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CHELSEA COUNTER

Martin Kuczmarski has quietly opened the doors to his latest restaurant in Chelsea. Chelsea Counter, located just off the King’s Road, opened last Monday and is the SW3 sequel to Dover Street Counter which opened in Mayfair last December. Fans of the original will know the drill: counter-style dining, all-day eating, and margaritas left, right and centre. If the inspiration is late-1950s Los Angeles, the soundtrack is all soul and ’90s R&B. The menu majors in modern comfort food, from buttermilk fried chicken with hot honey and sesame and four-cheese toasties to soups, salads, slow-cooked short rib and fries, lobster with garlic butter, disco fries and the signature spaghetti all’assassina. Open midday to midnight.

FERAL

London Fields local Lardo is crossing the river to take over the kitchen at John the Unicorn in Peckham. Head chef Marta Sandini promises “Italian-ish comfort food” like truffle cacio e pepe arancini and five-spice lasagne skewers. Launches 13 November.

CLAUDE BOSI

Claude Bosi has confirmed that he will close his two-Michelin-star restaurant Brooklands at The Peninsula Hotel in January 2027. The move comes ahead of his highly anticipated return to Michelin House in South Kensington with a new project in spring 2027.

ATOMIX

New York’s Atomix, currently at no.11 on the World’s 50 Best, will be in residence Upstairs at Annabel’s, in partnership with Dom Pérignon, from 26 November to 19 December. A rare chance to sample chef Junghyun Park’s Korean cuisine in London ahead of the launch of Kiji in 2027. Alas, it’s members-only.

Ivan Orkin, as seen on Netflix’s Chef’s Table, has lined up a second site for Ivan Ramen in London, this time on Askew Road, W12. Opens late Nov.

Homer Lobster, the brand that made lobster rolls big in Paris, is coming to London. It arrives on D’Arblay Street, Soho, on 1 December.

Wright Brothers is taking on the former Margot site in Covent Garden for its new seafood restaurant, opening 28 November. Expect oyster gelato with caviar and platters of fruits de mer.

They will be celebrating not Beaujolais Nouveau but English Nouveau at The Golden Tooth in East London on 19 November. Tickets, £7, include a glass of Sandridge Barton’s fresh new pinot.

Back by popular demand: Yard Sale’s Gaeng Pizza Gang with kua kling pork (or cauliflower) and pickled mustard greens, in collaboration with Singburi. At all branches until 1 December.

Birley Bakery has launched a festive pop-up shop at London’s Burlington Arcade selling mince pies, marrons glacés, and Macallan whisky panettone.

Palestinian restaurant Akub and Bunhead Bakery have teamed up to raise funds for Gaza. Their pistachio and coffee cardamom custard tart is available at both venues until the end of the month.

New in Holborn from the team behind Fiery Flavors, Chi Pot Pot, specialising in the food of China’s Henan Province, including hulatang (hot pepper soup) and egg-stuffed pancakes.

Schnitzels – proper Wienerschnitzels with potato salad – will be on the menu at Polentina in Bow every Sunday until Christmas. They’ll make way for bollito misto in January.

Margate’s High Dive will be at Sager and Wilde in Hackney from 12-15 November, serving its famous crab tostadas, quesadillas and new dishes too.

WHAT WE’RE READING

Good Food Guide’s 100 Best Pubs 2026: Good Food Guide

Banquet 88, London E1: “Sweet, rich, fiery and moreish”: The Guardian

Tom Parker-Bowles names his favourite restaurant: “I’ve been coming for nearly a decade”: Daily Mail

Banquet 88, London E1: “Sweet, rich, fiery and moreish”: The Guardian

Looking after people – 12 years of learnings with The Camberwell Arms’ Mike Davies: Home Truths

THE DUMBWAITER

Hark at E. Pellicci! Just days after launching its residency at Selfridges, the East End caff has announced it has a cookbook coming out – published by Phaidon (think Noma, Ikoyi, elBulli) and with a foreword by none other than Dame Kristin Scott Thomas.

Having binge-watched BBC’s Rise of the Rockstar Chef over the weekend, The Dumbwaiter and Lazy Susan can see why everyone went wild for Marco Pierre White back in the day… his cooking, definitely his cooking.

To Trinity for a special lunch to celebrate Adam Byatt’s Clapham restaurant turning 20 but which restaurant writer cheekily blamed the Mayor of London for their late arrival?

Maureen Mills celebrated 30 years of her PR business Network London with lunch at The River Cafe last week. Bono and The Edge were also dining at the Hammersmith institution.

Spotted at Straker’s NYC, Manhattan’s ultimate it girl, Blake Lively.