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The opening of Jamie's Italian was one of 2009's big Canary Wharf success stories.
Jamie Oliver's restaurant in Churchill Place has seen Wharfers queuing round the block since it opened last August, attracted by its low prices and good quality food.
GASTROPUB
The Narrow
4/5
IN A NUTSHELL
Superstar chef Gordon Ramsay's Limehouse gastropub is delivering the food goods, and the view's not bad either.
It might have been chilly outside in recent weeks but for the owners of Wahaca it's the chili on the inside that counts.
Since opening in November the Mexican restaurant has become a Wharf favourite, rewarding the faith of owners Thomasina Miers and Mark Selby that their spicy food would prove popular.
Jamie Oliver's chain of Italian restaurants has been given the seal of approval in the latest edition of the Hardens Restaurant Guide.
The food-lovers bible complimented the chef on the quality of the food at the mid-market restaurants, where the average spend is £30 a head.
ITALIAN
Carluccio's, Reuters Plaza
4/5
IN A NUTSHELL
Christmas Italian-style at one of Canary Wharf's most popular restaurants and not a turkey in site.
Its working day usually finishes as the first banker or broker settles in behind his Canary Wharf desk but Billingsgate Fish Market is as important to the British food industry as its neighbours are to the world of finance.
But how often do those captains of commerce venture across West India Dock to stock up on the bounty of the deep?
Canary Wharf will be turning Japanese from this week and for Rainer Becker, the culinary mastermind behind Roka, it's a cuisine the area has been crying out for.
Roka is the Japanese word for a meeting place where food and drink is shared with friends and the new restaurant opened today.
It's been "coming soon" for what seems like an eternity but Baguette finally opened for business this morning.
The sandwich bar in Canada Square mall has for months been surrounded by hoardings advertising its arrival and it served its first customers at 11am today.
Things are set to get a little spicier when the first authentically Mexican restaurant to grace Canary Wharf opens its doors next month.
Wahaca, the award-winning restaurant chain founded by Thomasina Miers and Mark Selby, aims to bring a taste of the Mexican streets to the Wharf and broaden some horizons.
There was a surfeit of celebrity chefs in Canary Wharf this week with Jamie Oliver and Rick Stein both here to promote their latest cookbooks.
While Oliver had Wharfers in a stew as they queued to meet him on Tuesday, laid-back Stein was here the day before to chew the fat with The Wharf about the whole TV cooking phenomenon.
MANHATTAN-STYLE DINING
Lower East Liquor Bar and Bistro
4/5
IN A NUTSHELL
A new arrival on the Wharf eating scene offers a French-influenced New York eating experience by the Thames.
Canary Wharf's newest restaurant officially opened its doors to the paying public this week.
If the track record of the man behind the concept - Jamie Oliver - is anything to go by it will be a resounding success. His first foray into Docklands sees him returning to his first and greatest love, Italian cooking.
He is famously passionate in his crusade to bring good food to the masses and Jamie Oliver has brought his message to Canary Wharf with his new restaurant.
Jamie's Italian officially opened its doors in Churchill Place yesterday and the chef spoke exclusively to The Wharf about it.
Jamie Oliver has been a regular visitor to Canary Wharf in the past week as preparations for the opening of his new restaurant gather pace.
Jamie's Italian officially opens in Churchill Place on August 5 and the chef has made a couple of surprise visits to keep an eye on things, including a stop-off last night.
The Four Seasons Hotel has a deserved reputation as one of the best hotels in Canary Wharf, popular with businessmen and celebrities alike.
But the luxury establishment in Westferry Circus hopes to tempt in hard-working Wharfers pushed for time with its recently launched menu, designed to provide healthy food at affordable prices.
Jamie Oliver fans have less than a month to wait for the popular tv chef's Canary Wharf restaurant to open.
Jamie's Italian, in Churchill Place, will open its doors to the public on Wednesday, August 5, with Oliver heading down to the Wharf to cut the ribbon himself.
The weather has been glorious and one of Canary Wharf's most popular restaurants is marking the onset of summer with a fresh new menu.
Leon, in Cabot Place West, has introduced a range of dishes to offer diners looking to enjoy "fast food with a difference" even more choice.
South Quay has for too long been overlooked as a dining destination but one restaurant aims to change that by offering good food at affordable prices.
Astons, in Marsh Wall, has revamped its menu, along with its image, making it a definite contender in the eating stakes.
The evening Wharf is not a place for the faint-hearted.
Roll out of your comfortable air conditioned steel and glass box and you are confronted by a glut of humanity, each individual seeking the satisfaction of food and drink.
