Handmade pasta specialist Al Dente has opened a second dine-in site following the success of its original Goodge Street restaurant and dark kitchens business.
US fried chicken brand Popeyes will kick off its play in the UK market with the opening of its first site on these shores in London’s Westfield Stratford.
London-based Italian delicatessen and pasta restaurant brand Lina Stores is to make its City debut, opening on the Bloomberg Arcade site previously occupied by Andrew Wong's Kym's.
Berkshire’s The Lexicon shopping destination has signed three new F&B operators: Korean-Japanese takeaway Kokoro, Gail’s Bakery and bubble tea brand Yi Fang.
Italian delicatessen and restaurant brand Lina Stores has taken over the Clapham sites previously home to Robin Gill's seminal Clapham restaurants The Dairy and Counter Culture.
Actor Idris Elba and Connaught Wine Cellars founder David Farber are to launch a wine bar and shop under their Porte Noire Champagne and rosé brand in London's King's Cross.
Dessert parlour brand Creams has confirmed a trio of new openings in the capital, which will push its UK estate to 100 sites in total by the middle of November.
Former MasterChef: The Professionals finalist Chris Niven is to head up The Lawn restaurant, which will open within the Marine North Berwick hotel in East Lothian, Scotland, later this month.
New York-style chicken wing brand The Orange Buffalo will launch its first restaurant under franchise later in the autumn at the Riverside Shopping Centre in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire.
The mother and son duo behind London pubs including The Angel of Bow, Odette and Dominic Gibson are to open a bourbon bar and smokehouse in East London later this week.
Chris Leach and David Carter are to close the Soho iteration of their nose-to-tail, British-Italian restaurant Manteca and relocate to a new permanent home in London's Shoreditch.
Nottingham-based fish and chip restaurant and takeaway The Cod’s Scallops will open its fifth site later this month as part of its plans to grow its estate within a 90-minut drive of its original location.
Beloved Theatreland restaurant Joe Allen in London's Covent Garden is to relaunch next month with Russell Norman and ex-Ivy executive head chef Gary Lee at the helm.
Chris and Jeff Galvin are teaming up with fellow chef Adam Gray to launch a restaurant at the Kimpton Fitzroy London hotel in Bloomsbury later this month.
Urban Pubs & Bars will open their latest venue, in London’s Bishopsgate, at the end of the month, with a further three venues in the pipeline for 2021.
