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Kitchen W8 Photo: Cindy Chen Rebecca Mascarenhas and her new business partner, lauded toque Philip Howard, have given Kensington's former Bistro Eleven a genteel makeover as Kitchen W8 , which offers a refined Modern European menu from The Square Read More...
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Doukan Photo: Cindy Chen By day the Wandsworth Town newcomer Doukan is a cafe-***-deli, but by night it becomes a full-blown Moroccan restaurant with a moderately priced menu by TV chef Khalil Abdesslem, making his debut as a proprietor; the exotic environs Read More...
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Hix Photo: Cindy Chen The demise of Soho’s plush Aaya has offered high-profile chef Mark Hix the opportunity to open Hix , his second London venue (after Hix Oyster & Chop House ), where he’s serving his trademark seafood-biased Modern Read More...
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Pipeline Photo: Cindy Chen On the border of the City and Shoreditch, idiosyncratic rock ’n’ roll bar Pipeline has been opened by the self-proclaimed ‘happiest Swede in London’, who named the place after a Johnny Thunders song, Read More...
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LUXE Photo: Cindy Chen John Torode has added a similarly styled sibling to his popular Smiths of Smithfield with the animated Modern Brit The LUXE , spread across three floors of Spitalfields Market; there’s an all-day ground-floor bar and terrace Read More...
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Polpo Photo: courtesy of the restaurant Based on the concept of a Venetian bacaro , where small, simple Italian dishes and local vinos are served in a humble setting, rustic Soho newcomer Polpo is the brainchild of a former director from Caprice Holdings; Read More...
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Dalston Superstore Photo: Cindy Chen Judging by its thousands of Facebook followers, graffiti-and-art-strewn boîte Dalston Superstore may very well be the coolest kid in increasingly trendy Dalston; upstairs, there’s a cash-only bar doling Read More...
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A Hong Kong–based restaurant group makes its first foray into London with aqua london , a stylish dual-concept behemoth offering impressive views from huge decked terraces atop Soho’s old Dickins & Jones store; beyond the glam entrance Read More...
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Jetlag Photo: Cindy Chen Located in Fitzrovia near that icon of ’60s London, the BT Tower, Jetlag attracts jet-setters with retro business-class airline seats and an international roster of cocktails, beers and food (there’s even space-age Read More...
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Pix Pinxtos Photo: courtesy of the restaurant Paying homage to a traditional Basque country practice of eating snacks off skewers (known as pintxos), easy-going Notting Hill hipster Pix Pintxos offers a colourful array of Mediterranean finger food at Read More...
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Green's Restaurant & Oyster Bar Photo: courtesy of the restaurant Another City banking-hall behemoth opens thanks to Simon Parker Bowles, who’s boldly taken two huge areas of the impressively redeveloped former Lloyds Bank HQ to open Green's Read More...
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Hotels are becoming more and more popular for late-night boozing, and the InterContinental Park Lane in Mayfair enters the fray by changing the Lobby Lounge’s name to Late Lounge at 10:30 PM each evening and keeping it open until 3 AM; DJ-spun tunes Read More...
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Criterion Photo: Cindy Chen In a striking, Byzantine-style space dating back to the 1870s and boasting gilded ceilings, handsome mirrors and marble flooring, famous Piccadilly haunt Criterion – favoured for parties and film shoots – has reopened Read More...
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Lower East Liquor Bar & Bistro Photo: Cindy Chen Taking over the Jamie’s Bar berth on the water’s edge at Westferry Circus, Lower East Liquor Bar & Bistro is a glass-wrapped, easygoing newcomer open all day for classic American diner-style Read More...
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Constancia Photo: Cindy Chen Another addition to the expanding ranks of Argentinean grills around town, the evocative, dark-hued haunt Constancia opens in new premises on the site of a demolished Bermondsey boozer; two brothers from the Pampas make their Read More...
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