What's New in London

London is a vibrant place where there's so many new things going on it can be hard to keep track. Luckily we're here to help with the latest restaurant openings, shop launches and hip new bars as well as anything else we think sounds interesting. Want to know what's new in London? It's all here...

The Hampshire Hog

Opened 17 October 2011
The Primrose Hill set may have mourned the loss of The Engineer, one of the pioneering pubs of the gastropub movement which shut on 1st October 2011, but their loss is Hammersmith's gain. Forced out of their original premises, Abigail Osborne and Tamsin Olivier, the people behind The Engineer moved West to set up their second venture, The Hampshire Hog, on King Street which opened on 17th October 2011. The large, light room is split into two sections - the pantry to the left and the main dining room to the right, with a gorgeous beer garden out the back where they plan to grow their own, starting with herbs, moving on to veg. As you'd expect from a team that takes pride in the sourcing of their raw ingredients, the produce they use is organic where possible and there's a focus on seasonal ingredients. Menu choices change frequently but a typical selection would be whole grilled bream, served with lentils and salsa verde, partridge or savoy cabbage stuffed with mozzarella. Follow with hot chocolate and lavender pudding and wash down with a cocktail, wine, beer, Caravan coffee from Exmouth Market or a Rare Tea Company brew. If the 17-year tenure enjoyed by The Engineer is anything to go by, The Hampshire Hog is sure to become a much-loved local institution.

More info: The Hampshire Hog Map, Prices, Opening Times and Nearest Tube

White Cube Bermondsey

Opened 12 October 2011
Commercial art gallery

Jay Jopling's third - and largest - White Cube art gallery in London is located on Bermondsey Street and set in a former 1970s warehouse. At a massive 58,000 square feet White Cube Bermondsey is not only the largest art gallery within Jopling's White Cube empire but also the largest commercial gallery in Europe. A timely opening during the 2011 Frieze art fair, on 12 October 2011, launched the gallery to the world's richest and most influential art buyers. Designed by Casper Mueller Kneer Architects, the building has three principal exhibition spaces, substantial warehousing, private viewing rooms, an auditorium and a bookshop. The exhibition spaces are divided into the 'South Galleries', the principal display area, three smaller 'North Galleries', and the '9 x 9 x 9' gallery at the centre of the building. Frequently changing exhibitions by contemporary artists of the calibre of Jopling favourite Damien Hirst are supplemented by an education programme, artists' films and lectures. The first White Cube - one of the smallest exhibition spaces in Europe - was set up in Duke Street (1993-2002), not far from the current White Cube Mason's Yard which opened in September 2006, six years after White Cube Hoxton Square opened in April 2000.

Current events at White Cube Bermondsey

Anselm Kiefer: Il Mistero Delle Cattedrali event running until Sunday 26th February 2012
TIMES 9th December 2011 to 26th February 2012 - Various Times PRICING Free
Contemporary paintings inspired by Germany's cultural and political history, focusing on Tempelhof Airport in Berlin.... More about this event

Nikolas Gambaroff: Male Fantasies event running until Sunday 26th February 2012
TIMES 9th December 2011 to 26th February 2012 - Various Times PRICING Free
An installation of abstract paintings by the German artist, challenging and deconstructing traditional display and presentation methods.... More about this event

All events at White Cube Bermondsey

De La Panza

Opened 1 October 2011
Argentinean restaurant

De La Panza started life as a market stall in six differents London locations, operating at markets at Regents Place, St. Katharine Docks, Brick Lane and the Brunswick Centre among others. Now the Argentinean eaterie has set up a permanent restaurant at the Islington end of De Beauvoir town - the area between Hackney and Islington. Having built up a loyal following through its lunchtime market trade, De La Panza - an Argentine expression for 'stuffing your belly' - rewards its fans with a relaxed atmosphere and a menu which includes Basque fish soup, house salad, and mains which range from Italian style stuffed aubergines to breaded veal and mashed potatoes, Buenos Aires style. Owner George Rockett has based his restaurant on the Bodegón-style
restaurants of Buenos Aires which were neighbourhood eateries were started by and for immigrants, usually of Spanish or Italian descent. Though this is not your typical Argentine steak house - it's much more diverse than that - great slabs of beef are still a key ingredient and they import their top quality meat from the mother country. Whether you just want a quick tapas or 'Minutas' and a glass of wine, or the full restaurant experience, De La Panza has separate areas that cater for both. Either way, you'll be leaving with a full belly.

More info: De La Panza Map, Prices, Opening Times and Nearest Tube

The Hawksmoor Guildhall

Opened October 2011
Steakhouse

Frequently cited as 'the best steakhouse' in London, Hawksmoor has built up a reputation for serving up top quality British steaks, cooked simply over charcoal. Will Beckett and Huw Gott bring their meat feast to a third London venue, expanding from the original Hawksmoor Spitalfields (2006) via a second restaurant in Seven Dials (2010) to bring us Hawksmoor Guildhall (October 2011), a City branch on the corner of Basinghall Street and Gresham Street. There are various new things at Guildhall including a beef tasting menu, veal chop and oysters, truffle hollandaise and, they're open for breakfast for the first time. In keeping with the Hawksmoor tradition, breakfast means bringing your appetite with you so you can tuck into the generous full English, steak and eggs, or sausage and egg muffins. Designed by the same team responsible for creating the beautiful dining room at Hawksmoor Seven Dials, the restaurant includes room to seat 160 people, a private dining room for 22, a walk-in wine room, and a bar with a late license.

More info: The Hawksmoor Guildhall Map, Prices, Opening Times and Nearest Tube

The 10 Cases

Opened September 2011
European restaurant

Ian Campbell and Will Palmer's first restaurant venture comes to London in the shape of The 10 Cases, a bistro in Covent Garden. Set out over two floors (a private dining room downstairs and a bistro-like ground floor), The 10 Cases offers a menu of simple and classic European cuisine, brought to you by ex-Coq d'Argent chef Juette Shallow. The menu consists of three starts, three mains and three dessert tarts - all of which change on a daily basis, offering guests a varied choice. The food is complemented by Campbell and Palmer's central concept - a wine list featuring 10 whites, 10 reds and 10 cases of each, to be served by the bottle, carafe and glass. When the cases run out, the wine is changed so as to ensure the guest has something new to try. For more information and a look at the daily changing menu, visit www.10cases.co.uk.

