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Review: Christmas at The Ivy Northcote Road: A new opening that already feels like a classic
Some restaurants are just perfect for winter months, and The Ivy Northcote Road Brasserie is one of them. The new site only opened in late September, yet it’s already functioning like a neighbourhood institution – permanently busy, reliably indulgent, and wrapped in just enough festive glamour to make a dark winter evening feel celebratory. Walking…
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A new stage for Amazing Grace: the live music bar is opening soon in Canary Wharf
Canary Wharf has spent years trying to shake off its corporate skin. Once shorthand for glass towers and burnout, it’s turning into one of London’s more interesting places to eat, drink and stay. And there’s a new arrival that’ll be adding to the atmosphere soon. This Wednesday (12 November), Amazing Grace opens a purpose-built live…
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Ain’t no place like a Mexican home: Meet La Familia, Soho’s new two-storey taqueria and tequila den
When Barrio closed its doors on Poland Street earlier this year, Soho lost one of its loudest Latin fixtures. Now, it has been reborn as La Familia: a two-storey space that splits between street-level tacos and a basement built for all your late nights and tequila dreams. This time, the Barrio team left the bar’s…
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Life, death, and bread: The beloved TOAD Bakery has a new Día de Muertos menu, for two days only
London’s most inventive bakery is about to get a Mexican makeover. For two days only, Espolòn Tequila is transforming TOAD Bakery in Peckham into a full-blown Día de Muertos fiesta – complete with tequila treats, traditional pastries, and a riot of colour inspired by Mexico’s most beloved celebration. Running Friday 31 October and Saturday 1…
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Disrepute launches Counterculture, its most provocative cocktail menu yet
Cocktail connoisseurs, rejoice. Disrepute, the underground cocktail bar housed in the former Pinstripe Club, has unveiled Counterculture: A Brief History of a Scandal, a new (and delicious)cocktail menu inspired by the icons, outcasts, and provocateurs who shaped the 1960s. The Pinstripe Club was once the scene of the infamous Profumo affair – a scandal that…
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Dead good baking: Don Julio and Panadería Rosetta are celebrating Día de Muertos with an exclusive pop-up
This weekend, London gets a taste of Mexico City’s most celebrated bakery – and a splash of tequila, too. From 31 October to 2 November, Don Julio Tequila takes over Toklas Bakery for Panadería Don Julio, a three-day Día de Muertos pop-up blending Mexican baking, culture, and cocktail craft in collaboration with Panadería Rosetta. For…
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It’s getting hot in Frith Street, and that’s thanks to Tangra, Soho’s new Indo-Chinese spot
A hybrid born in Kolkata in the early 20th century, Indo-Chinese cuisine blends Chinese Hakka cooking techniques with Indian spices and ingredients — garlic-heavy sauces, soy, chilli, vinegar and masala, all hitting the pan at fierce heat. In London, the style has long thrived on the city’s outskirts — in Southall, Wembley and Harrow —…
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Shots fired: Clays’ flagship playground is now open in Soho
If you’re a fan of competitive socialising – from darts and ping-pong to shuffleboard and crazy golf – Soho’s newest opening might be right up your street. Clays, the brand that turned clay pigeon shooting into an indoor, tech-driven game, landed in the West End on the 24th of September with its biggest site yet.…
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Curtain up on Cicoria: Angela Hartnett’s new Covent Garden restaurant
Angela Hartnett is back with her first new London restaurant in over a decade. On 26 September she opens Cicoria, a 300-cover dining room, bar and terrace on the fifth floor of the Royal Opera House. Best known for her Michelin-starred Murano in Mayfair and the more casual Café Murano group, Hartnett hasn’t added to…
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Sunshine on a plate: Solaya is the new 25th-floor restaurant to light up Shoreditch
If you’ve passed Old Street in recent years, you may have noticed the new glass tower rising above Hoxton and wondered what it was for. The answer came last year when art’otel London Hoxton opened its doors. Now, its top floor is finally stepping into the spotlight as well. From this Friday, 12 September, the…
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