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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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Feb- 2022 -23 FebruaryPeople
Fridays appoints Julie McEwan as COO
Fridays, part of newly listed Hostmore plc, has announced the appointment of Julie McEwan as its chief operating officer. McEwan started her career at Whitbread, spending several years as operations manager for Premier Inn, before joining Spirit Pub Company. At Spirit, she held several senior roles, including leading the Flaming…
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23 FebruaryFeatures
A new venture: A restaurant opening from a Chef’s perspective
A restaurant opening always comes with some risk. Just as new venues open, another one shuts, with the secret behind success stories often allusive. One success story is Chotto Matte, a Japanese-Peruvian fusion restaurant, which opened in 2013 in Soho. It has since grown to span several continents, with venues…
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22 FebruaryPubs and Bars
Nightcap extends bar openings
Nightcap, the owner of The Cocktail Club, the Adventure Bar Group and the Barrio Familia group of bars, has announced a number of additional planned openings in 2022 set to further expand its UK estate. In early April 2022 the group will open The Cocktail Club in Exeter. The bar…
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22 FebruaryRestaurants
Clean Kitchen Club secures Battersea Power Station venue
A new plant-based eatery, Clean Kitchen Club, has been revealed as one of the restaurants to be opening its doors inside Battersea Power Station from September 2022. Clean Kitchen will join the Grade II Listed Power Station as one of the newest restaurants on the market, sitting alongside a tranche…
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22 FebruaryCafes and Coffee Shops
Cornish Bakery to open seven new sites
Independent bakery chain Cornish Bakery has announced the opening of another bakery in Rye in late January, with six other sites currently in development in Plymouth Barbican, Bury St Edmunds, Stamford, Beverley, Bakewell and Caledonia Park at Gretna Green. Cornish Bakery is an eat-in or take-out bakery with Cornish roots…
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21 FebruaryRestaurants
Battersea Power Station unveils first set of hospitality venues
Battersea Power Station has unveiled its first tranche of cafés, bars and restaurants set to open their doors inside the grade II listed power station from September 2022. Visitors will be able to choose from a variety of British and international eateries with Le Bab, Where The Pancakes Are, Poke…
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18 FebruaryRestaurants
Cubitt House to open The Princess Royal in Notting Hill
Cubitt House has announced the opening of its latest pub, The Princess Royal, which will open its doors in Notting Hill this March. The pub, which dates back to the Victorian era, will be home to a large dining room and bar, along with a walled garden, private feasting rooms…
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18 FebruaryRestaurants
The Sidemen to launch first Sides site at Boxpark
Youtube stars The Sidemen are set to launch the first ever physical space for virtual fried chicken concept, Sides, at Boxpark Wembley next week. Opening its doors on 24 February, the fried chicken concept was only available as a delivery service until now. Sides was launched in November 2021 and…
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17 FebruaryRestaurants
Julian Denis to launch Facing Heaven following Mao Chow closure
Julian Denis is set to launch a new site with the opening of Facing Heaven, which will open its doors in London mid-March 2022, following the closure of his renowned Hackney site Mao Chow. Named after the Sichuanese chilli, Facing Heaven is situated just around the corner from the original…
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15 FebruaryPubs and Bars
The Alchemist to relaunch Manchester site amid £550k refurb
Manchester-born group, The Alchemist, has announced it is set to undergo an “extensive refurbishment” of its original venue, The Alchemist Spinningfields. It said the transformation will unveil the next phase and a “new era” for the brand concept, which will be told through the new-look interiors and menus. The Alchemist…
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