More info: The 10 Cases Map, Prices, Opening Times and Nearest Tube

Ducksoup

Opened 26th September 2011
European restaurant

Yes, they really do serve duck soup at Ducksoup, a modern European restaurant set up by ex-Hix Lyme Regis executive chef Julian Biggs who teamed up with former manager at Hix Oyster & Chop House, Rory McCoy. The name not only comes from their signature dish - which is served with Italian Nostrale potatoes, foie gras - but is also reference to the Marx Brothers' 1933 anarchic comedy film. The game-y dish is one of only six or so listed on a short menu, hand written and changed daily. Choices vary from roasted beetroot, cumin and mint labneh to deep fried artichokes with saffron mayonnaise, or roast ceps with lardo di colonata and Berkswell, and roast guinea fowl with burnt lemon and creme fraiche. Similarly brief is the wine list with up to ten wines on offer with the focus on natural and biodynamic wines. Instead of 'bring your own' wine, you can 'byo' vinyl to Ducksoup - a great way of creating an intimate atmosphere. The restaurants third co-owner, Clare Lattin, summarises Ducksoup as, "a place you can pop in on your way home from work to enjoy a small plate of something delicious and a glass of wine at an affordable price". It may sound too simple to be a unique selling point but in achieving this aim they've managed to create something really special in Soho.

More info: Ducksoup Map, Prices, Opening Times and Nearest Tube

Bread Street Kitchen

Opened 26 September 2011
Modern European restaurant

Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay comes down market (to mid market) with Bread Street Kitchen, a warehouse-style, industrial feel restaurant in the One New Change shopping centre in The City. Its location just happens to be directly opposite Jamie Oliver's restaurant Barbecoa - let the best chef win. The Bread Street Kitchen is nothing like the restaurants Ramsay is best known for - his Michelin starred restaurants at Claridge's and Royal Hospital Road. However, if you've been to his Plane Food restaurant at Heathrow's Terminal 5 you'll have had a taste of what to expect here. With this cavernous bar and bistro we get relaxed all-day dining with a menu that offers dishes like cider-braised pork collar, roast lobster and suckling pig as well as a salad selection from a raw bar, and food cooked in the wood-burning oven. The interior design, by Russell Sage Studio, helps create the East End industrial feel with reclaimed furniture, vintage armchairs and leather banquettes, exposed pipes and checked floor. Along the wall above the kitchen there's an impressive wine balcony which holds 2,000 bottles of wine making for an extensive and affordable wine list - just what the city types who BSK is firmly aimed at have been waiting for.

More info: Bread Street Kitchen Map, Prices, Opening Times and Nearest Tube

Speakeasy Espresso & Brew Bar

Opened 26th September 2011
Coffee bar

The Speakeasy Espresso & Brew Bar is the second venture from the guys who brought us the Deptartment of Coffee and Social Affairs in Leather Lane. Chris McKie and Tim Ridley, who met at school in New Zealand, have an eye for paired down decor (bare brick walls, wooden floorboards) and a nose for good coffee. For them, coffee is an art form and they even run their own coffee school called the Coffeesmiths Collective where you can learn how to create the perfect brew. At the Speakeasy, in a quiet side street just off Carnaby Street, they've created the Espresso Bar upstairs and a Brew Bar downstairs where you can sample
three different coffees made using a variety of brewing methods - including the good old French Press (or plunger); proving that you don't have to invest in expensive equipment to get good coffee. They use their own Coffeesmiths Espresso Blend, updated four times a year, mixing estates to create a blend with a good consistency year round. Their coffees, available in every type - latte, flat white, macchiato, filter - are accompanied by a range of food from muesli and croissants for breakfast to freshly made salads and sandwiches for lunch as well as a rather good gluten-free carrot cake for whenever you feel like it.

More info: Speakeasy Espresso & Brew Bar Map, Prices, Opening Times and Nearest Tube

Supreme London

Open 22 September 2011
Clothing & skateboard shop

Loyal fans queue around the block - some sleeping outside on a chilly September night - to get a first look at the cult skate brand Supreme store which features the full range of high end skate wear, accessories and skateboards. Seventeen years after opening its first store in SoHo, New York, Supreme arrives in Soho, London, with its first shop in Europe. Starting out in 1994 Supreme's founder James Jebbia set up a small store on Lafayette Street in downtown New York and soon attracted a loyal skateboard fanbase and a cult following. The brand is renowned for creating supremely hip street wear worn by rappers, pop stars and skaters. It produces skateboard decks in small editions, which makes them quite the collector's items. Collaborations with well known artists like Larry Clark, Jeff Koons and Damien Hirst have created skate decks that are sold by auction houses for ever increasing sums of money. At the London store the minimalist black shop front gives way to a two-storey shop featuring a photo collage by photographer Ari Marcopoulos and sculptural installation by skateboarder and artist Mark Gonzales. With the opening of its London store some may feel the brand has moved away from its origins but plenty of others are happy to have a shop Supreme this side of the pond.

More info: Supreme London Map, Prices, Opening Times and Nearest Tube

Canteen Covent Garden

Opened 15th September 2011
Pop-up British restaurant and bar

Canteen Covent Garden is an all-day restaurant and bar celebrating great British food, drink and the best of British design. Situated in the North Hall of the historic and elegant Grade II listed Market Building, the all-day dining space serves breakfast, simple lunch and dinner set menus that showcase the seasonal British classics Canteen is renowned for. The set menus will vary seasonally with eggs, bacon, bubble and squeak, Beetroot-cured salmon with pickled cucumber and horseradish cream, pressed smoked ham hock, piccalilli and toast, fish and chips, pie and mash, gooseberry fool, hedgerow fruit jelly, ice cream and shortbread all working their way onto the menu. Alongside beer and artisan wines served by the glass, tasty snacks including toasted Welsh rarebit sandwiches, 'West Country dusted' chicken wings and bags of doughnuts with seasonal jam or chocolate dipping sauce will be served at the bar. In addition to its seasonal menus and events, Canteen will also host a series of 'Chefs in Residence' nights which will see some of Britain's most exciting rising-stars and established chefs take over the restaurant space for a night or for an entire week in the lead up to Christmas. For more information, visit www.canteen.co.uk.

