Ten new food openings arrive across London in February 2026, covering Welsh, Caribbean, Cantonese and celebratory Lunar New Year offerings. Bara in Peckham is a Welsh cafe from Cecily Dalladay and Zoë Heimann serving Caerphilly Cheesesteak, Pembrokeshire lobster roll and a Swansea Breakfast with laverbread, plus pancakes, crab rarebit and leek bubble-and-squeak. Forza Wine expands from the South Bank to a Soho site in Ilona Rose House, bringing cocktails, wine and Italian-inspired plates. Dominic Taylor is relaunching Good Front Room as a permanent Caribbean site in Hackney after a successful pop-up run.
"There's all manner of edible excellences launching right now in London. Whether you're after Welsh laverbread sandwiches, Caribbean glazed plantain, Cantonese fish balls, a Lunar New Year feast from two of London's best chefs, or simply a nice bit of smoked sausage, we've got you. These are the 10 best new openings of the month."
"Stockpile for St David's Day at lovely little Welsh cafe, Bara - which means 'bread'. The project of Masterchef Professionals quarter-finalist Cecily Dalladay (from south Wales) and Zoë Heimann (from south London), the cafe is inspired by a 1950s Welsh Gas Board cookbook that used to belong to Cecily's grandma. Expect a Caerphilly Cheesesteak sandwich, Pembrokeshire lobster roll, and brunch offering of a 'Swansea Breakfast' (smoked bacon, leeks, cockles and laverbread on toasted focaccia), as well as honey butter pancakes, brown crab rarebit, and leek bubble-and-squeak sarnies."
"In 2023 Forza Wine came for the South Bank, with its acclaimed National Theatre opening , and now the Peckham-born cocktails, natty wine and ace Italian-ish plates restaurant is taking on Soho. Taking over what was Daroco in Ilona Rose House - a nominee for the 2020 Carbuncle Cup for the UK's ugliest new building - we're hoping that Forza will bring a spot of flair to this starkest of spaces."
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