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Sarit Packer and Itamar Srulovich are closing Honey & Smoke and turning it into wine bar Honey & Co Great Portland

Med Salleh has just opened in Kentish Town, serving a menu of street food inspired by co-founer Med Pang’s upbringing in Malaysia

Larger Than Life: Starring Wallace & Gromit, Shaun and More, is opening at Lightroom in King’s Cross in the autumn

Mondo Sando already has two outposts in South East London and this April, it’s adding a third with Mondo to Go.

14th – 23rd August 2026

Broadwick Live, the team behind Drumsheds and Printworks, is launching Magazine Open-Air in Greenwich this summer

Trèsind opened in Dubai in 2014 and has become a popular spot thanks to its “modernist Indian dining experience” and it’s coming to London

Kumori, founded by Marc Flekei, started doing pop-ups last year and this spring it’s opening the doors to a permanent handroll bar in Soho

18th – 21st March 2026

The Mulberry sample sale is back at Showcase this spring, with prices of bags, leather goods and more slashed by up to 70%

Singaporean Malay restaurant Padi is coming to London, with dishes like beef rendang, satay, lontong and nasi ambeng

Ikhaltos Valley Georgian Cuisine has opened on Stoke Newington High Steet serving traditional Georgian dishes

With a capacity of over 1000, Freight Brixton, opening adjacent to Brixton Village Market, will be the biggest open-air venue in London.

Wine and vinyl bar Sova is opening off Portobello Road this spring, with a wine list focusing on Central and Eastern European wines

Public House Group is behind some of the vibiest recent openings in London and now it’s opening Italian restaurant CeCe’s

Following overwhelming support from a public consultation, Sadiq Khan is moving ahead with Oxford Street pedestrianisation plans

Camden institution the Jazz Cafe will be turning the art deco Rex Theatre in Stratford into the Jazz Cafe East

12th & 13th September 2026

It’s the capital’s first fest dedicated to pickling, brining and fermenting If you’re obsessed with all things pickled, you’ll wanna get these dates in your…

19th March – 31st May 2026

Bangkok spot Phed Mark, famous for its spicy pad kaprao, is popping up in London, taking over Platapian for two months

The Spiteris, one of the biggest families in British hospitality is opening The Latimer pub in Notting Hill

With Joe Beddia from Philadelphia’s Pizzeria Beddia Ed McIlroy already has popular pub (The Plimsoll) and buzzy Spanish spot (Tollingtons) to his name, and now…

Objections are raised over Brockwell Park festivals, which are having to undergo a full planning process for the first time

KOYN Thai is being reimagined at MIKO Mei Fair and it’ll be taking up residence on the ground floor of Chinese restaurant MiMi Mei Fair.

Recently opened in Fulham, The Wei is a warm, welcoming and unpretentious spot where you can linger over the flavours of northwest China.

It’s part of a plan to create the city’s largest floating destination in Royal Docks Royal Victoria Dock has already been home to open water…

Annabel’s is open to non-members for the first time for the Endo at Annabel’s pop-up – a £245 omakase menu

If you’re a fan of Elsewhere Coffee, we’ve got some good news – the indie roaster has expanded with a brand new cafe in Peckham

The Empire Tavern on Mare Street is coming from Leyton-based East London Brewing Co and boozer the Leytonstone Tavern

The Castle Catford is brining indie cinema back to Lewisham as The Castle Cinema team take over the Catford Mews site

Mayfair’s Michelin-starred omakase counter Taku has officially relaunched as Sushi Amamoto London from chef-patron Shogo Amamoto

Now, thanks to the passing of the Pedicabs (London) Act 2024, TfL has the power to regulate pedicabs in public places.

West London institution Taqueria is getting a full reboot After 20 years on Westbourne Grove, the restaurant will close on 23rd February and reopen on…

The Gun in Hackney closed last March but now the pub has been taken over by new owner Kotaro Ogawa, who is also behind steakhouse Aragawa

Bánh Bánh Brixton is getting revamped with a new menu and a new look courtesy of design duo House of Baby, aka Joseph Losper and Tomio Shota.

The restaurant group behind Goodman, Chelsea Grill and Wild Tavern, has opened Japanese spot Wild Izakaya in the City.

The Thames could get an official bathing area as it’s one of 13 designated swimming sites being proposed by the government

Beit Kotn is a private hotel and creative residency in Shoreditch from the Kotn clothing brand, and it’s free for Arab creatives

After an interlude in the Cotswolds at The Bull in Charlbury, Sally Abé is back in London to open British bistro Teal by Sally Abé

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has outlined a new plan to improve licensing rules in the capital to help pubs and clubs stay open later

Chick-Fil-A, the third largest quick service restaurant in the US with over 2800 stores, is opening a London location

Liverpool Street Station redevelopment plans have been approved by the City of London Corporation following a redesign

22nd April – 28th June 2026

Lightroom is hosting David Bowie: You’re Not Alone, which will take people inside the mind of the visionary artist.

Comedian and influencer Uncle Roger, aka Nigel Ng, is opening pan-Asian restaurant Kawan in Chinatown this April

Recently opened on the Strand, Le Nusa (meaning ‘archipelago’) is taking inspo from Indonesia’s many regions and traditions

12th March – 23rd August 2026

A major David Hockney exhibition is coming to Serpentine next year, marking the first time the artist has shown at the gallery

New Irish pub Moylett’s has opened in Clapton, taking over the site that used to be home to the Mermaid and Verden

Wines from a fiver, a mineralised water menu and BYO vinyls A new listening bar has opened in Walthamstow, bringing Japanese-inspired interiors, a carefully curated…

South East London-based community organisation Sister Midnight, is transforming The Brookdale Club in Catford into a community owned venue

Vegetable-forward, root-to-tip restaurant Holy Carrot, run by Irina Linovich and Daniel Watkins, is coming to Old Spitalfields Market

British produce meets Chinese noodles at San Hao, a new Chinatown spot from the team behind YiQi, The Eight and Dozo

A new Shoreditch half marathon, coming from the team behind the Hackney Half and the Run Shoreditch 10K, is happening this year

Seven Church Lane is opening on the old Luna site in Leytonstone, continuing the venue’s legacy of grassroots music

SABA, the UK’s first DIY ramyun bar and Korean convenience store is opening a site inside Market Place St Paul’s

Split-level space FlipDog is opening in Old Street in March, where red hot iron pokers will be used to make drinks