More info: Canteen Covent Garden Map, Prices, Opening Times and Nearest Tube

The Arts Club

Opened 12 September 2011
Members club

The Arts Club on Dover Street boasts a long history as a private members club having been founded in 1863 by, amongst others, Charles Dickens, Anthony Trollope, and Lord Leighton. There's still an air of exclusivity about the place today with celebs like Gwyneth Paltrow and Stella McCartney having a hand in the design and membership costing a cool £1,000 a year. Co-owner restaurateur Arjun Waney (responsible for Zuma, Roka, and La Petite Maison) has appointed Sir Peter Blake as president of the Club Nouveau basement club where Mark Ronson is director of music - surely the coolest of creative pairings. Chief executive Brian Clivaz, co-founder of Home House and all round host with the most, will be at the helm to meet, greet and sweep guests from dinner in the restaurant or at the oyster bar to cigars in the garden or upstairs to the main bar, library and drawing room. While it may be tricky to get in without stumping up for membership, mere mortals can visit The Arts Club on Wednesdays and Saturday mornings if they book in advance. Once there, don't just gawp at the celebs, look out for contemporary art by the likes of George Condo, Tomas Saraceno and Matthew Darbyshire.

Address: 40 Dover Street, Mayfair, W1S 4NP
Phone: 020 7499 8581

More info: The Arts Club Map, Prices, Opening Times and Nearest Tube

Bunga Bunga

Open 2nd September 2011
Italian restaurant

Defined in the urban dictionary as an "erotic ritual which involves a powerful leader and several naked women", Bunga Bunga takes its name from the phrase made famous by Silvio Berlusconi's raunchy parties. The Battersea restaurant however is more of a "bar, pizzeria and karaoke" joint and "an Englishman's Italian". And although it promises a fun night out we doubt you'll get quite the same level of nakedness as you'd enjoy at a Bunga Bunga party. Still, this Italian bar and pizzeria featuring live entertainment and karaoke promises a lively night out in the company of Italy's finest icons. The decor is "a celebration of all that is amusing and melodramatic in Italian culture". This means there's a gondola-shaped bar on the ground floor, a Colosseum-shaped stage next to the dining area, and an entire floor dedicated to the world's most kitsch competition: The Eurovision Song Contest. There's even a tribute wall to Bunga Bunga bigwig, Berlusconi himself. Pizzas pay tribute to Berlusconi's favourite girls - Ruby, Aida and Micaela - and one comes in the shape of the 'Leaning Tower of Pizza'. Lamps are Vespa helmets turned upside down, Italian language tapes play in the toilets - Donatellas for ladies, Silvios for men - and a traditional gelato sets up stall outside in the summer.

More info: Bunga Bunga Map, Prices, Opening Times and Nearest Tube

CUT at 45 Park Lane

Open 1st September 2011
American Cuisine

If you've never heard of Wolfgang Puck you're clearly from this side of the Atlantic. The Austrian-American chef is a household name in the US and he has chosen London as the city to launch his first European restaurant. The CUT at 45 Park Lane, housed within the Dorchester Collection's new Mayfair hotel, 45 Park Lane, is his fourth such restaurant and follows the same formula as the original and award-winning CUT in Beverly Hills. Puck's 74-seat London steakhouse places an emphasis on grilled food. The menu offers "contemporary interpretations of the classic steak restaurant" with Puck's signature cuts of beef including filet, sirloin, ribeye, rib-chop, Porterhouse, bone-in New York and bone-in filet. Guests can also sample an extensive array of seafood and salad dishes such as the pan roasted Scottish lobster with black truffle sabayon and Heirloom tomato salad with Neal's Yard goat curd and aged balsamic. For pudding, a collection of traditional British and American favourites include baked Alaska and banana cream pie. And there's a first for a CUT restaurant: a breakfast menu, featuring blackberry buttermilk pancakes and salt beef hash cake. If that isn't enough to make Wolfgang Puck a household name in Britain maybe his extracurricular activities will: he's the one voicing the chef in The Smurfs, the film.

More info: CUT at 45 Park Lane Map, Prices, Opening Times and Nearest Tube

SUDA

Open beginning September 2011
Thai restaurant

SUDA in St Martin's Courtyard, Covent Garden, is a two-storey 'Siamese Rice Bar' claiming to house 'the UK's first som tam bar' brought to you by the people behind the Patara Thai restaurant chain. Mixing traditional dishes with contemporary fare the menu includes reliable crowd pleasers such as seabass with tangy peanut sauce with brown rice and Thai spinach, and beef sirloin green curry and papaya pad Thai. Or opt for more modern dishes like grilled lamb chop and tamtang - a spicy cucumber salad. SUDA also specialises in Westernised versions of Thai street food at the Som Tam bar upstairs where you can try crabmeat cigars and fish and prawn cake lollipops. A glass window gives you a view of the open kitchen while floor to ceiling windows offer views of the courtyard and Long Acre. It may be a long way from the bustling streets of Bangkok but SUDA certainly offers a welcome break from the shops of London.

More info: SUDA Map, Prices, Opening Times and Nearest Tube

Elliot's Cafe

Opened 30th August 2011
British cafe

Elliot's Cafe makes the most of being in the heart of Borough Market, creating dishes from ingredients sourced from the market - so if there's no mackerel that day there won't be any mackerel on the menu. It makes for a menu that doesn't just change with the seasons but is tinkered with on a daily basis. As well as Ginger Pig steaks and Square Mile coffees they bake their own bread every day so you can get a great caponata on freshly toasted sourdough. Brett Redman and Rob Green, the duo behind Elliot's, already have a proven track record - this is their second venture following the Pavilion Cafe in Victoria Park, and Rob has run a tea stall on Borough market for around eight years. Part of their plan is to localise London, allowing people who live around Borough to pre-order their lovely loafs, nibble on some olives, or pick at a plate of prosciutto di Parma and pickled peaches - something the friendly staff effortlessly encourage. If you're feeling hungry, opt for a main course which might include baked whole sea bass and wild oregano, partridge, or beef rump with baked onions, carrots and rainbow chard. These can be washed down with offer a some organic and bio-dynamic wines from small vineyards, cider from the New Forest or beers from a range of small scale London brewers. All together a lovely cafe well suited to the spirit of Borough.

More info: Elliot's Cafe Map, Prices, Opening Times and Nearest Tube

The Bull

Open 18 August 2011
Pub & micro brewery

The Bull on the outskirts of Highgate Village housed in a Grade II listed building is not just a pub it's also home to the London Brewing Company, set up by Dan Fox, landlord of the famous White Horse pub (Sloaney Pony) in Parsons Green. There's Beer Street, named after a painting by Hogarth, who apparently frequented an establishment on this site, and a rotating second slot which, at time of writing, was filled by an American pale ale made from Californian hops. For Halloween this second ale is replaced with a spiced pumpkin beer served in a hollowed-out gourd fitted with a tap. How spooky is that? Food is gastro pub in style with a choice of fish tacos (one raw tuna, one spicy prawn), or herb crusted sweet breads and chicken livers to start. Mains on the menu are paired with recommended beers so, for example, you could choose braised beef with grilled plums washed down with Moor Fusion, or enjoy a plate of pineapple and jalapeno pulled pork accompanied by Goose Island IPA.

