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CAFÉ CLEMENT

The opening of the St Clement, Nick Jones’ first new hotel since stepping away from Soho House in 2022, is now well underway. The hotel, located at 180 The Thames, will not be fully open until September, but Café Clement, an all-day café, bar and terrace at street level, launches in mid-June. Led by Danny Bohan, former head chef at The River Cafe, Café Clement will open daily from 7am to 11pm, serving a Mediterranean menu that includes Dorset Coast bourride, vichyssoise, steak haché with garlic butter and French fries, and San Marzano tomato risotto with rosemary and Vermentino. All eyes are on the 90-room, 15-suite hotel, with the Financial Times declaring it “absurdly cool”. Lunette, a rooftop restaurant from Florence Knight, follows in September.

KONG

Andrew Wong is opening Kong, an East End pub with a Chinese kitchen, at Norton Folgate in Shoreditch with Dishoom co-founder Amar Radia this autumn. Kong, which takes over a historic pub dating back to 1792, promises dumplings, noodles, and pints.

ST ENODOC

Paul and Emma Ainsworth relaunch St Enodoc, their landmark property overlooking the Camel Estuary, on 27 July. They’ll add two new restaurants: Estuary Grill, a showcase for Cornish produce, and The Flour Garden, an outdoor restaurant, to open seasonally.

SALONE

The Crown Estate has signed a new all-day Italian restaurant from Fortune Family, owners of Michelin-starred Lita in Marylebone. Salone will open on Vigo Street in Mayfair in autumn 2026. Chef Luca Natalini of Autem in Milan has been appointed executive chef.

• Delamina East celebrates ten years in Shoreditch this year. Festivities kick off this Wednesday 10 June with a six-course dinner in the company of founders Limor and Amir Chen. Tickets, £64.

• Chic Marseille hotel and beach club, Tuba Club, is coming to London for one day only. Head over to Canal in Westbourne Park on Sunday June 28 forrosé, pastis, and seafood galore. Reservations here.

• Natalia Ribbe of Ladies of Restaurants is starting a podcast. Staying Open, sponsored by Square, launches 9 June and will ask the big question: how the hell do you stay open? Guests include Will Beckett and Sunaina Sethi.

• N5 Kitchen is popping up in Clerkenwell for six weeks from 10 June. To celebrate, they’re taking over Spa Fields on 18 June – National Picnic Day – for a big community picnic. Lunch is on them. Sign up to join the fun

• Sticks ‘n’ Sushi’s nationwide expansion continues apace, with a 250-cover restaurant opening at the Paradise Birmingham development this autumn.

• The Palmerston in Edinburgh will have a different limited-edition pastry on the bakery counter each week this month, created with a different local restaurant. Up next: Mirin’s cherry sesame kouign-amann.

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WHAT WE’RE READING

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A first look at The Smithfield: Good Food Guide

Sambal Shiok’s closure is a sign of the times: Broadsheet

Bar Shrimp, Manchester M1: “This is meaningful, highly adept cooking”: The Guardian

THE DUMBWAITER

HRH William, Prince of Wales, was in Peckham last week. Where did he go? Where else but voguish new café Bara, where he picked up a slice of bara brith.

Meanwhile, royalty of the country music variety, was in East London at the weekend, when Shania Twain played an intimate gig in front of just 200 people at The Shacklewell Arms.

To the St Clement on Tuesday night to celebrate Nick Jones’ new hotel and restaurant. Guests included Ruthie Rogers, Angela Hartnett, Tomos Parry and Martin Kuczmarski.