Soul food - now also in Brixton
Maida Vale boozing

Word on the street - well, the west London street - is that Graze is the new black when it comes to grazing and drinking.

It's an eighties-band style re-launch - this place used to be the Otto Dining Lounge.

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The superb Russian National Orchestra is at Barbican led by Pletnev. 7:30pm. Silk St, EC2. £7-25. 020 7638 8891 or online. Or bring your iPod to Bistro Bar's noWax. 8pm.

A classy tropicalismo display at Jazz Café by DJ Dolores. 7pm. 5 Parkway, NW1. £12. 0870 264 3333 or online.

No clowns at this cool circus of illusions:Aurelia's Oratorio now at Lyric Hammersmith. 7:30pm. King St, W6. £12-20. 08700 500 511 or online.

Brought to you by the team who own 1 Lombard Street and noble rot. (which is creatively but ultimately annoyingly spelled with a full stop), Graze has an eclectic anytime-anywhere menu, served in both restaurant and bar, delivering such delights as the signature dish of Herdwick Mutton with Lavender Sauce and pumpkin roulade with orange-flower water.

The cast list feels like a movie: Jamie Grainger-Smith, General Manager, established Fifteen with Jamie Oliver; Head Chef Sebastien Gagnebé is ex-La Trouvaille, and the whole acquisition/revamp was masterminded by Søren Jessen, Oliver Peyton's main backer at The Atlantic Bar and Grill.

The London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival kicks off with Prey For R&R at Odeon WE.

Robert Crumb's in person at Whitechapel's preview night of retrospective. 6-9pm. 80- 82 Whitechapel High St, E1. £15. 020 7522 7888.

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It's people watching to the max, has a great cocktail list, a pretty impressive wine list, and is open till 1am most nights. Maybe now all the Maida Vale yummy mummies will have something to do other than stroll up and down with their buggies. You wish.

Graze - now open
215 Sutherland Avenue, W9
020 7266 3131

Soul food - now also in Brixton

Moody LA alt rock: Concrete Blonde at Underworld. 7pm. 174 Camden High St, NW1. £12. 0870 264 3333 or here.

Soukous star Koffi Olomide plays at the RFH. 7:30pm. Belvedere Rd, SE1. £12-20. 0870 401 8181 or online.

Super triple bill at the Royal Ballet. 7:30pm. Bow Street, WC2. £6+. 020 7304 4000.

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