Oxford Street
Focused coverage of foodservice and hospitality activity along Oxford Street and surrounding areas including Tottenham Court Road, Bond Street, and Marble Arch. This section highlights restaurant and café openings, grab-and-go trade, tourist footfall, retail-linked dining, and F&B strategies tailored to one of London’s highest-profile commercial corridors. Designed for operators, chefs, and brand leaders, it offers insight into running successful venues in a fast-paced, high-rent urban environment.
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Feb- 2024 -2 FebruaryRestaurants
Apple Butter to open second site in March
Apple Butter has announced that it is opening a second site at 4-5 Langham Place in March. Differing from the Seven Dials flagship café, it revealed the new site is “poised to transform into a distinguished dining destination”, spotlighting new lunch and dinner options. The 75 cover restaurant near Oxford…
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Jan- 2024 -19 JanuaryFood and Drink
Market Halls reports record festive period
Market Halls has revealed that its like-for-like sales were up 55% in December, a record for the company in the festive period. The company stated that sales were boosted by large corporate bookings, a high-profile appearance on BBC’s MasterChef: The Professionals and an extensive Christmas campaign. The campaign offered a…
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Sep- 2023 -20 SeptemberFood and Drink
Market Halls revenues surge 155% to £22m in FY23
Food hall operator, Market Halls, saw revenues grow 155% from £8.6m to £22m in the year to July 2023, as like-for-like sales leaped 40% since the Covid-related “soft trading” in the previous year. The group also announced that EBITDA before company costs grew to £2.6m in the year, as it…
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Jun- 2023 -27 JuneNews
Chopstix refurbishes Peterborough site as part of capex programme
Chopstix has renovated its Peterborough site as part of its seven-figure capex programme to supplement its expanding footprint. Having reopened this month after a £100,000 refurbishment, the high street site on Long Causeway follows the redevelopment of several Chopstix equity stores in recent months including Oxford Street, Nottingham and Reading…
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Jan- 2023 -12 JanuaryRestaurants
Shake Shack to open Oxford Street kitchen
Shake Shack has announced it will open its 12th UK location on Oxford Street on Friday 27 January. It will be the first Shake Shack with a vertically oriented kitchen. The interior features tactile finishes such as brushed stainless steel and sleek minimalist lines. This is paired with a colour…
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Oct- 2022 -28 OctoberCafes and Coffee Shops
Primark launches ‘Tasty by Greggs’ in Oxford St flagship
Primark, in partnership with Greggs, has opened a new ‘Tasty by Greggs’ café on the top floor of the clothing retailer’s flagship store on Oxford Street. The news of the new café launch follows the launch of a collaboration between the two companies earlier this year, which reportedly saw clothing…
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26 OctoberRestaurants
Shake Shack to open 12th UK site on Oxford Circus
Shake Shack has announced it is expanding to its 12th location in the UK with the opening of a new site on Argyll Street in Oxford Circus. It is situated on a quieter street between luxury department store Liberty and Oxford Street, The menu will feature signature dishes as well…
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Aug- 2022 -9 AugustRestaurants
Chopstix expands its footprint with three new sites
Chopstix has announced three new sites in Greater London which are set to open in the next month. The addition of Kingston-Upon-Thames, Brixton and Bromley marks its next steps for growth for the Pan-Asian noodle brand, which was founded in 2002 by brothers-in-law, Sam Elia and Menashe Sadik, totalling seven…
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Nov- 2021 -15 NovemberFood and Drink
Selfridges to open two new London dining destinations
Selfridges is set to launch a new dining destination on the fourth floor of the Oxford Street store, welcoming Din Tai Fung and Pizza Pilgrims to its collection of restaurants. According to the retailer, Pizza Pilgrims will be the first to launch on 9 December, bringing its ten-year experience to…
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Sep- 2021 -10 SeptemberPubs and Bars
Bundobust Brewery to open in Manchester
Bundobust has announced the opening of its latest site in the Grade II-listed St James Building on Oxford Street in Manchester on 16 September 2021. Adding to the group’s roster of venues in Leeds, Liverpool and Manchester, this second Manchester site comes in the form of a 150-seat taproom and…
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