14/3/25 - updated with opening date and traders
The Metropolitan Arcade at Liverpool Street, an Edwardian shopping arcade once saved from demolition during the 80s, is now being reinvented as a food hall for the 2020s. It's going to be part of a series of spin-off concepts from Boxpark called BoxHall. They've been promising to open it for a while (it was first announced way back in 2022), but now it's nearly ready to open.
Unlike Boxpark, this is not something that's built from shipping containers (like the original in Shoreditch or the more recent Boxpark Camden). That makes this the first diversion from their successful Boxpark format since the initial food hall opened back in 2011. Apparently, they've been looking for inspiration in places like Chelsea Market in NYC and have brought in Macaulay Sinclair, the designers who worked with Hawksmoor and Dishoom, to bring it all to life.
The new space will be made of 13 new spaces for food and it really is an impressive line-up. Here's who will be there at the opening:
Sourdough Sophia - The extremely popular bakery with freshly baked breads, pastries and speciality coffees.
Eggslut - It's all about egg-based all-day brunch dishes.
Farzi - An outpost of the St James fine dining Indian restaurant
Nativo - Japanese-Latin fusion restaurant, with current sites in Elephant & Castle and Peckham.
Gaucho - This Gaucho offshoot brings a menu inspired by Argentina and Latin America, with a new hot dog alongside their signature steak.
Club Mexicana - Plant-based Mexican street food restaurant.
Baked Bird - Baked chicken in its first physical location
Burger & Beyond - Among London's very best burgers
Inamo Sukoshi - Sushi & fusion street food, with influences from across Asia
Little Bao Boy - Serving homemade bao buns and Asian dishes with a Western twist.
Old Chang Kee - A Singaporean street food restaurant known for its curry puffs.
Soft Serve Society - A dessert parlour with soft serve ice creams and sundaes.
Boki Coffee – An independent all-day coffee shop
Theyre also planning a space called Kitchen No.8 which will be testing new ideas through a line-up of rotating chefs. On top of all that, literally in fact, there will be a 3,000 sq ft roof terrace with views across the City, but that will be coming later in the year. There will also be a bar alongside all the food outlets, of course.
It's a massive new addition to the City, and one we can see being just as popular as all the outdoor Boxparks.
More about BoxHall City
Where is it? The Arcade, Liverpool Street, LONDON, EC2M 7PN
When? 10 April 2025
Find out more: Visit the website or follow them on Instagram @boxhallcity.
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