Bar Chat
London is forever changing, and as long as our favourite bars stay open late, and they keep opening better ones, we’re happy. Check out what we were most looking forward to opening this year! See y’all there…
Craft beers and food from the people behind Holborn Whippet and Bloomsbury Lanes, The City just got beered.
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Where: Cannon St, EC2
Opening: 17th June 2013
Weird name aside, Gong is gonna be good! The bar in the swanky Shangri-La Hotel, on the 52nd floor of The Shard promises late night drinking, cocktails, Champagne and of course,...READ MORE
Where: 52nd Floor, The Shard, 96 Tooley Street, London, SE1
Opening: 31st May 2013
The guys behind super hot pizza & meat joint Lardo have upped their game, literally. Enter Coppa, rooftop hideaway overlooking the Fields in London’s East, serving up comforting Italian antipasti...READ MORE
Where: Hothouse Rooftop, via Martello Street, London E8 3QW
Opening: 24th May 2013
The bars and restaurants at the Ace in NYC are a home away from home for BarChick, and it only seems natural that the hottest joint in Manhattan & LA would...READ MORE
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Opening: February 2014
We love the views from Aqua’s central London location, and can’t even imagine what they have planed for their Shard digs, they’re taking over the 31st and 33rd floors and...READ MORE
Where: 31st Floor, The Shard, 96, Tooley Street, London, SE1
Opening: Spring 2013
The second venue from the King’s Road BBQ kings. Expect more barbecue, burgers, lobster and good tunes.
Opening: mid 2013
...READ MOREWhere: 12 Maiden Lane, Covent Garden
Opening: Mid 2013
We just can’t get enough of the Margaritas at Old Compton Street’s La Bodega Negra, so we’re happy to hear that Will Ricker has taken over Shoreditch’s Great Eastern Dining...READ MORE
Where: 54-56 Great Eastern St, London, EC2A
Opening: May 2013
Martin Morales takes his popular Ceviche and Pisco Bar out East, this time it’s bigger, will do take-away, have DJs, and will have a BBQ for cooking up...READ MORE
Where: Shoreditch, London
Opening: Autumn 2013
Been wondering what’s going into the former Soho Giraffe space? So were we. Japanese for ‘wait a minute’, Chotto Matte is all about affordable, Nikkei cuisine. There’ll be a 180 seat restaurant, robata...READ MORE
Where: 11-13 Frith Street, London, W1D 4RB
Opening: September 2013
Copa de Cava at Camino San Pablo
Opening today in St Pauls will be London’s first Cava Bar as the newest addition to the Camino crew; having already opened London’s first sherry bar these guys know exactly...READ MORE
Where: 33 Blackfriars Lane, London EC4
Opening: 20th May 2013
Dust off your sequined platforms. Charlie Gilkes is bringing studio 54 grooves back into our lives in his new club Disco, set to open in the old Bureau Club space in Soho. Watch...READ MORE
Where: 13 Kingly Court, London, W1B 5PW
Opening: Summer 2013
With all that taxidermy, candlelight, velvet and patterned wallpaper, it’s difficult to imagine the Experimental Cocktail Club skulking out of the darkness and onto a beach. But imagine you need...READ MORE
Where: Cap des Falco, Ibiza
Opening: May 2013
In the running for the best news we’ve heard all month, Ferran Adrià of El Bulli has announced plans to open a progressive cocktail and snack bar in our fair...READ MORE
Where: TBC
Opening: Not soon enough!
Does London have room for another burger joint? We’ll find out in summer when US chain Five Guys opens its doors in the old Long Acre pub spot on a...READ MORE
Where: 1-3 Long Acre, London, WC2E 9AD
Opening: Summer 2013
Tequila and tacos, if this La Esquina is anywhere near as sexy as the NYC version, you’ll see us there!
Where: TBC
Opening: 2013 TBC
Just in time for some excellent sunshine drinking, Lincoln’s is being opened up in the former Terrace restaurant space in Lincoln’s Inn Fields, which happens to be London’s biggest public...READ MORE
Where: Lincoln’s Inn Fields, WC2
Opening: July 2013
Set to open in the old “Just St James” location in Mayfair. Following in the footsteps of its parent restaurant in Dubai, you can expect excellent sushi and cocktails with...READ MORE
Where: 16 St James’s St, London, SW1A 1ER
Opening: TBC 2013
This is BIG news around the BarChick office, HUGE. Pizza Pilgrims’ flat crust pizzas have been a favourite since we first stumbled across their spruced up little pizza oven in...READ MORE
Where: Dean Street, London
Opening: Spring 2013
Not to be defeated, Russell Norman is reopening his Polpetto in a new Soho spot. Bigger than the old space above the French House, this time it will also have...READ MORE
Where: 49 Dean Street, Soho, London
Opening: 2013 TBC
Big, big news from the king of NYC burgers (and dining in general for that matter) Danny Meyer. Even if you haven’t lined up for his burgers in Madison Square Park...READ MORE
Where: Market building, Covent Garden, London
Opening: Mid 2013
Russell Norman tries his hand at being a publican. Mr Polpo/Spuntino/Mishkin’s has taken over the old Marquis of Granby site on Seven Dials and will reopen it later in the...READ MORE
Where: 124 Shaftesbury Ave, London, WC2N 4HS
Opening: Late 2013
The Club at the House of St Barnabas
Restaurant group Benugo (Serpentine Bar & Kitchen, V&A Cafe) have teamed up with the House of St Barnabas to open a members club in the charity’s Greek St home. After a...READ MORE
Where: 1 Greek Street, Soho Square, London W1D 4NQ
Opening: Autumn 2013
A former Caprice Holdings CEO is bringing back the saveloy at the soon-to-open ‘posh’ fish & chip shop on Upper St. We’re told to expect wood panelling, booth seating, lobster...READ MORE
Where: 189 Upper St, Islington, London, N1 1RQ
Opening: June 2013
Bruno Loubet’s second restaurant in the new King’s Cross Granary Square development is mega news, with guest chefs, a dessert station on display and a lot of farm picked vegetables,...READ MORE
Where: 1-3 Stable St, Granary Square, London, N1C 4AB
Opening: June 2013
Another Drake and Morgan venue in the works, this one is going to have floor to ceiling views of St Paul’s Cathedral, and their winning brand of great cocktails and...READ MORE
Where: No.1 St Paul’s Courtyard, London
Opening: 2013
Enter through an Italian deli’s loo, tweet to get a secret password, use the magic key to enter… you get the idea. A hidden world of 20’s drinks, chandeliers and...READ MORE
Where: Margaret Street, London
Opening: May 2013
Turns out the Icelandic burger king’s Marylebone venue was only temporary, but fear not as the critic’s favourite has not one, but TWO new spots up his sleeve. Starting with...READ MORE
Where: Boxpark, Shoreditch & Thayer St, Marylebone
Opening: May
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