Ex-Palomar chef Shiri Kraus and Amir Batito have already built a following for their popular Camden steakhouse, The Black Cow. Now the duo are about to open a new diner in Camden's North Yard. Epicurus will be an American diner with Middle Eastern influences. What does that mean exactly? Well, think sloppy bureks rather than sloppy joes and the beef short rib rack is glazed with pomegranate molasses and date
...A new Camden restaurant is aiming to bring the best of Texas BBQ and Korean fried chicken to the canalside at Camden. The Korean Cowgirl first opened down in Faversham in Kent, where it made a big deal of its passion for Korean flavours and the low and slow Texan BBQ style.
So their menu features items like USDA Texas-style brisket & Korean BBQ sausage, smoked overnight for 15 hours alongside more mashed-up
...Having already torn up the scene in Chinatown and Charing Cross, the stupidly popular Korean corndog vendors Bunsik are heading to North London. For their third opening they've found a space on the high street where Camden locals can enjoy all their usual corndogs and a whole lot more.
The Camden branch will, it seems, have more to offer on its menu than the first two branches. So there'll be
...13/9/22 - updated with the opening date
Soho's Mr Ji got a brand new lease of life when the team behind TĀ TĀ Eatery, Zijun Meng and Ana Gonçalves, took over the kitchen. Adding more dishes to the menu, with a little TA TA twist, it became a big Soho Hit and
...A new fast food import is coming to London, and this one hails from Dubai.
Operation Falafel is not just about falafel, though - as it's billed as serving up "Middle Eastern street food using only the freshest ingredients". In practice, that means they'll be taking modern approaches to stuffed fresh-baked pitas with kofta meatballs as well as veggie, chicken or beef
...Recently opened in Camden, there's a brand new Shawarma shop called Hala Wala that sounds like a promising place to pop in and try.
Their shawarma is marinated for 24 hours in their own blend of spices and comes in chicken, chicken sojok (spicy chicken), lamb and mixed, of course. Once it's
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16/6/22 - Updated with the opening date
The American fast-food juggernaut is kicking things into a higher gear over the next year. We already have Five Guys all over the place, Popeye's has just launched with big plans for expansion and then there's Wendy's. Already opened in Stratford and Croydon - they now have their sights on a third proper London restaurant (you may have seen them pop up as
...They're already a viral sensation for their Cantonese steamed buns, now Chinatown's Bun House are getting ready to bring those buns north to Camden.
Opening today in the Hawley Wharf food hall, they'll be serving up their most famous creations alongside some brand new dishes including:
3/5/22 - updated with photos and opening date
Having made a name for themselves in the West End serving up cocktails and bao, the team behind The Lucky Club Mayfair are heading north. They've taken on a roof terrace space across the Chalk Farm entrance to Camden Market, on the former FEST site.
The Lucky Club Camden will specialise in Margaritas and Mezcal cocktails with treats like the Frozen
...Following both fire and flooding - not to mention the issues facing live entertainment over the pandemic - it's fair to say the past few years haven't been great ones for iconic music venue KOKO. But this week the team behind it revealed their plans to reopen in Spring following quite the makeover.
If there's one thing that successive lockdowns have promoted, it's the rise of local food culture. Corner stores suddenly became more important than ever when we were all confined to our homes.
Now Camden residents are the latest to benefit from a brand new store. Half Cut Market on York Way sees some very interesting food and wine folk involved. Co-founder Holly Wilcocks (ex-Noble Rot and MEATliquor) has
...Two years after he opened Daffodil Mulligan, chef and restaurateur Richard Corrigan is hard at work on his next project. He'll be opening what sounds to be a very interesting place as part of the whole Hawley Wharf development in Camden Market.
In an interview this weekend with the ...
Camden has seen a fair bit of development over the past few years and the new Camden Market Hawley Wharf may be the biggest change yet. It's a 580,000sq ft site (aka VERY big) and, as a result, will be adding loads more in the way of places to eat, drink and be entertained to the area.
Now the second part of the development is opening, bringing even more to the canalside at Camden when it opens on
...It's been two years since they opened their flagship restaurant in Chinatown. Now Jinli's Chendu-born restaurateur Yi Fei is heading to North London. He's just opened the restaurant group's fifth restaurant, on Camden's High Street by Mornington Crescent.
On the menu you'll find a range of dishes, with a focus on Sichuan cuisine, including:
As news trickles out on what's opening at the Hawley Wharf food court in Camden, it's gradually becoming one of the more interesting new London openings of the autumn.
The latest to announce their arrival are Three Uncles. They've already built up a large fan base for their
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