London’s New Restaurant Openings

"Two wine importers and an ex-Levan chef open a spot on the edge of Smithfield Market—what sounds like the beginnings of a niche food joke looks to be a very serious modern European wine bar and restaurant. The Grade-II listed building has been decked out with chic antiques and vintage-looking artworks. There’ll be a £29 set lunch that involves mussles, sausage and chickpeas, and a warm chocolate mousse; a feasting menu; and a dinner menu with dishes like braised cuttlefish, duck terrine, and Dorset crab. We recently checked out Cloth. Read our first thoughts here. " - sinead cranna, rianne shlebak