An eagle-eyed hospitality analyst spotted something exciting on the window of a site on in Marylebone on Wednesday.

Mark Wingett from insights group Propel saw a notice of application for a premises licence on James Street.

The document says Stephen (Stevie) Parle applied to Westminster Council on May 24 to open… something.

Harden’s asked the group whether a new Pastaio is on the way – we were told there has been a slight mix-up with the wording and nothing can be confirmed.

But it does look like Parle has a new restaurant and/or bar on the way, which would prove popular with the many pasta and negroni fans of London.