Restaurant Openings

Dodo Pizza scopes new sites

Dodo scopes new sites

By Finn Scott-Delany

Russian-founded pizza delivery brand Dodo Pizza is targeting a number of new openings for 2021, as it prepares to launch a new site under a revamped concept later this month.

French-style ‘farm-to-table’ rotisserie concept Cocotte opens fourth London restaurant in Queens Park

Cocotte opens fourth London location

By James McAllister

French-style ‘farm-to-table’ rotisserie concept Cocotte has opened its fourth London restaurant in Queens Park.

Maos 2.0 restaurant Shoreditch Edoardo Pellicano Charlie Sims

Maos 2.0: this time it’s personal

By Stefan Chomka

Under the direction of executive chef Edoardo Pellicano and general manager Charlie Sims, Shoreditch restaurant Maos is aiming to become the capital’s most singular dining experience.

Restaurant radar: December 2020 Café Bao Gordon Ramsay Arôme Native Mark Hix Rudie's Jerk Imad Alarnab

Restaurant radar: December 2020

By James McAllister and Stefan Chomka

With the lockdown lifted, many restaurateurs - particularly in the capital - are pushing ahead with belated new launches including Gordon Ramsay, Ellen Chew and the Bao team.

Golden Gai Japanese-Italian bar Soho Angelina

Angelina team to launch Soho cocktail bar

By Joe Lutrario

The team behind Dalston-based Japanese-Italian restaurant ​Angelina are to launch a ‘playful’ cocktail and wine bar in Soho that will serve a concise menu of small dishes.

London Shoreditch restaurant Two Lights announces permanent closure due to Coronavirus restrictions National Restaurant Awards

Shoreditch restaurant Two Lights announces permanent closure

By James McAllister

Two Lights, the neighbourhood-style restaurant in London's Shoreditch from Clove Club alumnus Chase Lovecky, has announced it will close permanently due to ongoing Coronavirus restrictions making the business 'untenable'.

Alex Ghalleb to open Chameleon Israeli restaurant in Marylebone

Alex Ghalleb to open Chameleon in Marylebone

By Joe Lutrario

Alex Ghalleb is spearheading a multi-faceted restaurant venture within the grounds of a Grade I-listed former church that will include a restaurant headed by high profile Israeli chef Elior Balbul.

Greenwich's Design District food restaurants O2

Operators sought for Greenwich's Design District

By Joe Lutrario

Upcoming Greenwich Peninsula development the Design District is looking for operators to provide food and drink to 10,000 creatives, students and residents, as well visitors to the O2.

Chef James Sommerin opens The Shed in Barry

James Sommerin opens The Shed in Barry

By James McAllister

Four months after being forced to close his eponymous Michelin-starred restaurant in the Welsh coastal town of Penarth, chef James Sommerin has opened a new site in nearby Barry.

US pizza chain Sbarro eyes expansion as it opens first UK restaurant in Birmingham

Sbarro eyes expansion as it makes UK debut

By James McAllister

US pizza chain Sbarro has set out plans to potentially open a number of sites across the country having recently established its first UK location.

Woky Ko chef Larkin Cen returns to Wales Bristol

Woky Ko chef Larkin Cen returns to Wales

By Joe Lutrario

Bristol-based restaurateur Larkin Cen is bringing his Woky Ko delivery service to Newport after securing a site within an industrial unit in the Welsh town.

Latest opening: Galvin Bistrot & Bar

Latest opening: Galvin Bistrot & Bar

By Jams McAllister

Chris and Jeff Galvin have relaunched their Galvin HOP pub concept in London's Spitalfields as Galvin Bistrot & Bar.

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