A new all-day bakery and restaurant pitched as an antidote to the austerity of recent years launches next week on the former site of Forza Win in Camberwell Church Street. Hello JoJo takes its name from Jo (JoJo) Lavender, co-founder with Rob Newlan. They say: “Hello JoJo is a true celebration of the very special […]

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NoMad boutique hotel in Covent Garden relaunches its main restaurant today under a new name as Twenty8 NoMad – a New York-style bistro, reflecting the brand’s Manhattan origin. The hotel opened four years ago after a slick modern conversion of the former Bow Street Magistrates’ Court, with a spectacular restaurant in a glass-roofed courtyard called The […]

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Upscale Japanese omakase restaurant Hannah, in the former County Hall building on the South Bank of the Thames, has relaunched as Donabe Hannah – London’s first Japanese claypot cooking specialist – with a new wood-fire concept to follow in Stratford, East London. Hannah won increasing recognition over a seven-year run for its Kyoto-style tasting menus under former […]

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US-based Korean celebrity chef Akira Back launches a new restaurant in a Mayfair luxury hotel next week – six months after making his London debut just a few minutes’ walk away in another hotel. Lilly by Akira Back, which opens on Wednesday 2 April, is an all-day restaurant at the new Montcalm Mayfair, a new 150-room […]

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