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The brainchild of the Yotam Ottolenghi people, NOPI is a brasserie with a twist. Think: Menu with Mediterranean, Middle Eastern, and Asian ingredients and influences. And the surprising combinations work amazingly well.

Queer heritage, performance art and honky-tonk, every Saturday for twenty one flippin’ years with Amy Lamé hosting this arty party playgroup, resident DJs Readers Wifes handling the dance floor, and door whore artistes Father and Jay Cloth. These are the purveyors of progressive working class entertainment doing their thing just one last time.

Gay’s The Word, the UK’s first LGBT+ bookshop dating back to 1979, was founded by a group of gay socialists, activists and intellectuals nearly 35 years ago – and, despite the evisceration of the industry, still manages to sell enough books to maintain its place on Marchmont Street. Go, support, buy, Instagram it, TikTok it. You know the drill.

The Greek sensation is back, cooking things up and trying things out for a future run at THE COCKATOO — a new dinner theatre downstairs at BISTROTHEQUE, serving performance alongside their usual Modern European menu.

The buzz is as important as the food at Jacob Kenedy’s Soho institution, Bocca di Lupo. Dine at the bar and you’re in for a fun night – especially if you’re perched at the counter. While the night away and watch the West End’s most revered actors swan in for the type of Italian plates you might not cook yourself; think salt-baked bream and an array of delicious fried goods, all the better washed down with an spritz or two.