More info: The Bull Map, Prices, Opening Times and Nearest Tube

Spud.

Open 7th July 2011
Cafe

At spud. (the full stop goes with the name) the tuberous vegetable is given pride of place, Atkins dieters look away now. Well, you can opt for a salad instead but what would be the point of going to a place called spud (full stop) if not for the potato? Potatoes are served in a noodle style box and you can opt to eat in at underspud or takeaway. While potato is certainly giving top billing the toppings are really rather good. Choose a 'Simply spud me' and you'll get a paired down potato with butter, cheddar cheese and creme fraiche... that's it. Or you can go gourmet with a Sicilian aubergine, tomato and cumin stew, served with lentils, chilli, green bean & radicchio, and goat's cheese. Slow cooked Moroccan lamb tagine, smoked mackerel, and braised barbecue pork served with apple slaw and barrel aged feta are also on the menu. The coffee isn't bad either, coming from Allpress, it's roasted in Shoreditch and made from ethically sourced beans. Stop by spud. for a hearty, filling cheap eat.

More info: Spud Map, Prices, Opening Times and Nearest Tube

Galoupet

Open June 2011
Restaurant, wine bar & shop

The owners of the prestigious Chateau de Galoupet vineyard in Provence have perfectly pitched their shop, wine bar and restaurant to appeal to the Knightsbridge locals. Situated on the suitably swanky Beauchamp Place, everything from the neutral, pale designer decor to the diet friendly small plates at Galoupet befits the harried shopper on a break from Harrods. But it would be a shame to leave it to them. The menu, for a start, is filled with "revelations of liveliness, piquancy" (Fay Maschler, The Evening Standard). 'Mediterranean with an Asian twist' is the best way to describe the dishes created by head chef Chris Golding who has worked at Zuma and Nobu Berkeley. Interesting ideas include heritage tomato, corn crusted aubergine and onglet steak which are paired with wine suggestions on the "unexpectadly indulgent" (The Telegraph) menu. There's also a hearty breakfast menu at Galoupet which opens from 8am with options like spelt waffles with maple syrup and mackerel with purple potatoes, pistachio, mint and citron. Wines are of superior quality, like the Sangiovese Le Focaie Rocca di Montemassi, with hints of violet, cherries and wild berries, and the Mas la Mola Priorat - a wine blended by Jordi Masdeu and Alessandro Marchesan, the sommelier at Zuma. But all (of the 36 choices) are available by the glass making even the most expensive bottle more affordable - if you just want to sample a little. The wine list, chosen by a host of guest sommeliers from top London restaurants and wine writers, changes frequently encouraging fans to return to see what they're up to next. Bubbly too is available by the glass thanks to the enomatic champagne machine (London's first), which dispenses four types of champagne by the glass at the perfect temperature while preserving the bubbles.

More info: Galoupet Map, Prices, Opening Times and Nearest Tube

Roganic

Opened 25 June 2011
Organic restaurant

This "narrow little joint, neutrally done out" (The Telegraph) is the London home of Simon Rogan's 'pop-up' restaurant, set to be in this part of Marylebone for two years. Rogan is famous for his Michelin-starred L'Enclume in the Lake District, Cumbria (L'Enclume has been favourably compared to El Bulli), and this London venture brings his foraging style of precision cooking to a wider audience. Rogan is not in the kitchen at Roganic, one of his main men Ben Spalding heads up the operation. But you can expect the kind of "brave and adventurous modern menu" (Time Out) that is Rogan's trademark style which makes for some strange sounding dishes like seawater cured Kentish mackerel, orache, broccoli and warm elderflower honey as well as shredded ox tongue, pickles and sourdough paper. There's an 'underground' feel to Roganic, thanks to the small size of the restaurant (only 25 covers), its paired down decor and due to the fact that it's here on a temporary, two-year basis. It's an 'insiders' kind of place, one where real foodies who want a fine dining experience that's on a level with the Fat Duck will enjoy.

More info: Roganic Map, Prices, Opening Times and Nearest Tube

Paul A Young Fine Chocolates

Opened 14 June 2011
Chocolate shop

Soho is becoming rather blessed with a wonderful array of food destinations, and we're not just talking restaurants. The most recent is the Paul A Young chocolate shop on Wardour Street. We were sad to see the little stationers Osman & Son close down recently as they were part of the furniture of Soho, but there are no complaints about the replacement. Paul A Young makes the best salt caramels in London, great brownies and melted hot chocolate and the artisan nature of his creations shall fit beautifully into the chocolate black hole that we seem to have in this part of London. We have cupcakes; Hummingbird a few doors down, Cox Cookies & Cakes around the corner on Brewer Street where we have SNOG and we have Lina's, with Fernandez and Wells on the adjacent Lexington Street, now all we need is a cheese shop - hear our cries Fromagerie!

More info: Paul A Young Fine Chocolates Map, Prices, Opening Times and Nearest Tube

M&M's World

Opened 13th June 2011
Confectionary store

A space big enough to house more than 100 double-decker buses dedicated to M&M's, those sugar coated chocolate-y treats, might seem a little OTT. But the M&M's World store in London is a colourful, kitsch delight filled with 7 foot statues of the M&M's characters and offering four floors of 'retail-tainment' in the heart of London's Leicester Square, next to the W Hotel. The store combines a huge range of M&M's merchandise (from clothing to kitchenware, bedding to jewellery, and even glassware) with British themed displays like the M&M characters recreating The Beatles' Abbey Road crossing, portraits of M&M Henry VIII and Elizabeth I, and in the middle of the store a big red double decker bus playing M&M short animations. Best of all is the interactive 'Wall of Chocolate', where visitors can create their own custom-blended M&M's selection from a choice of 22 colours, housed in more than 100 clear tube dispensers reaching up to the ceiling. It's also worth finding the viewing station upstairs where you can see people getting their picture taken with the outsized M&Ms. Childish, sure, but so much fun.

