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Smithfield’s amazing Christmas meat auction is back for 2023

Good news for meat lovers and lovers of a meaty bargain as the raucously enjoyable Christmas Eve auction will return to Smithfield for the first time since the pandemic.

It’s the 50th anniversary of the Beaujolais Nouveau Race

In 1973*, a journalist challenged his fellow writers to a race to be the first to bring a bottle of Beaujolais Nouveau from France to his office in London, and thus was born the annual Beaujolais Run.

Lunches in the City of London’s livery halls

A couple of the City of London’s grand and normally private livery halls hold public livery lunches typically once a month, and dates for the rest of the year and next year have been released.

Restored tea room at London Bridge taken over by Starbucks

One of the railway arches in the recently restored Findlater's Corner at London Bridge that was once a tea room is to become a branch of a high street coffee chain.

Hawksmoor offering £15 meals on rail strike days

There are few upsides to strikes on the railways, but one is that meaty restaurant Hawksmoor is offering meals for £15 when the rail or tube is on strike.

A new riverside bar and café for the Tate Modern

Next week, Tate Modern will open a new all-day café and bar, opening onto an outdoor summer terrace, and for the first time, the corner cafe, appropriately named Corner, will offer visitors a place for an evening drink on the riverside at Tate Modern.

A locally brewed Pale Ale will be offered on Eurostar trains

Eurostar has added an exclusive pale ale brewed just up the road from St Pancras station to the drinks trolly on its services to/from London.

Tickets Alert: City of London beer festival

Tickets have gone on sale for the annual Beerfest, which takes place next month in the City of London's Guildhall Yard.

Simpsons Tavern secures reprieve in fight to reopen

The ancient Simpsons Tavern in the City of London, which was suddenly evicted from its restaurant has won a battle in a war with its landlord in its fight to reopen.

Get £100 worth of beer from indie pubs for £20

A group of independent pubs are offering a pack of vouchers for £20 that gets you £100 worth of food and drink at their pubs.

A latest release of London Underground themed whiskies

A fourth batch of London Underground themed whiskies has been released by London’s Bimber Distillery, produced in conjunction with Transport for London (TfL).

Simpson’s Tavern granted protection as it fights to reopen

The ancient Simpson’s Tavern in the City of London, which was forced into sudden closure by the landlord, has been given protection against being sold off in a decision described as a "no brainer" by the proposer of the protection order.

Smithfield’s Christmas Eve auction – cancelled for 2022

Smithfield meat market has confirmed that the annual Christmas Eve auction won’t be happening this year.

Fuller’s pubs offering pints for £1.77 to mark their 177th birthday

Next Tuesday, Fuller's pubs are offering everyone* three pints on the day for £1.77 to mark their 177th anniversary, which is timely considering the cost of living situation we're in.

Simpsons Tavern, London’s oldest chophouse forced to close

The actions of an apparently capricious landlord has forced London's oldest surviving chophouse to close.

Lunches in the City of London’s livery halls

Several of the City of London's grand and normally private livery halls hold public livery lunches typically once a month, and dates for the rest of the year have been released.

A gin for the Regent’s Park Theatre’s 90th anniversary

In 1932, a London theatre was left without a play after the early cancellation of one of its performances.

Food for a fiver around Carnaby Street

For the next couple of weeks, until Sunday 3rd July, a load of restaurants and cafes around Carnaby Street are offering dishes for £5.

Pints of IPA beer for 6p today only

Greene King pubs are offering pints of India Pale Ale (IPA) for just sixpence today only as part of the Platinum Jubilee celebrations.

The Great British Beer Festival returns in August

The Great British Beer Festival will be returning to Olympia London from 2-6 August 2022 following a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic.

The latest release of London Underground themed whiskies

The third batch of London Underground themed whiskies has been released by London’s Bimber Distillery, produced in conjunction with Transport for London (TfL).

Liverpool Street’s Edwardian Arcade is to become a Boxpark

An Edwardian shopping arcade opened in 1912 above the London Underground has been taken over by the operator of shops in metal boxes, Boxpark.

Guinness setting up a Covent Garden brewery

A cluster of old buildings in Covent Garden are to become a new home for Guinness, with a microbrewery and education centre.

Camden Market offering unlimited meals for £5 each

For the next couple of weeks, it's possible to eat at Camden Market's many food outlets for £5 per dish.