Dynamo Cafe and Pizzeria Are Opening a Second Site in Balham — and More News

• The Dynamo — Antipodean­-style all day café, pizzeria and cycling shop — has secured its second site, the property advisers Davis Coffer Lyons (DCL) announced this morning. They’ve acquired the site formerly occupied by French Café in Balham, a 2,227 sq ft premises over ground floor on Ritherdon Road off Balham High Road. DCL assigned the leasehold which has eight years remaining at a annual rent of £41,300. Their first site, in Putney, opened in 2016.
• Princess Margaret’s birthday will be celebrated at Maggie Jones’s on Monday 21 August, by serving a twist on the G&T (£8.50) as well as one of her favourite dishes, The chicken and artichoke pie (£16.50) until the 27 August. The restaurant, which opened in 1964 in Kensington, was named after the Princess who apparently would phone to book under the alias ‘Maggie Jones.’

• To celebrate Peru’s Independence Day on Friday 28 August, Señor Ceviche Charlotte Street are offering complimentary pisco sour at brunch this weekend. Guests will need to quote #IndependenceBrunch when booking.
• Sushi Shop, the French-owned Ronseal Japanese takeaway chain, will open two more sites in London this year. Big Hospitality report that sites will open in Richmond and Hampstead later this year, adding to a group which includes locations in Marylebone, South Kensington and Notting Hill. The high-end group has 130 sites globally with premium sushi boxes costing up to £70.

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