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Schofield's Bar London opens in Covent Garden
The Manchester cocktail bar that topped the UK's Top 50 list in 2024 takes its menu south to the former Chick 'n' Sours site near Seven Dials.
Abbie Hendren opens her own kitchen at Trindle Stores
The former Teal head chef, who represented London on Great British Menu 2026, takes over the kitchen at a two-year-old grocery shop in Kew.
Michelin adds 22 restaurants to its UK and Ireland guide
The October update adds 22 restaurants to the selection, with London Italian dining prominent, but awards no Stars or Bib Gourmands.
Bubala cuts its set menu by 20% as it opens a fourth site
The vegetarian-led group opened in Covent Garden on 19 October and dropped its Bubala Knows Best menu to £39 across all four London sites.
Roast opens second restaurant at Shoreditch hotel
Borough Market's roast specialist opens a 135-cover dining room inside Virgin Hotels London-Shoreditch, its first new site in more than two decades.
Voodoo Ray's finds a new owner after liquidation
A longtime staff member has taken over the Dalston pizzeria after its operator wound up this month, with a cocktail bar pop-up set to move into the basement.
Venus Bar opens under Brasserie Olivia in Chelsea
La Nouvelle Garde's first bar outside France seats 22 in a basement built around 1970s Parisian nightlife, with cocktails from Jennifer Le Nechet.
Nonna Bakery opens second London site in Covent Garden
The Shanghai-born Italian bakery, founded by a Sicilian lawyer and a Holborn GP, follows its first London opening with a bigger bet on Drury Lane.
Cafe Spice Namaste closes after three decades in London
Cyrus and Pervin Todiwala have shut their pioneering Parsi-Indian restaurant, now at the Royal Docks, describing it as the start of a "new venture" rather than a goodbye.
Kebapci Iskender opens its first restaurant outside Turkey
The Bursa institution that has served the original Iskender kebab since 1867 has crossed into Knightsbridge, with one dish, 50 covers and a bust of its founder at the door.
18th Floor restaurant opens above Stratford's Gantry hotel
East Coast Concepts and D3 Collective open a steak-and-seafood dining room eighteen storeys above east London, with a wine list that runs from Argentina to Champagne.
Oded Oren opens a second London deli, this time in Hampstead
The Dalston chef is taking his Broadway Market deli north, with babka, mezze and a courtyard bottle shop opening on Heath Street on 1 November.
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