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Stay ahead with curated reporting on new restaurant, pub, bar, café, and catering openings across the UK. This highlights the latest venue launches, from independents to multi-site operators, and offers behind-the-scenes insights into concept development, site selection, kitchen design, menu strategy, and operational planning. Whether you’re tracking competitors, scouting for inspiration, or evaluating expansion trends, this coverage helps hospitality professionals understand where investment is going and how new openings are shaping the foodservice landscape. Essential reading for chefs, operators, landlords, and F&B executives watching the market evolve.
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Jan- 2020 -14 JanuaryRestaurants
Halo burger announces new Shoreditch site
Plant-based restaurant, Halo Burger, has announced it is opening its second site in Shoreditch on 22 January. The expansion follows a successful year of trading at its debut site at POP Brixton as it marks the start of founder Ross Forder’s plan to expand the concept around the UK, in…
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7 JanuaryRestaurants
SushiDog to open first bricks and mortar site
Sushidog has announced the opening of its second site in Covent Garden, amid plans for future expansion across the capital. The 300 sq ft unit will be the first bricks and mortar site for the brand. SushiDog was founded in August 2017 by Greg Ilsen and Nick Goldstein, who later…
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7 JanuaryRestaurants
Michelin-starred chef Aktar Islam closes Legna restaurant
Michelin-starred chef Aktar Islam has closed Birmingham-based Legna restaurant, just one year after opening. A statement on the restaurant website confirmed that “Legna is now closed for the month of January” and directed customers to Islam’s two other restaurants Pulperia, which is opening early this year and Argentinan resturant, Opheem.…
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6 JanuaryComment
How the blue planet effect is greening the hospitality industry 2010-2030
At the start of a new decade it seems only fitting to look back on the previous decade and forward to the next. If there is one defining movement of the last ten years, it’s got to be a growing concern for the environment and how we transition to doing…
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4 JanuaryRestaurants
Bulgaria’s Happy Bar and Grill to open first UK site
Bulgarian fast food chain, Happy Bar and Grill is set to open its first UK restaurant on the site of the Leicester Square branch of TGI Fridays in London. Happy Bar and Grill has 22 sites across Bulgaria and two in Barcelona, with its all-day manu expected to arrive in…
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3 JanuaryPubs and Bars
Brewdog to open its first alcohol-free bar in London
Craft brewer BrewDog has announced it is opening its first alcohol-free bar in Central London. The bar will offer 15 taps of draft alcohol-free craft beer and has expanded its range by introducing two new additions such as a Coffee Stout called ‘Wake Up Call’ and ‘Hazy AF’, which is…
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2 JanuaryBusiness Bites
The internet need not be the scourge of every sector – just ask the CEO of Mountain Warehouse
The last decade in business was arguably characterised by one word: disruption. While the internet behemoths had already begun building serious fortunes in the 2000s, most would agree it was after 2010 that things really started motoring. Heralded as the great democratiser of information and services, the effects of a…
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2 JanuaryRestaurants
Chef Tom Simmons announces opening of Cardiff site
Chef Tom Simmons has announced he is set to open his second site in Cardiff next month. Simmons operates his restaurant ‘Tom Simmons’ at One Tower Bridge in London and will open his new site in the former Cameo Club in Pontcanna as it confirmed its last service would be…
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Dec- 2019 -19 DecemberRestaurants
Rum Kitchen announces third London site
Caribbean-style bar and restaurant, Rum Kitchen has announced the opening of its third branch in London’s Shoreditch, next year. Founded by Alex Potter and Jonny Boud, The Rum Kitchen, the restaurant has two other sites located in London’s Soho and Brixton, specialising in Caribbean inspired food. Items on the menu…
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18 DecemberRestaurants
Mark Wahlberg’s Wahlburgers to relaunch as full service restaurant
Actor Mark Wahlberg’s Covent Garden restaurant Wahlbergers, which he launched with his chef brother Paul, is to relaunch as a full-service restaurant just six months after opening. Following feedback from customers over the first six months of operation and an internal review of additional growth opportunities, Wahlburgers is evolving its…
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