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London’s Butchers Hall resuming its Carvery Lunches

Lunch starts with a drinks reception in the Foyer and the Carvery Lunch will be served in the recently refurbished Great Hall.

Christmas drinks tastings at Leadenhall Market

Next month there will be a number of Christmas food and drinks tastings in Leadenhall Market, and tickets for them will be released next Friday (19th Nov).

London Underground themed whiskies

A second release of London Underground based whiskies featuring four tube stations -- Victoria, Paddington, London Bridge and Chancery Lane -- has been announced by London based whisky distillers, Bimber Distillery.

A special beer for the Lord Mayor’s Show

Toast the return of the Lord Mayor's Show with a new limited edition bottled beer from Shepherd Neame.

Pewterers’ Livery Hall to open for monthly public lunches

Another of the City of London's Livery Halls has cracked open the usually closed doors a bit and will be hosting a monthly lunch which is open to the public.

Tickets Alert: Cocktails in a garden square

There will be a series of outdoor cocktail drinks events in Bedford Square Gardens in central London in July and August.

Borough Market to start opening on Sundays

Normally closed on Sundays, Borough Market is going to be open for a few hours each week, for the first time in modern times.

Dinner in a tube train

In Walthamstow, there's a tube train in a museum, and it's a restaurant, that's now able to reopen its sliding doors to passengers again.

An authorised London Underground whisky goes on sale

A week after I wrote about a possibly unofficial London Underground whisky, along comes a bona-fide authorised London Underground whisky.

Have a carvery lunch in the Butchers Hall

Lunch starts with a drinks reception in the Foyer and the Carvery Lunch will be served in the recently refurbished Great Hall.

Did you know there was a London Underground whisky?

At some point, someone released a very limited range of London Underground branded whisky miniatures.

Tickets Alert: Fish and Chips on a steam train

The Epping Fryer is resuming service from July, serving up fish and chips while you travel on a steam train.

Borough Market offering evening dining inside the Victorian market

Southwark's Borough Market has started offering evening dining after the market closes, with a number of market traders and restaurants offering meals.

Taste of London returning this summer

Taste of London, a festival of food held in Regent's Park has confirmed that it will be returning this summer after being cancelled, twice, last year.

Covent Garden unveils outdoor dining plans

An estimated 500 extra table seats will be created around Covent Garden next week as restaurants as over 25 restaurants across the Covent Garden estate open with alfresco seating from 12th April.

Brunel Museum opening a riverside cafe

Rotherhithe's Brunel Museum has announced that it's turning a riverside terrace next to the museum into an outdoor cafe.

Roof top dining overlooking Hyde Park with the Dorchester

The Dorchester Hotel, a posh edifice next to Hyde Park is opening its rooftop terrace as a public restaurant for the first time this summer.

Time Out cancels Waterloo Station food hall plans

Time Out, which has been seemingly transforming from a listings magazine into an international food hall operator has cancelled plans for a huge site in Waterloo Station.

Tickets Alert: Lunches in London’s Livery Halls

The City of London has a number of grand Livery Halls dotted around the Square Mile, and three of them are going to be open for lunches this summer.

Buy cakes and raise money for charity

In a couple of weeks time, a load of bakers across London will deliver huge quantities of cakes and pastries to four quarters of the city.

The campaign to save the India Club from eviction

Saved from developers, the venerable India Club in central London is now facing eviction after the landlord has decided to hike the rent in order to get rid of the troublesome tenant.

London’s first Absinthe distillery

London’s (probably) first absinthe distillery, Devil’s Botany has opened near Lea Bridge in East London.

South London pies being delivered to the home

The Wandsworth based pie makers, MyPie -- officially London’s best pies -- normally turn up at events in a van, but is now also delivering to the home.

There’s now a Captain Tom branded London Dry Gin

A chance meeting between the fundraising champion and a former motorbike champion has resulted, possible improbably in a Captain Tom branded gin, being sold to raise funds for the Captain Tom Foundation.