Lateef Okunnu

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Eat... drink... write! Food Critic at Luxuria Lifestyle. Can mostly be found rambling on about food and drink to strangers. @lateefokunnu

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The Goat in Boots Goes Barefoot

The Goat Chelsea
Fulham

After a three-month hibernation, the Goat and Boots pub on South-West London’s Fulham Road, respawned as Goat. The new site is a 140-cover restaurant, cocktail bar and all-day lounge. The...
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Your Carriage Awaits

Carriage34
Waterloo

Carriage34 is an elegant bar in the heart of Waterloo; truly a worthy salute to the speakeasy theme that is taking London by storm, a theme Carriage34 have clearly grasped...
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Gordon Ramsey Opens Borough Cafe Bar

Union Street Cafe
Waterloo

Union Street Cafe, situated just a short walk from Borough Market, is the latest venture from celebrity chef, Gordon Ramsey. The venue focuses on Italian cuisine, with a modern twist...
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Sophisticated Clapham Bar and Kitchen

The Plough Clapham
Clapham

Launching on Monday 22nd August 2011, The Plough Bar and Kitchen brings some much needed cheer to the riot-hit Clapham Junction. A foodie restaurant and bar offering up posh pints...
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Bijou Shoreditch Cocktail Bar

Common Bar
Shoreditch

Common is a bijous sized bar that lies on the bustling Old Street. Common, with its polished wooden tables, soft mint-green walls and glowing candles is the result of several...
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A Return to the 'Hay Day'

Wheatsheaf
London Bridge

The Wheatsheaf, one of Borough Market’s most iconic pubs, has just reopened after a three-year closure.  Originally built in 1772, the early Victorian pub has been given a complete overhaul...
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Trendy Marylebone Members Club

Rose
Mayfair

A glamorous speakeasy bar in a part of London previously famed as the stomping ground of L€™Equipe Anglais. The concept of The Rose Club is based around a lifestyle of choice,...
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Time To Get Millered

The Miller
London Bridge

In the backstreets of Borough, close to London Bridge, The Miller has a 100 capacity venue upstairs, a rehearsal studio in the basement, a ping-pong terrace on the roof, and...
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Impressive 1920s Speakeasy Bar

Evans & Peel Detective Agency
Earls Court

Evans and Peel Detective Agency in London is a brand new speakeasy bar and restaurant opening in Earls Court with a 1920's prohibition drinking and eating experience on offer. There...
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Clapham's Got The Honky Tonk Blues

Honky Tonk Clapham Common
Clapham

With rock ‘n’ roll USA-inspired party place, Honky Tonk Chelsea having become such a popular institution, owner Mark Cutler has signed a 25 year long lease for the a new...
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Traditional Bloomsbury Victorian Pub

The Lady Ottoline
Holborn

The Lady Ottoline is the latest addition to the Bloomsbury eating and drinking scene. We bought The Kings Arms in the spring of this year and after a much needed refurbishment the...
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Gym Class Heroes

Monikers
Shoreditch

Monikers is a new cocktail bar and kitchen that recently opened in the ever-trendy Hoxton area of Shoreditch. The bar is situated in the gym of an old primary school...
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