Mr Lyan and Silo team up for new "drinks-led dining experience"

There will be no chance of food overshadowing the drinks list in Cub, a new venture between drinks maestro Ryan Chetiyawardana (aka Mr Lyan) and nose-to-tail Brighton restaurant Silo.

Q&A: Tom Wilson and Lucy Holmes, Kanpai sake microbrewery, Peckham

Kanpai, London’s first sake microbrewery has just set up in Peckham. Anna Greenhous talks to co-founders, Tom Wilson and Lucy Holmes: 

Lidl reports rapid growth for wine category

With a global turnover of over £70billion, and trading operations in 28 countries, the Lidl empire is continuing to grow in the UK, with 35 new stores opening in 2016, and a further 50 planned for this year.

Inside London's super distillery

In case anyone was in doubt, the opening of new London hotspot, Portobello Road's The Distillery, is proof that the gin renaissance is alive and well in London. 

Building a hospitality group: Big Red Teapot

Eight years after launching their first venture, Hamilton's Bar and Kitchen, Edinburgh-based hospitality group Big Red Teapot has just opened the doors to its fourth bar, The Voyage of Buck.

M Restaurants: Creating a community of investors

M Restaurants set Twitter alight yesterday as its crowd funding campaign to raise funds for a new Twickenham restaurant took off on social media.

Prospectors Corner: New and upcoming bar and restaurant openings around the UK

Prospectors Corner: New and upcoming bar and restaurant openings around the UK

Openings: Barrio South

Barrio Bars, the quirky South-American cocktail bar chain, is continuing to expand across London and is adding a fourth location in Brixton, is set to open this month.

London hipster district gets capital's first fine-wine burger restaurant

London's fashionable Dalston district is about to get the capital's first burger and fine-wine restaurant.

Openings: Trinity's New Chapter

Douglas Blyde visits Adam Byatt's revamped flagship Clapham restaurant

Openings: German Gymnasium

D&D to launch the "German Gymnasium", uniting patisserie counter, Grand Café, restaurant and bar, on today in a Grade II former gym at King's Cross.

Openings: 68 & Boston

Douglas Blyde visits 68 & Boston where popular wine blogger Denise Medrano created the list for the Soho-based venue.

Openings: Sexy Fish

Douglas Blyde weighs in Sexy Fish. The ambitious, 190-cover late October opening from Caprice Holdings (owners of The Ivy) which is inherently design-led.

Restaurant Review: Brighton's the Salt Room

Owner Razak Helalat, who also runs the phenomenally successful Coal Shed in Brighton, has opened an new venue called the Salt Room.

Meet the Gardiniers: Brothers behind Le Taillevent bring a French institution to London

Ahead of their newest restaurant venture, which opens in London next month, Erin Smith sits down with the Gardinier brothers, owners of the famed Le Taillevent in Paris.

Tom and Ed Martin head to Suffolk to open their first pub outside London

Tom and Ed Martin, who have been building up an impressive range of pubs across London as part of their privately-owned ETM Group, are now set to venture outside the capital and head to Lavenham in Suffolk to open their first rural pub, The Six Bells.

Smith & Wollensky hires Boisdale's Nathan Evans to spearhead its London launch

Nathan Evans has been recruited from the Boisdale Group to help oversee the launch of the famous US steakhouse chain, Smith & Wollensky in to the UK

BrewDog continues expansion with opening of first Spanish bar

Scotland's largest independent brewery BrewDog is continuing with its expansion plans with the opening of its 26th bar and its first in Spain with its new Barcelona outpost.

David Beckham's Haig Club whisky to open pop-up bar and retail store for Christmas

Jago to highlight Middle Eastern cuisine at new opening in Shoreditch