Il Locale originally opened off Fenchurch Street a year ago as the first London outpost of the Turkish restaurant/bar chain Tike and later became the most reflective restaurant in London when mirrored panels were fitted to the windows presumably to stop people being spotted slacking inside. The spring brought a sudden rebranding into the Italian restaurant Il Locale but not long after the site was put up for sale and now seems to have closed for good.

Lahori Masala has also closed after miraculously surviving 6 months next to Hawksmoor on Commercial Street in Shoreditch. Sadly everything about it was a car crash. The wrong concept in the wrong location with a huge interior that had zero style and it only made sense during the introductory 50% discount.