Restaurant Openings

Arabica to open second restaurant

Arabica to open second restaurant

By James McAllister

Chef James Walters’ Levantine-inspired restaurant concept Arabica is to open a second London site in King’s Cross this September.

The Alchemist to open bar and restaurant in Cheltenham

The Alchemist to open in Cheltenham

By James McAllister

All-day restaurant and bar group The Alchemist is set to open a site at The Brewery Quarter in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire next year as it continues its UK expansion.

Caravan group to launch new restaurant concept in London Chelsea

Caravan group to launch new concept

By James McAllister

The Caravan group is launching a new restaurant concept for its west London debut, which will open its doors this autumn within the new pavilion building on Chelsea’s Duke of York Square.

Latest opening Circolo Popolare

Latest opening: Circolo Popolare

By James McAllister

France's Big Mamma group is back, mere months after arriving in London, with its second restaurant opening in the capital, this time in Fitzrovia.

Yard Sale Pizza to open fifth site

Yard Sale Pizza to open fifth site

By Stefan Chomka

Yard Sale Pizza is to open its fifth London site - it’s biggest to date - in September, on the site that was formerly Bad Sports in Hackney.

Butcher and the Farmer farm to table restaurant concept to make European debut

Butcher and the Farmer to make European debut

By James McAllister

Australian-founded ‘farm to table’ concept Butcher and the Farmer is to make its European debut at the ICON Outlet shopping centre at London’s The O2 in September.

Nathan Outlaw Siren The Goring first new restaurant in the London hotel in 109 years.

Latest opening: Siren

By Stefan Chomka

Nathan Outlaw has responded to the call of The Goring and opened the first new restaurant in the London hotel in 109 years.

Dusk restaurant opening in Essex

Latest opening: Dusk

By James McAllister

With a dry bar, shisha lounge, and a former Great British Menu chef fusing Mediterranean and Asian cooking with molecular gastronomy, Dusk could become one of Essex’s most eccentric dining destinations.

Tap and Tandoor gastropub to expand to Peterborough

Tap and Tandoor to expand

By James McAllister

Regional Indian gastropub concept Tap and Tandoor is to open a second site later this month next to Peterborough’s Queensgate Shopping Centre.

Rebecca Mascarenhas with Sonny's Kitchen co-owner Phil Howard

Sonny's Kitchen to close

By James McAllister

Sonny’s Kitchen, Rebecca Mascarenhas’ first restaurant, is to close its doors having operated in Barnes for 33 years.

Latest opening The Dining Hall at Harrods

Latest opening: The Dining Hall

By James McAllister

Harrods’ Dining Hall isn’t for the thrifty, but with six different bars and restaurants to choose from the iconic department’s store’s deep-pocketed clientele are spoilt for choice.

Big Mamma's Circolo Popolare restaurant (Credit: Jerome Galland)

Big Mamma Group considers London food market

By Finn Scott-Delany

Big Mamma Group, the operator of Gloria and recently opened Circolo Popolare restaurants, is weighing up a potential food market in London, under a similar model to its Paris-based La Felicità.

Residency restaurant opens in Manchester

Residency restaurant opens in Manchester

By James McAllister

A new Manchester hotel restaurant concept is looking to collaborate with up and coming food traders to serve street cuisine in a swankier setting.

Opening of the month Darby’s

Opening of the month: Darby’s

By Stefan Chomka

Robin Gill’s all-singing, all-dancing venture in London’s Nine Elms is his biggest project to date, and one that would have made his musician father proud.

Slim Chickens opens fourth UK site

Slim Chickens opens fourth UK site

By James McAllister

The Boparan Restaurant Group (BRG) has converted another of its Ed’s Easy Diner sites into a Slim Chickens restaurant, as it continues to expand the US-hatched chicken brand in the UK.

Restaurant radar July 2019 Patrick Powell Arcade Food Theatre and Nico Simeone

Restaurant radar: July 2019

By James McAllister

From the launch London’s latest food hall concept to the opening of Patrick Powell’s first solo restaurant, here are July’s key restaurant openings.

St. John Group to open second retail bakery in London

St. John Group to open second retail bakery

By James McAllister

The St. John Group is to expand its retail bakery business with the opening of a second site at London’s Fora co-working space in Borough this September.

Gold restaurant Notting Hill chef Theo Hill

Latest opening: Gold

By Joe Lutrario

Former River Café chef Theo Hill has opened a relaxed modern European restaurant in the space that once housed one of Notting Hill’s best known pubs.

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