More info: M&M's World Map, Prices, Opening Times and Nearest Tube

da Polpo

Opened 2 June 2011
Italian restaurant

A wonderful addition to Covent Garden (which itself is undergoing quite an impressive revival), da Polpo is the fourth restaurant joining the Polpo, Polpetto & Spuntino family. Intended to be an even more relaxed affair with a special meatball menu and a pizzetta selection. Spaced over ground and basement with a large table seating ten which is bound to be booked nightly. Reservations taken for lunch only, but building up one's appetite in the evening queue is well worth the wait.

More info: da Polpo Map, Prices, Opening Times and Nearest Tube

Giraffe

Opened June 2011
Family restaurant

The warm and colourful Giraffe restaurants are popping up all over London - there are more than twenty around town - adding a splash of colour to the city's dining scene. Spread over two floors, the Soho version includes a lighting installation made from recycled pickled jars and a cedar plank sharing table within the downstairs bar. The all-day menu is a winner - you can breakfast on organic porridge, pop in for coffee or cocktails as well as eating from a menu of globally inspired dishes and good-for-you food. The menu extends from burgers to really tasty freshly squeezed juices, blueberry pancakes to stir fried udon noodles. Portions are big so if you can't manage a whole three course meal then starters like the spicy chicken wings and vegetarian mezze are good options. There's a special menu just for kids too. Your ravenous tots can choose from a brunch of fried or scrambled eggs, beans, veggie or pork sausages, or mini-mains like fish fingers and pasta. It may appeal to a parents looking for somewhere to keep the kids happy but that doesn't mean it's overrun with tots and teens, and adults are made to feel welcome too.

More info: Giraffe Map, Prices, Opening Times and Nearest Tube

The Booking Office Bar

Opened May 2011
Hotel bar

Located within the St. Pancras Renaissance Hotel, in what used to be the ticket office of St Pancras Station, The Booking Office Bar takes its inspiration from the days when the hotel first opened with punches and drinks recreated from the Victorian era and served in hand-made copper punch bowls. Opened in 1873, the Midland Grand Hotel, as it was originally called, launched at the height of a mixed drink explosion. Alongside revived Victorian cocktails and punches are ales by Meantime beers which arrive in pewter tankards. Open for breakfast, lunch and dinner, the Booking Office's all day menu offers a range of daily specials from braised beef cheeks to Lancashire hot pot. But most striking of all are the dramatically high ceilings of George Gilbert Scott's interior, updated with the addition of a 29 metre-long bar and modern sofas and armchairs. Guardian writer Sally Shalam was impressed by the ornate brickwork and arched windows describing it as, "surely the most inspiring new public space in London". And, if you head up to the platform level bar, you can enjoy al fresco dining while watching the Eurostar come and go.Dress code: Casual

More info: The Booking Office Bar Map, Prices, Opening Times and Nearest Tube

Whistling Shop

Open May 2011
Cocktail bar

There are no whistles for sale at the Whistling Shop nor, we suspect, will you necessarily hear anyone actually whistling. What you will get, however, is a cocktail worthy of wetting your whistle at this vintage Victorian underground bar. This is the second bar by Fluid Movement, run by directors Thomas Aske, Bryan Pietersen, Tristan Stephenson and Matt Whiley. Following the success of their flagship bar Purl, they bring the same level of attention and experimentation to the Worship Street Whistling Shop. And when it comes to cocktails they really don't mess around. "Many of our drinks have been painstakingly researched and prepared within our in-house laboratory" they claim. And they really have been - on the premises, in the lab in the dining room with some high pressure hydrosol thrown in (that explains the Exploded Vodka Martini). True enthusiasts will love the 'multi-sensory experience' of the 'Cocktail Emporium', a small room separate to the main bar where you can enjoy an evening of food and drink dedicated to 'The History of Rum'. As well as an astounding array of gins and gin-based concoctions there are barrels behind the bar filled with whisky, Old Tom, Genever, Gin & Pep, Jager Tee and Rye Whiskey most certainly worth a try. With bar tenders dressed as if they've woken up in the 1920s, the Whistling Shop is just the ticket if you fancy a fun evening that takes you back a century or so. Flapper dress optional.

More info: Whistling Shop Map, Prices, Opening Times and Nearest Tube

Bassoon Piano Bar

Open May 2011
Piano bar

The cocktails in the Bassoon Piano Bar are very good, expensive, yes, but very, very good. Not only that but the bar has a piano which is both a musical instrument, complete with ivories to tinkle, and a bar where drinks can be purchased. Amazing. No surprise that the bar within the luxury Corinthia Hotel London has attracted an A-list clientele - Colin Firth, Jemima Khan, Cuba Gooding Jr, Mariella Frostrup have all stayed here. This is a grand hotel, in fact, the 19th-century building was one of Victorian London's original grand hotels. No wonder there's a Winston Churchill suite which includes a whisky bar and a Harrods concession within. At the Bassoon Piano Bar this heritage is alluded to in the cocktail list which includes colonial-inspired drinks including the Victorian Moijto, Pimm's Cup and English Tea Punch. Homemade sodas are carbonated to order in the tumbler - which sounds as colonial as it gets. The decor is art deco, courtesy of David Collins (also responsible for the Connaught Bar and Artesian), but it's the cocktails that people will come for, to sip stylish drinks in one of London's most glamorous hotels.

More info: Bassoon Piano Bar Map, Prices, Opening Times and Nearest Tube

Antidote Wine Bar

Opened May 2011
Wine bar

The wines at Antidote Wine Bar on Newburgh Street are made from grapes grown without any nasty chemical fertilizers, pesticides, herbicides and artificial additives. That really does sound like an antidote to the chemically pumped up ingredients we're used to imbibing. Biodynamic has become something of a buzz-word in wines and Antidote appeals to anyone who is concerned about the hidden chemicals they're ingesting. This site on Newburgh Street used to be La Trouvaille and the sous chef of its former incarnation, Andrew Jones, has remained, pairing the wines with a menu that features tapas and grilled meat, best described as French with a classic English twist. Small dishes of smoked eel, pig's cheek and potato terrine can be supplemented by foie gras, potted shrimps and charcuterie platter from the larder and served all day. Or you can opt for 21 day dry-aged beef steak from the Buccleuch estate - available as a sirloin, fillet or bavette steak, served with chips and a choice of peppercorn, Bearnaise or Bordelaise sauce. Settling down in this small wine bar in Soho with a glass of something fruity from the Bouches du Rhone region could well be the perfect antidote to the stresses of London living.

