Pop-Up
Our editorial coverage of pop-up restaurants, bars, and foodservice concepts across the UK, highlighting temporary ventures that drive innovation, test new markets, and energise the hospitality scene. From chef-led residencies and street food collaborations to branded F&B activations and seasonal takeovers, we explore how pop-ups are used strategically for brand building, menu development, and operational experimentation. Ideal for restaurateurs, bar operators, and catering professionals looking to stay ahead of emerging concepts and agile formats within a fast-moving sector.
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May- 2019 -22 MayRestaurants
Frenchie launches Bacon Scone pop-up in Covent Garden
Gregory Marchand’s Frenchie restaurant has announced it will be opening Bacon Scone, a pop-up in London’s Covent Garden market on Tuesday 11 June. The pop-up will serve Frenchie’s signature smoked bacon and maple syrup scones with clotted cream priced at £3.50. Located a short distance from Frenchie Covent Garden on…
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14 MayRestaurants
Indian street food venue reveals date for Liverpool opening
Indian street food and craft beer restaurant Bundobust has confirmed it will open its doors to its third site in Liverpool on 24 May. With its other sites in Leeds and Manchester, the Liverpool site sits at 4,000 sq ft with a dedicated bar and food kitchen. The menu will…
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3 MayAdvice
Top tips for setting up a food stall this festival season
With festival season just around the corner, food stall vendors and pop-up caterers will be preparing to provide their services at music, sport and community festivals all across the UK. And with more festivals springing up year-on-year, competition is rife on getting customers to visit certain stalls. So, to gain…
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Apr- 2019 -30 AprilRestaurants
Bar + Block Steakhouse to launch pop-up gin terrace with Fever-Tree
Bar + Block Steakhouse will be serving up the first taste of summer with a pop-up gin terrace in collaboration with tonic water and mixer brand Fever-Tree. Opening on World Gin Day (8 June) in collaboration with Fever-Tree, the restaurant’s al fresco terrace will be transformed into a treehouse and…
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15 AprilPubs and Bars
Cotswolds’ Carpenters Arms relaunches
Gastropub, The Carpenters Arms, located in the Oxfordshire village of Fulbrook has reopened under a husband and wife team who have partnered with pub group, Hawthorn Leisure. Co-operator Tom Addy was head chef at Stoke Park, a five-star luxury hotel, spa, golf and country club, in Buckinghamshire; while other co-operator…
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15 AprilRestaurants
Monsieur Le Duck moves to new site in Clerkenwell
London-based duck restaurant, Monsieur Le Duck has announced it has moved to a new site in the city’s Clerkenwell area. The move follows a tenure in Spitalfields Market over the last six months as a pop-up restaurant. Monsieur Le Duck will be opening its doors at it new site on…
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15 AprilBusiness
Better March weather boosts pub and restaurant trading
Britain’s managed pub and restaurant groups saw collective like-for-like sales grow 3.8% in March compared to the same month last year, when trading was hit badly by the effects of the ‘Beast from the East’, latest figures from the Coffer Peach Business Tracker show. London, which was hit worse than…
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Feb- 2019 -20 FebruaryFeatures
Why one high-end London restaurant made the switch to induction
When Matt Lovell and Rob Hampton’s seafood street food stall came to fruition in 2016, they quickly outgrew the capacity in which they could serve some of the UK’s highest-quality oysters. The stall soon transformed into a pop-up concept in South Kensington, before the duo opened the doors to The…
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15 FebruaryPubs and Bars
Bar 6 Group to launch Near & Far Camden
Bar 6 Group has announced it is to launch its third Near & Far bar in Camden following venues in Angel and Peckham Levels. The new bar will be located opposite The Stables and iconic music venue the Roundhouse, and set over four floors holding 180 guests, offering a lounge…
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5 FebruaryPubs and Bars
The Grahamston officially launches following £1.2m transformation
The Grahamston, a new restaurant and bar located in the heart of Glasgow city centre, celebrated the completion of its £1.2m transformation with an official launch party. Located within on Argyle Street, the new dining and drinking experience is inspired by Grahamston, forgotten village in the heart of the city buried…
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