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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.

  • Feb- 2023 -
    28 February
    Catering CompaniesRestaurant Associates to cater for Unity Place

    Restaurant Associates to cater for Unity Place

    Restaurant Associates has recently won the contract to cater for all food and beverage outlets at Unity Place, a state-of-the-art co-working location which is set to open in Milton Keynes in the early summer of 2023.  Unity Place will also be the new headquarters for Santander UK, as well as…

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  • 22 February
    Cafes and Coffee ShopsPerks & White opens first central London location

    Perks & White opens first central London location

    Perks and White is set to open its first central London site at St James’s Market later this month.  Located near Piccadilly Circus, the site will serve specialist coffee, sweet pastries and a range of breakfast and lunch options prepared daily on-site. As long-standing partners, Perks and White and Volcano…

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  • 22 February
    Venues & PropertiesSoho House to open first Manchester location

    Soho House to open first Manchester location

    Soho House has announced plans to open its first members’ club in Manchester later this year.   The Manchester opening will be the 13th UK Soho House club and fourth outside of London, following the group’s launch in Brighton last year. Members’ clubs are also located in Oxfordshire and Somerset.  The…

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  • 17 February
    RestaurantsRhubarb Hospitality Collection opens Larch

    Rhubarb Hospitality Collection opens Larch

    Rhubarb Hospitality Group has announced the opening of Larch, a new Italian restaurant and café concept located at 1 Sky Garden Walk. The restaurant opened this week and joins Rhubarb’s portfolio of bars and two restaurants within Sky Garden. Upstairs, the 50-cover restaurant and bar will showcase an Italian inspired…

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  • 16 February
    Cafes and Coffee ShopsClaridge’s opens Artspace Café

    Claridge’s opens Artspace Café

    Mayfair hotel Claridge’s has announced the opening of Artspace Café, a venue that will focus on breakfast and lunch.  The cafe, which has its own entrance on Brook’s Mews, was designed by renowned British architectural designer John Pawson, and features a patisserie counter, marble communal table as a central spot,…

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  • 14 February
    RestaurantsPopeyes UK to open in 7 new locations 

    Popeyes UK to open in 7 new locations 

    Popeyes UK has confirmed that it is set to open seven new sites as it continues its rapid expansion in the region. The new openings will include two additional London sites as well as its first drive-thru.  The new sites will be located in: Cambridge; Reading; Cardiff; Plymouth; Richmond; Rotherham…

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  • 13 February
    RestaurantsCrudo Cevicheria to open new London location

    Crudo Cevicheria to open new London location

    Crudo Cevicheria, London’s first build-your-own cevicheria, is set to open in Seven Dials this March. The new restaurant, which will be located at 36 Monmouth Street, will feature a “distinctive” menu that spotlights ceviche. The opening marks Crudo Cevicheria’s fourth location, joining existing restaurants in Old Street, Hackney and Fitzrovia. …

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  • 13 February
    RestaurantsCoco di Mama opens first store outside of London

    Coco di Mama opens first store outside of London

    Italian to go brand Coco di Mama has announced it is opening a new site in Reading this month, its first outside of London. The new store will commence trading on 10 February 2023 on Broad St in Reading. It will also offer office catering from 20 February 2023. The…

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  • 10 February
    Cafes and Coffee ShopsNot-for-profit Fair Shot Café opens in Covent Garden

    Not-for-profit Fair Shot Café opens in Covent Garden

    Fair Shot Café, the social enterprise, not-for-profit operator, has opened at The Yards, Covent Garden. The project focuses on tackling the unemployment rate amongst adults with learning disabilities via the café, and has opened its 2,224 sq ft unit within The Yards.  Each year the enterprise enrols 12 young adults…

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  • 10 February
    RestaurantsGino D’Acampo’s Luciano restaurant sold to San Carlo Group

    Gino D’Acampo’s Luciano restaurant sold to San Carlo Group

    Gino D’Acampo’s restaurant Luciano, in Alderley Edge Cheshire, has been acquired by the San Carlo Group. The restaurant will close its doors on 14 February 2023, just one year after it opened. It will be closed for five weeks and then reopen under the San Carlo brand. The restaurant will…

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