More info: Antidote Wine Bar Map, Prices, Opening Times and Nearest Tube

Ladurée

Opened 12 May 2011
French patisserie & macaroons

This Covent Garden shop is the third London store from Ladurée, the famous French patisserie which dates back to 1862, when Louis Ernest Ladurée, a miller from southwest France, created a bakery at 16 rue Royale in Paris. There's also the flagship branch at Harrods and a second shop in picturesque Burlington Arcade. Delicate and delightful macaroons, sold by the kilo, are their signature and come beautifully presented in boxes in a whole choice of flavours from pistachio to rose petal. But you can also choose from a whole variety of baked and creamed goods from fresh petits fours to millefeuille au vieux rhum brun - vanilla cream flavoured caramelized puff pastry with old dark rum. The sweet pastry, smooth passion fruit cream and fresh raspberriestarte passion framboise is hard to resist.

More info: Ladurée Map, Prices, Opening Times and Nearest Tube

José

Opened mid May 2011
Sherry and tapas bar

A great team of established restauranteurs are teaming up with Jose Pizarro in running this wee (only 30 covers) tapas and sherry bar in Bermondsey Street. With a market fresh daily changing
menu José offers diners a creative wine and sherry list which complements the inventive dishes. Jose Pizarro has all the bearings of a celebrity chef in the making having appeared on the BBC's Saturday Kitchen and UKTVFood's Market Kitchen and his book Seasonal Spanish Food was published in October 2009 by Kyle Cathie. This, his first restaurant in London, is a precursor to a larger venue opening in the Borough area in the near future, and a nice bit of diversity to a small street of very good, very British existing restaurants.

More info: José Map, Prices, Opening Times and Nearest Tube

The Village Bicycle

Opened May 2011
Lifestyle store

London socialite and Jardine Matheson heiress, Willa Keswick, is the stylish young thing behind The Village Bicycle, a boutique inspired by 1960's London vintage store, 'Granny Takes a Trip'. Following the closure of her a short-lived nightclub venture on Swallow Street (which shut after just six months) Willa is back with this style store in Notting Hill, filled with clothes and accessories that she would like to buy. Bored of intimidating middle-aged shops, Willa set up the conceptual boutique with the intention of bringing shoppers something different. The Village Bicycle certainly stands out on Ledbury Road where neighbouring shops include Matches, Joseph and Wolf & Badger. On the rails are a mix of vintage and contemporary clothing from the likes of Mark Fast, Todd Lynn, Bodyamr, Tom Binns and Eleven Paris exclusive collaborations and own brand designs. Other lines will include jewellery, sunglasses, books, music, art and furniture as well as art curated by Tyrone Wood with prices ranging from £2 to £2,500.

More info: The Village Bicycle Map, Prices, Opening Times and Nearest Tube

Pollen Street Social

Opened 18 April 2011
Modern European Cuisine

Jason Atherton's highly anticipated opening is finally here and holding it's own very well while rubbing shoulders with several nearby highly rated Mayfair eateries. Following his celebrated tenure at Maze, expect the cooking at Pollen Street Social to be the best of British with inventive twists with many items prepared in the famed Josper grill. The atmosphere is as the name suggests intended to be 'social' and customers are encouraged to pop in for a glass of wine or linger over dinner in the modern yet warm dining room. There is also a private dining room in the wine cellar should you want to treat your best friends to a fabulous meal.

More info: Pollen Street Social Map, Prices, Opening Times and Nearest Tube

The Riding House Cafe

Opened April 2011
Brasserie

They've conquered Bermondsey Street, and now the team behind the excellent Garrison and Village East are working their brasserie magic in the West end. Bric a brac, shabby chic in design but executed perfectly with many restored elements The Riding House Cafe is housed in a terrific light filled ex-rag trade showroom. Split into three sections including the 'Campbell's Tomato soup' coloured dining room, a large bar lined with comfy stools and a huge central table seating 19 on surprisingly comfortable vintage theatre chairs, and a small lounge area on the far side. Great locally sourced British cooking and a fabulous breakfast spread, also a highly recommended destination for a relaxed Sunday lunch. A wonderful addition to the somewhat sparsely populated restaurant scene north of Oxford Street.

More info: The Riding House Cafe Map, Prices, Opening Times and Nearest Tube

Bubbleology

Opened April 2011
Bubble tea cafe

Try something a little bit different at Bubbleology, a bubble tea cafe in Soho. What's bubble tea? Well, it's just like normal tea but with chewy natural tapioca balls at the bottom that can be sucked up through a wide straw. The technique works with either fruit or milk teas and can be served either piping hot or ice cold. The origins of bubble tea are found in Taiwan, where the drink was invented in the early 1980's. With a 'base' of green tea, black/red tea or white tea, the fruit teas are infused with natural fruit flavourings, as are the milk teas, which may sound like a nudge towards a milkshake but is crucial for the delicious taste. Choose from a range of flavours including Mango Green and Kumquat Red from the fruit teas and Coconut, Vanilla and Taro from the milk variety. And, as if all of that wasn't enough for your experimentative taste buds, there's also food available with open-toasted sandwiches, cookies, cakes and experimental 'cruffins' - essentially a crumpet or muffin with toppings such as chocolate spread, strawberry jam, cream cheese and honey. If you're feeling like trying something completely new, then don't miss this one.

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Bennett Oyster Bar and Brasserie

Opened April 2011
Brasserie and food shop

Bennett Oyster Bar and Brasserie claims to serve the very best in seafood and traditional British fare from around the British Isles. Not content with just being a bar and brasserie, Bennett offers fine wine, fresh flowers, organic fruit and vegetables, freshly baked breads, biscuits, cakes and much more in its shopping section. British favourites and French brasserie staples dominate executive chef Sebastian Ryder's menu. The dual nature of the venue means that guests can pop in for champagne and oysters at the marble-topped bar, enjoy a mix of British and French cuisine or simply browse around the food shop. There really is something for everyone here.

More info: Bennett Oyster Bar and Brasserie Map, Prices, Opening Times and Nearest Tube

Kateh

Opened March 2011
Persian restaurant

Kateh serves popular Persian cuisine just off Warwick Avenue. Set in the aesthetic streets of West London, the restaurant is the first Persian venture for Narges Pourkhomami and the realisation of her dream to combine the best of traditional and contemporary Iranian hospitality in one of London's finest restaurants. Kateh features a modern take on Persian cuisine in an elegant yet relaxed setting and the menu is made up of 33 dishes, each inspired by the best of the day's market produce. Expect dishes such as Ghelieh Mahi (Southern Iranian cod stew) and Koobideh (Grilled minced veal with saffron rice). The restaurant also has a private dining room on the lower floor for up to 12 people, a picturesque garden terrace and a late license, making it a suitable dining destination for romantic couples, families or private celebrations.

