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Sourdough Sophia is opening a fourth bakery in Hampstead, following sites in Highgate, Essex Road and the original micro bakery in Crouch End

1st August – 14th September 2025

Artist Lucy Sparrow is back first UK show in four years with The Bourdon Street Chippy – a fish & chip shop made out of felt

Westminster Council and The Crown Estate have put forward plans outlining the pedestrianisation of Regent Street.

Until Fri 29th August 2025

Spend your summer nights at Woodberry Lates, running every Friday until the end of August, with cocktails and tapas

The city’s appetite for pizza clearly cannot be sated as another new pizzeria is opening in the capital with Carmela’s on Upper Street

After a residency at the Three Colts, the 75 Slices team is opening standalone pizzeria Lauretta’s on Columbia Road

The Eastern City BID has submitted plans to open a mini-museum all about the Great Fire of London, inside an old loo next to the Monument.

Bleecker Soho, the brand’s eighth site, is bringing the brand’s burgers, fries and shakes to Old Compton Street

Mulan Noodle, now open on Acre Lane between Brixton and Clapham, specialises in hand-pulled noodles from the Xi’an region of China,

5th July 2025

This year the Pride in London parade will be heading through the streets of central London on 5th July 2025

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

Amy Poon is continuing the Poon’s legacy by opening a permanent restaurant at Somerset House this September

KERB Social, a mix of American sports bar energy and pub comfort, is coming to Spitalfields Market this August.

Jay Patel, founder of Legare on Shad Thames, has announced that he’ll be launching a new concept just across the street

As well as being home to the likes of Ikoyi and Toklas, 180 Strand has added opened another new foodie concept in the shape of Corner Shop

The Rum Kitchen co-founder Stevie Thomas and ex-Manteca chef Francesco Sarvonio are opening Elephant Hackney in Clapton

KERB is bringing even more street food to the city this summer by opening a brand new weekly market in Leyton.

It’s all change on Essex Road as the site that was home to Akari is now being turned into a branch of Japanese ramen chain Ippudo.

Luke Farrell’s Speedboat Bar is expanding into Notting Hill and taking up residence inside Soho House’s Electric House on Portobello Road

Angela Hartnett is expanding her empire this year with a new Italian-inspired concept at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden

Mayor Sadiq Khan has launched the Summer Streets Fund, with £300,000 available to help support al fresco dining in London

25th – 29th June 2025

If you’ve been wanting to freshen up your wardrobe, now’s the perfect time because RIXO is hosting a sample sale

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

New York’s omakase icon Chef Masa Takayama crossing the Atlantic this September to open his first proper UK restaurant, Tobi Masa.

The team behind Ibai, including meat supplier Txuleta and chef Richard Foster, is opening Harley’s butchers in Hampstead

Fink’s is taking over the cafe at Clissold House in Clissold park with their signature sarnies and cakes, plus dine-in dishes

Trains to Frankfurt and Geneva will begin in the early 2030s After finally linking up direct return services from Amsterdam to London at the beginning…

Prepare for your feeds to raining purple because London’s Mayfield Lavender Farm is reopening for summer. Get down and get snapping

7th June – 17th August 2025

Anya Hindmarch’s playful spirit is out in full force this summer with her Ice Cream Project concept store, serving gravy and sriracha scoops

Des Gunewardena is opening a massive new restaurant, cafe, terrace, and bar at the new Olympia redevelopment

Kebapci Iskender is a Turkish institution – it has two locations in Bursa and a smart restaurant in Istanbul and now it’s coming to London.

August 2025

The Maccabees and Barry Can’t Swim have been announced as the first headliners for All Points East, taking to the stage in 2025

An IKEA x Gustaf Westman collab homeware collection is coming so prepare for chunky silhouettes and bright colours

22nd August – 6 September 2025

London’s leading festival of theatre and performance art Greenwich + Docklands International Festival is back for 2025.

Ahead of a second Supernova opening in Mayfair, parent group BVC Hospitality has opened a Parisian brasserie 74 Duke Street.

10th July – 28th September 2025

You saw it on The Crown and now you can see it in real life because it’s the Buckingham Palace summer opening

Called Bastardo, the bar will pour low-intervention wines, with a changing selection of around 70 bottles from across Europe

7th October 2025 – 4th January 2026

Gilbert & George: 21ST CENTURY PICTURES, opening at the Hayward Gallery in October, will look back over the past 25 years of their careers

Chef Tom De Keyser, formerly Head Chef at Tom Kerridge’s two Michelin-star pub The Hand and Flowers, is opening The Chalk Freehouse

Simon Bays, aka Alien Communications, is best known for being a DJ but he’s now opened his own kebab shop Dirty Donny’s

Wear your love for facts with the Armedangels x Wikipedia range, a limited-edition capsule collection that celebrates free knowledge

27h & 28th September 2025

A two-day get-together of David Lynch fans is coming to Genesis with screenings, live performances and panel discussions

8th August – 3rd September 2025

Gorillaz is opening an immersive exhibition called House of Kong and performing four special live shows this summer

Noren Sake & Sushi Bar is taking over the old Roji space and bringing maka-zu sushi, aka open sushi, to London

The Sausage Press Martini Zine features the classiest, briniest and coldest martinis in town, so get your copy now

11th – 14th July 2025

Luke Jerram is bringing Helios, a seven-metre sculpture of the sun, to Osterley Park and House for two stints this summer

12th June – 17th August 2025

Obviously we think London is the best city in the world, and this summer Saatchi Yates is agreeing with Once Upon a Time in London

A legal challenge has been launched against Brockwell Park festivals by local campaign group Protect Brockwell Park

Having grown Dumbo to four sites in Paris, Charles and Samuel are going international and opening location number five in Shoreditch in June.

The Crispin team is opening canalside Canal at the new Mason & Fifth boutique guesthouse in Westbourne Park

Outside by Trinity, opening outside Trinity in Clapham, will be doing Michelin-level sandwiches, fries and soft serve

Actor Theo James and restaurateur Ed Templeton (co-founder of Carousel) are teaming up to open Lupa in Highbury