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From the West End to the East End, our London coverage keeps hospitality professionals in the know. Our dedicated reporting on London’s vibrant and highly competitive foodservice market, spans restaurant group expansions, new pub and bar concepts, catering contracts, high-street openings, licensing changes, staff shortages, and operational trends shaping the capital. Whether you’re a central London restaurant operator, a neighbourhood café owner, a high-volume catering contractor, or an F&B executive overseeing multiple venues across zones, this archive delivers actionable insights and strategic updates designed for decision-makers navigating the capital’s fast-moving hospitality landscape.
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Mar- 2019 -15 MarchCafes and Coffee Shops
Santa Nata to open two sites in Covent Garden
Santa Nata is to launch two new Portuguese pastelarias in London’s Covent Garden area. The new sites will specialise in the traditional Portuguese pastry with egg custard filling – Pastel de Nata. Santa Nata will open its first site on Covent Garden’s Russell Street with a second unit opening on…
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14 MarchPubs and Bars
£500,000 Star Pubs & Bars refurbishment of Langton Court to start mid-March
Langton Court in St Anne’s and is set to undergo a £500,000 refurbishment with Star Pubs & Bars. The pub’s lease has been taken up by Paul Frost, who also operates the Colston Arms in Bristol. The pub is the only one in St Anne’s and will re-open in May…
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14 MarchAdvice
The impact of location on business
According to Keystone, London is “ideal for headquarters and central offices,” and this is partially because London attracts a fair amount of executive talent, and partially because of the prestige that the city offers. For example, there is a ring designing company called 77 Diamonds, and they enable you to…
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14 MarchRestaurants
Red Dog Saloon to open Louie’s in basement
Red Dog Saloon has announced it is to open a new fried chicken restaurant named Louie’s in its basement. The Shoreditch barbecue restaurant which has been in operation for eight years, will be joined by Louie’s which claims to be the first London restaurant to specialise in fried ‘hot chicken’.…
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13 MarchPeople
Chef Antonio Rucco dies aged 39
Chef Antonio Rucco has died aged 39, the chef was well-known for his popular Antonio’s Vegan Kitchen restaurant in Bethnal Green. Rucco’s restaurant opened last summer and quickly became one of London’s best-known vegan restaurants. The chef’s death was announced by the restaurant on its social media channels, and the…
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13 MarchBeverages
Subterranean bar launches low-alcohol spirit
A drinks entrepreneur who has made a name for himself by turning underground public conveniences into neighbourhood bars has launched Willow, a low-alcohol spirit. Created in William Borrell’s subterranean neighbourhood bar, the Ladies and Gentlemen in Kentish Town, north London, the spirit’s name is a combination of his first name…
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12 MarchFeatures
CHEF PROFILE: Darren Archer
Darren Archer is executive head chef at Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA) House. The RSA House, founded in 1754, is a fellowship that promotes social change and claims rights to the first recorded use of the word ‘sustainability’ in an environmental context. Having joined…
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12 MarchRestaurants
Boxpark to open its first site outside London
Development company, Boxpark, has signed a lease to create a landmark seafront dining destination and community cafe on Shoreham Beach. The Brighton-based firm, who are behind the acclaimed casual dining and retail developments in Shoreditch, Croydon and Wembley, have struck an agreement with Adur District Council to create the Big…
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12 MarchRestaurants
Indo Chinese restaurant Fatt Pundit opens in London
Indo Chinese restaurant Fatt Pundit has opened at London’s Soho, launched by the London-based group behind Indian restaurants Bombay Chow, Station 31, and Imperial Lounge. Originating from Kolkata, Indo Chinese was invented when the Hakka people migrated to India from the Chinese province of Canton, bringing with them their culinary…
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12 MarchCatering Companies
Not Always Caviar partners with Stansted Airport
London Stansted Airport has partnered with food outlet Not Always Caviar to create a new sandwich designed with flavours that are “enhanced” at altitude. Based on scientific food research into the body’s reduced ability to perceive flavours when flying, conducted at the University of London, the new sandwich will include…
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