More info: Kateh Map, Prices, Opening Times and Nearest Tube

The Fox and Grapes

Opened March 2011
Gastropub

Following on from the success of much-loved restaurant Hibiscus, Claude Bosi is now trying his hand at the pub scene with The Fox and Grapes, just off Wimbledon Common. Best known for his two Michelin star cooking at Hibiscus, Bosi has transferred his considerable talents to showcasing simple British dishes based around traditional pub favourites. Main courses such as English Brown Ales battered hake and Crispy plantation pork belly will surely whet the appetite. And if that isn't to your taste, there's always the charcoal grill serving fillet on the bone and ribeye steaks using Angus, Hereford and Longhorn beef.

More info: The Fox and Grapes Map, Prices, Opening Times and Nearest Tube

Spuntino

Opened March 2011
Italian restaurant
The creators of the highly popular Polpo and Polpetto have brought a third establishment to the London restaurant scene. Russell Norman and Richard Beatty introduce Spuntino, which means 'snack' in Italian, to the streets of Soho, following the small plates theme of the first two restaurants but this time taking influence from down-town New York. Think classic macaroni and cheese, shoestring fries, soft-shell crab and meatball sliders. The drinks list inventively features cocktails from the prohibition era such as the Sazerac, a potent combination of cognac, whiskey and absinthe. Unfortunately, the restaurant has no telephone and doesn't take reservations.

More info: Spuntino Map, Prices, Opening Times and Nearest Tube

Nopi

Opened March 2011
Middle Eastern restaurant

The brainchild of the team behind Ottolenghi, Nopi is an all-day brasserie with a Middle-east and Asian inspired menu. With inventive and well presented dishes that are designed for sharing, the restaurant is big on freshness and innovation and its menu features plenty of bold flavours, colours and spices. Highlights include Grilled Hake kebabs with lemon pickle and Slow cooked pig cheek with celeriac and barberry salad. Nopi recommend three dishes per person as they are the perfect size for sharing.

More info: Nopi Map, Prices, Opening Times and Nearest Tube

Lantern

Opened March 2011
Wine bar and bistro

Expect simple, home-style cooking from this wine bar and bistro that specialises in brunch and tasting plates. Lantern use locally sourced produce wherever possible in a menu with highlights such as chicken gizzard salad, scallop terrine, duck liver ravioli and rolled rabbit stuffed with sage and prune. Acoustic music is also on offer at selected times.

Address: 2 England's Lane, London, NW3 4TG
Phone: 020 7483 0933
Timing: Tue-Sun 5pm-11pm
Pricing: £60 per head
Nearest Station: Belsize Park tube

More info: Lantern Map, Prices, Opening Times and Nearest Tube

St. John Hotel

Opened March 2011
Central hotel

The St. John Hotel is a project from the owners of the critically acclaimed St. John restaurant in Clerkenwell. Situated right in the heart of the West End, just off Leicester Square, St John is an ambitious offering from owners Trevor Gulliver and Fergus Henderson, on the site of what used to be the famous seafood restaurant Manzi's. Featuring simple yet carefully designed rooms, the hotel promotes itself as having 'rooms that have everything the traveller needs and nothing that they do not'. Minimalist is a word that could be used to suitably describe the design of the hotel with the smallest guest rooms self-described as simply 'removing the need for a taxi home after supper'. When it comes to the supper itself, the St. John doesn't disappoint, with separate menus for breakfast, elevenses, lunch and dinner and the unusually titled 'Little Bun Moment'.

More info: St. John Hotel Map, Prices, Opening Times and Nearest Tube

Cocochan

Opened February 2010
Contemporary Pan Asian restaurant

Blending Thai, Chinese, Vietnamese and Japanese cuisines, as well as a whole host of lesser-known delicacies from across Asia, Cocochan's broad spectrum of influences means it's not one for the indecisive. That said, divided into seven sections including soups, dim sum, sushi/sashimi and salads, the menu certainly has something for everyone. Starters include chargrilled green chicken cutlets with tamarind and date chutney, or Vietnamese pancakes with shrimp, avocado, mint, and coriander with spicy sauce. Main courses include a range of speciality dishes from Asia with a modern twist, including aromatic lamb strips with lettuce and chilli lime, caramelised sembal tiger prawns and aged beef strip loin with ginger, soy and gochujang chilli bean paste. Slick, attractive and dimly lit, Cocochan, which is in the heart of London's shopping district, was designed by L'Autre Monde and set up by one of the men behind Gaucho. A year-round terrace sits 20 while the ground floor covers 80 and includes some romantic snug areas where guests can get a little privacy. An adjoining lounge bar is open until midnight with DJs playing world music from 8pm.

Cocochan: Full review in The Lowe Down

More info: Cocochan Map, Prices, Opening Times and Nearest Tube

Venosi

Opened February 2011
Italian restaurant

Front-of-house restaurant extraordinaire Luigi Venosi presents this self-titled Italian establishment on Sloane Avenue in the heart of Chelsea. Luigi has worked in the industry for 40 years and all this experience and know-how has been channelled into ensuring that his newest venture, Venosi, oozes his trademark charm and hospitality. All the food is prepared in-house, from the bread to the speciality Italian sausages. The highlights of the menu include the freshly made pasta courses, featuring linguine with lobster, tomato and chilli and a daily changing ravioli dish, as well as fish dishes such as line caught sea bream with Jerusalem artichoke puree. An exclusively Italian wine list perfectly matches the authentic, seasonal menu.

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The Grand Union

Opened February 2011
Pub and bar

There are several pubs dotted around town all called The Grand Union - and all of them owned by the same group, Canyon Entertainment Ltd. - set up by Adam Marshall and Adam Saword. Their ten London sites are: Camden, Brixton, Twickenham, Islington, Kentish Town, Kennington, Farringdon, Camberwell Grove, Ravenscourt Park and Wandsworth. Each serves up a reliable formula of burgers and salads, beers and cocktails, in a comfy sofa-surrounded setting. The original Grand Union at 102-104 Camden Road backs onto the Grand Union Canal - hence the name, adopted by the other three bars. This new venue in Farrigdon will offer an extensive range of premium beers, wines and cocktails prepared by expert mixologists alongside a food menu consisting of more than 20 towering burgers, award winning chips, pizzas and other quality 'pub grub' favourites.

