's one thing to be said for those huge City buildings - they really help when it comes to social distancing. Just look at the dining room at new opening Piazza Italiana, if you need proof.

  This upcoming Italian restaurant is about to open its doors in the heart of the City. Set in a Grade II listed former British Linen Bank - not unlike The Ned - it's the first London opening for the restaurant group

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• Eataly London arrives in Broadgate - a full guide to the restaurants, shops and more

  

  The Italian food and wine marketplace gets ready to open their first London opening in the heart of the City at Broadgate.

• Cin Cin Italian restaurant makes the leap from Brighton to London

  

  Updated 28/4/21 with menu and opening date

  A new Italian restaurant is coming to Fitzrovia, via Brighton. The original Cin Cin has been a hit and also won a Michelin Bib Gourmand. They've now announced that they're taking over the space that used to be the Bonnie Gull Seafood Shack. 

  On the London menu, expect a combination of a small a la carte menu, or a

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• Test Driving Angelina - Japan meets Italy in this Dalston delivery

  

  Japanese/Italian restaurant Angelina has been delivering regularly changing meals in the lockdown. We gave their latest set menu a try.  

• La Gran Carbonara by Big Mamma - London restaurant recipes

  

  This recipe is an Italian classic from Big Mamma, and is normally served up in a huge pecorino wheel at Gloria in Shoreditch. 

• 48 hours in Treviso - a travel guide to weekending in Prosecco country

  Fancy taking in a long weekend in Prosecco country? Here's where to eat, drink and stay in and around Treviso.