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London’s New Bar Openings
From low-key wine bars to big-deal cocktail spots, these are the new great places to have a drink that you should know about.
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Where To Drink Good Wine Outside
Where to go when you want a nice glass, fresh air, and good snacks.
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Where To Eat When You Want To Feel Incredibly Cultured
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5 Wine Bars To Eat Out, Help Out, And Consume A Whole Lot Of Cheese At
Because half-price brie tastes better than full-price brie.
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The Best Citywide Wine Delivery In London
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Joyau
Joyau is an excellent wine bar and small plates spot in an industrial Forest Gate railway arch, that will have you searching nearby house prices.
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64 Goodge Street
64 Goodge Street in Fitzrovia is a modern restaurant with an old-school approach: low-lighting, excellent wine, and decadent butter-heavy French food.
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40 Maltby Street
40 Maltby Street is a superb restaurant and wine bar in Bermondsey, serving low-intervention wines, small plates, and sandwiches that are up there with the best.
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Brat x Climpson’s Arch
Brat’s location in London Fields is an indoor-outdoor setup where the atmosphere is a little more casual than its Shoreditch sibling, but the smoky, Basque-inspired dishes are just as good.
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107 Wine Shop & Bar
A cosy Clapton wine bar, shop, and small plates restaurant, 107 Wine Shop & Bar is the perfect place for a drink, a lean, and something great to eat.
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Ploussard
Ploussard in Clapham has got the kind of quiet luxury look that’d make Gwyneth Paltrow proud and a great modern European menu.
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London’s New Bar Openings
From low-key wine bars to big-deal cocktail spots, these are the new great places to have a drink that you should know about.
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Little Swift
Little Swift in Margate is a bar and bottle shop, perfect for heady summer evenings or cosy winter nights.
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La Poule Au Pot
For times when you’re in Victoria but would like to be transported literally anywhere else, there’s charming French restaurant La Poule Au Pot.
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Noble Rot Mayfair
With two bars and an extra extensive wine list, Noble Rot's location in Mayfair is just as good for pop-ins as it is for very long, very lazy modern European-leaning meals.
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Where To Drink Good Wine Outside
Where to go when you want a nice glass, fresh air, and good snacks.
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Authentique
Authentique in Tufnell Park is a Francophone wine shop and bar that’s a perfect spot for a glass of something before moving on elsewhere.
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Bouchon Racine
You can’t help but be immediately wooed by the old-school elegance of French restaurant Bouchon Racine in Farringdon.
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Lulu's
A neighbourhood wine bar and restaurant of the most rom-com variety, Lulu's is a lovely place in Herne Hill for drinks, dinner, and more.
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Oranj
Oranj is a moody industrial wine bar in Shoreditch with some great changing chef residencies in the kitchen.