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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- 2022 -28 JanuaryFood and Drink
Maximal Concepts debuts in the UK with new London offering
Maximal concepts has made its first venture into the UK with the opening of The Aubrey London, a new drinking and dining space in Hyde Park. The Aubrey, which replaces Bar Boulud, is described as “an eccentric Izakaya” with two distinctive bar experiences and accompanying Japanese cuisine. According to the…
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27 JanuaryRestaurants
Moorings Bistro brought to market
Moorings Bistro, a restaurant overlooking the bay of Borth-Y-Gest, just outside Porthmadog, has been brought to market after its current owners made the decision to move on. The “vibrant” bistro, originally a terraced house built in 1860, provides uninterrupted views of the bay and surrounding mountains, and is described as…
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27 JanuaryCatering Companies
Whitbread expands Bar + Block presence with two new sites
Whitbread’s contemporary steakhouse brand, Bar + Block, has announced further expansion in London with the launch of two new sites. This takes the brand’s total portfolio to 20 steakhouses nationwide, and six in London. Joining its sister restaurants will be Bar + Block Hammersmith in mid-February on Shepherds Bush Road…
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27 JanuaryRestaurants
Ormer Mayfair appoints new restaurant manager
Ormer Mayfair by Sofian, the fine dining restaurant at Flemings Mayfair Hotel, which is part of the Small Luxury Hotels of the World, has appointed Manuel Muzzin as restaurant manager. Over the last 15 years, Muzzin has worked in many of the UK’s top restaurants and hotels. He joins from…
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25 JanuaryRestaurants
Mildreds to open sixth location in Covent Garden
Plant-based restaurant group Mildreds is set to open its latest location in Covent Garden, St Martin’s Lane, next month. Since first opening in Soho in 1988, the group is said to have “pioneered” the vegan and plant-based scene in London. The new site will officially open on 21 February and…
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20 JanuaryNews
Adventure Bar to bring Tonight Josephine to Cardiff
The Adventure Bar Group, the company behind venues such as Adventure Bar, Blame Gloria, Bar Elba and The Escapologist, have announced plans to launch its latest Tonight Josephine site in Cardiff. It revealed the Cardiff site will launch in March with the opening creating 30 new jobs. Formerly known as…
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19 JanuaryRestaurants
New community-focused grocery concept to launch in Camberwell
A new one stop grocery store, deli, wine vault and cafe is set to open in Camberwell later this year. Gladwell’s is a collaboration between childhood friends and South London local operators James Dye (Camberwell Arms, Frank’s Café and Mike’s) and Stanley Allen (Greensmiths and Peckham Springs). Nestled inside a…
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18 JanuaryNews
The Star Inn brought to market for £465k
The Star Inn, a pub-restaurant with letting rooms located in the village of Weaverthorpe, has come to market for £465k. The property is positioned to take advantage of the Yorkshire Wolds region and some of North Yorkshire’s most visited holiday resorts and tourist destinations. It comprises a 55-cover restaurant and…
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17 JanuaryFeatures
Is technology the key to creating a safer nightlife?
While the re-opening of nightlife across the UK has been welcomed across the country, it has been accompanied by an alarming increase in the number of reports of drink spiking. Since October, increased awareness and scrutiny has been placed on the issue, driven by protests and boycotts such as Big…
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14 JanuaryFeatures
The Chester Grosvenor: new beginnings
What does Elliot Hill bring to the hotel? Oakden: Hill comes to the Chester Grosvenor with a wealth of experience, having most recently been head chef at Panoramic 34 in Liverpool, where he earnt and retained an entry in the Michelin guide. Previously, as part of the Bespoke Hotels family,…
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