Current events at The Grand Union

Friday at Grand Union Farringdon event running until Friday 24th February 2012
TIMES 10th February, 17th February and 24th February 2012 - 5pm PRICING phone for prices
Resident DJs spin dance, pop and chart.... More about this event

Grand & Gorgeous event running until Saturday 25th February 2012
TIMES 11th February, 18th February and 25th February 2012 - 6pm PRICING phone for prices
Resident DJs spin funk, disco and house.... More about this event

All events at The Grand Union

Chuan Spa

Opened February 2011
Hotel spa complex

Chuan Spa, based at the Langham Hotel, is the ultimate in spa and wellbeing experiences. Designed to create a tranquil atmosphere to maximise relaxation, Chuan Spa offers a luxury haven in the heart of the bustling capital. In English, the word 'Chuan' means a 'serene course of water' - entirely appropriate seeing as, in Chinese culture, flowing water is seen to be the source of life and balance. The spa's philosophy is steeped in the values of traditional Chinese medicine and guests can transcend into an almost ethereal state of relaxation with therapies designed to re-balance and revitalise the body and soul. With six private treatment rooms, including a couple's spa suite, pre and post treatment area, vitality pool and herbal steam rooms and saunas, Chuan may be the perfect place to unwind after yet another hectic week.

More info: Chuan Spa Map, Prices, Opening Times and Nearest Tube

Dinner by Heston Blumenthal

Opened 1st February 2011
Refined British cooking with historical twist

Heston Blumenthal's first foray into London opened in February 2011 amid much fanfare - and quite rightly so. Located on the ground floor of the Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park hotel in Knightsbridge, Dinner by Heston Blumenthal is a labour of love between the snail porridge pioneer and his long-time cooking partner Ashley Palmer-Watts. Offering a new historical take on British recipes, Dinner was labeled a "theatrical tour de force" and "colossal fun" by The Telegraph's restaurant critic Matthew Norman. The playful and adventurous menu offers creative delicacies such as Hay Smoked Mackerel (c.1730), Rice & Flesh (c.1390) - an intense combination of braised calves tail and saffron risotto - and, the piece de resistance, Meat Fruit (c.1500), a smooth chicken liver parfait covered in a savoury orange jelly and moulded in the shape of a mandarin. Mains include a sumptuous Beef Royal (c.1720) which is cooked at an exceedingly low temperature, sous-vide, for 72 hours, while the pudding menu boasts Tipsy Cake (c 1810), a cinnamon-cream-infused brioche served with roast pineapple. It's not just the food itself that is fun: guests are surrounded by all manner of zany contraptions - including a trolley-mounted churning device for making ice-cream and a clockwork pineapple-roasting spit - while 35 chefs are on duty in the open, glass-fronted kitchen. The menu is set to change seasonally four times a year, while there are plans for a private dining room, a kitchen table service and afternoon tea. Heston may not venture down much from the Fat Duck, but this is British refined brasserie cooking at its very best. For more information please visit www.dinnerbyheston.com.

More info: Dinner by Heston Blumenthal Map, Prices, Opening Times and Nearest Tube

Pollen Street

Opening February 2011
Italian restaurant

This Italian restaurant in Mayfair is the brainchild of Livio Bisterzo, one of the best connected entrepreneurs in London. Expect the cream of the fashion and entertainment worlds to be in regular attendance as Bisterzo is one of the owners of the exclusive Maddox Club in Mayfair and judging by the fact that the likes of Cameron Diaz have been seen there, don't be too surprised if you're lucky enough to bump into an A-Lister. Pollen Street offers a simple menu of seasonal Northern Italian dishes such as homemade tagliatelle with black truffle and porcini mushrooms. This stylish restaurant, transformed from a pub, promises high quality dining.

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The Penny Black Restaurant

Opened February 2011
British restaurant

The Penny Black Restaurant showcases British food favourites to create a new dining experience in the sophisticated Chelsea area. Diners can indulge in some of the nation's traditional dishes such as Beef Wellington, roasted turbot, braised oxtail and a full Sunday roast with the finest forerib of Longhorn beef. The restaurant also offers a personal bottle service whereby guests can order in specific bottles of wine or spirits in advance for their own personal consumption and these bottles will be expertly stored for subsequent return visits. The team behind The Penny Black have over 35 years of London restaurant scene understanding between them and all this know-how goes into ensuring that guests can enjoy a quintessentially British dining experience.

More info: The Penny Black Restaurant Map, Prices, Opening Times and Nearest Tube

Poppies

Opened January 2011
Fish and chip restaurant

If you, like many other Londoners, are drawn in by the tempting smell of traditional fish and chips then be sure to visit Poppies in Spitalfields. A '50s-style restaurant with a genuine feeling of East End warmth and comfort, Poppies serves sustainably sourced fish alongside chips that are hand-cut and peeled on site. The fish is cooked in a crunchy fresh natter, made from a secret family recipe and it's all seasoned with healthy lashings of Sarsons vinegar and served in Poppies' own newsprint. As well as fish and chips, owner Pat Newland and his team also serve a wholesome breakfast menu including British delicacies such as Smoked Haddock with Poached Egg. Customers can either dine in or take their fish and chips away with them, wrapped or open.

More info: Poppies Map, Prices, Opening Times and Nearest Tube

Whitechapel Gallery Dining Room

Relaunches 15 January 2011
Art gallery restaurant

Angela Hartnett, a former protege of celebrity chef Gordon Ramsey, takes the reins at the Whitechapel Gallery's restaurant, which relaunched in January 2011. While Hartnett and her head chef Diego Cardoso continue to cook full-time at Mayfair's Murano (which Hartnett acquired from Ramsey), the pair have an active roll in the new venture, consulting on all areas of the food, staffing and service at the popular East End gallery. A daily changing menu focuses on homey cooking with well-sourced British ingredients. Starters and sides cost between £5 and £8 while mains and sharing platters are priced between £10 and £15. Starters include dishes such as pepperonata on toast and whipped goats curd with roasted garlic, mains feature classics such as rabbit pie with tarragon and cote de boeuf with caramelized chicory, while puddings range from a warm Agen prune tart to a pomegranate blood orange salad with shortbread. An upstairs cafe/bar continues to serve a range of sandwiches, salads, snacks and a dish of the day.

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