Hackney

  • Peg is back in Hackney for the first time in 18 months

    Peg is back in Hackney for the first time in 18 months

    Another restaurant that's been closed since March 2020 is making a triumphant return. This time it's the turn of Peg, the Hackney restaurant from the people behind P Franco and Bright, who have just announced their reopening date. The last time we saw them, it was mainly an a la carte affair, all centred around the pegs (aka yakitori) of their name. They did pop up at Bright last August - but this is

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  • Supa Ya are finally launching their permanent ramen bar in Dalston

    Supa Ya are finally launching their permanent ramen bar 

    For the past few years they've been running supperclubs and residencies, but now Supa Ya Ramen are finally getting ready to open their first permanent restaurant. They had originally been looking to launch one back in March 2020 but, well, we all know what happened then. Now, however, the time has finally come for them to launch properly on Kingsland Road. 

    As with their pop-ups, you

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  • Fin + Flounder are launching a seafood shack in Netil market

    Fin + Flounder are launching a seafood shack in Netil market

    Fancy a lobster muffin for brunch? Then the new shack from Fin and Founder is for you. 

    Up until now, they're best known as a fishmonger on Broadway Market (and they also supply London's restaurants like Brat, for their turbot, Lyles, Smoking Goat and more). Now they're trying something new - but they're not going far to do so. They'll be launching Bar Flounder, just around the

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  • Tuck Shop is Hackney Wick's new grocer and bottle shop on Fish Island

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    Hackney Week residents looking for somewhere locally to buy groceries and household goods that are ethical and sustainable now have a new place to shop. Tuck Shop, which opened its doors last weekend on Fish Island, is what's being described as a "consciously curated general store, butcher and drink-in bottle shop".

    What that means is you can pick up everything from ethically-sourced dairy and meat items to bread from

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  • The Ethical Butcher kicks off a residency at Hackney's Spurstowe Arms

    The Ethical Butcher kicks off a residency at Hackney's Spurstowe Arms

    They've popped up at the pub before in the guise of Ground Burger, and now The Ethical Butcher is back for a full residency at The Spurstowe Arms in Hackney. 

    The Ethical Butcher, as the name gives away, has a specific focus on the highest ethical standards of meat production. So that means meat that's outdoor-reared, with minimal intervention,

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  • Test Driving Hackney Coterie - a wine-focused haven in Hackney

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    The man behind Lyon's has teamed up with a Sommelier to launch this new wine-focused restaurant/bar in Hackney. We head down for a look. 

  • Andi Oliver's Wadadli Kitchen and Roadside land in Hackney

    Andi Oliver's Wadadli Kitchen and Roadside land in Hackney

    It's popped up before, last seen at the Crooked Billet, but now Andi Oliver's Wadadli Kitchen has its own space for a 12-month run in Hackney - and it's added a roadside diner too. 

    First up is Wadadli Kitchen, That's all about communal dining, primarily on a covered terrace space. There, they'll be focusing on two dishes - the Caribbean spiced Seafood Boil, with shrimps, mussels, crab

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  • Two More Years is a new sustainability focused bar and restaurant in Hackney Wick

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    Hackney Wick is home to a new sustainability-focused space called Two More Years, encouraging locally sourced dining and drinking, as well as artistic endeavours.

  • Elliot's is finally opening its Hackney restaurant

    Elliot's has opened a second restaurant, this time in Hackney 

    They've become a favourite in Borough since opening there (with a popular alfresco opening too) and back in the mix of all the lockdowns Elliot's soft-launched a second restaurant in Hackney doing delivery and takeaway only, serving up their woodfired pizzas and with a

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  • The Water House project finds a new Hackney home near Regent's Canal

    The Water House project finds a new Hackney home

    Gabriel Waterhouse's Water House Project started as a supper club, then became a successful restaurant in Hackney. However, it turns out that was a temporary location and they're now moving to a more permanent space nearby. 

    The basic premise will carry on as before -

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  • Cafe Cecilia sees chef Max Rocha opening his first place on the canal in Hackney

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    The chef son of Irish designer John Rocha is opening his first restaurant - a canalside cafe in Hackney.

  • Ace Pizza takes over the arches at Five Points Brewery's Hackney taproom

    Ace Pizza takes over the arches at Five Points Brewery's Hackney taproom

    After taking over the food at Five Points' Pembury Tavern Pub, Ace Pizza are gearing up for another Five Points residency - this time at the Mare Street taproom under the arches. They've been popping up there from time to time, but this will now be an

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  • Hackney Coterie brasserie and wine bar takes over the old L'entrepot site on Dalston Lane hackney coterie wine bar opening dalston lane

    If a hospitality space can be said to retain an imprint from previous uses, then 230 Dalston Lane seems determined to remain a wine bar. Previously L'Entrepot wine bar from the folks at Borough Wines, it's about to find new life as a 'warehouse brasserie' and wine bar.

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  • Head to Hackney for Cornerstone To Go on Saturdays

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    While Tom Brown and James Toth are waiting to reopen Cornerstone they've decided to set the ball in motion, with a series of Saturday pop-up takeaways outside the restaurant in Hackney Wick.

    "Because we’re bored of sitting twiddling our thumbs we thought we’d do a lil takeaway event down in the wick this Saturday," said Tom. "Same deal as the one last year, first come first served."

    Dishes available to

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  • Tredwells' Chantelle Nicholson pops up in Hackney with All's Well

    Tredwells' Chantelle Nicholson is popping up in Hackney with All's Well, a seasonal

    20/4/21 - Updated with reopening details

    On top of being chef-owner of Tredwells, Chantelle Nicholson is in charge of a pop-up in Hackney called All's Well. It opened at the end of October 2020 - getting in a month before everything shut down again. But now it's on the way back. 

    Hyper seasonal, sustainable plates will be at the heart of the menu which will celebrate

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