Dalston

  • 40ft Brewery to celebrate reopening in Dalston with a 6ft beer

    40ft Brewery to celebrate reopening in Dalston with a 6ft beer

    While we're obviously very excited that restaurants are about to reopen, we're also just as giddy about the pubs, bars and taprooms returning across the city. And one of our favourites of the latter is definitely 40ft Brewery in Dalston. They're not only reopening their outside space, but they're also introducing a new drink to emphasise the required social distancing. 

    The 6FT is

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  • Anglo Thai are landing at Dalston's Newcomer Wines for a new residency

    Anglo Thai are landing at Dalston's Newcomer Wines for a new residency

    AngloThai, John and Desiree Chantarasak, have been pretty busy during the lockdown, with an excellent hot-dog kit and a recent collaboration with Cornerstone in Hackney. Now they're

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  • Dusty Knuckle now have a Breadmobile selling sourdough and more across London

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    Necessity is the mother of invention and, if needing to get your bread out to eager customers who can't make it to your actual bakery isn't a necessity, then we don't know what is.

    That's why Dalston-based Dusty Knuckle have come up with this wheeze - the Breadmobile. Using an old milk float, they're currently touring North and East London during the week. From the Breadmobile they're selling everything from their amazing sourdough,

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  • Attawa is a new Punjabi restaurant, opening in Dalston with a MasterChef semi-finalist's menu

    Attawa is a new Punjabi restaurant, opening in Dalston with a MasterChef semi-finalist's menu

    During the lockdown, some new restaurants that were due to open instead kicked things off with a delivery service. One of those is Attawa in Dalston, which has a menu that's been created by Arbinder Duggal, a semi-finalist on Masterchef: The Professionals 2019. 

    The restaurant is run by Ravinder and Amar Madhray, a husband and wife team, and the restaurant takes

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  • Flor's amazing lardy buns are now being sold at Dalston's Snackbar

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    Well, this is a red-letter day for anyone who's been hankering after a Lardy Bun from Flor or the sourdough from Lyle's. We're still waiting to hear when they're returning from lockdown, but from today they'll be selling Flor pastries and the sourdough bread from Lyle's at Dalston's Snackbar.

    Posting on their Instagram account, Snackbar founder Freddie said: "If you’ve ever had their bread and butter at Lyle’s, or those lardy buns from Flor,

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  • Little Duck Home Kitchen is the home version of The Picklery in Dalston

    Little Duck Home Kitchen is the home version of the Picklery in Hackney

    As we now know, restaurants aren't going to return in any kind of dine-in version until July at the earliest, so there will be an increasing amount hoping to (at least temporarily) morph into an at-home service. The latest of these is Little Duck - The Picklery who have just launched Little Duck Home Kitchen. 

    The Dalston restaurant, from the people behind Ducksoup and Rawduck, have launched

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  • Angelina in Dalston is launching a Friday delivery feast

    Angelina in Dalston is launching a Friday delivery feast

    They've been busy preparing meals for the vulnerable in Hackney and now Angelina in Dalston are ready to kick off their new delivery service. The restaurant, which was highly recommended by Jay Rayner, will continue to prepare meals Monday - Thursday

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  • Mamapen sets up a Cambodian residency at Dalston's Prince Arthur

    Mamapen sets ups a Cambodian residency at Dalston's Prince Arthur

    In these times of restricted flight policies, know that you can taste the food of Cambodia much closer to home: specifically, at the recently resurrected The Prince Arthur pub in London Fields. During the pub’s year of closure, it consulted with its neighbours as to what exactly residents wanted and has relaunched with the desired focus on community gatherings and independent, yet traditional pub spirit. Fitting

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  • Supper club ANAN kicks off at Allpress with a restaurant incoming

    Supper club ANAN kicks off at Allpress with a restaurant incoming

    Updated 24/2/20 with extended dates

    Lovers of coffee and hummus should sit up: we have news of a supper club that's specifically focused on everyone’s favourite chickpea dip.

    If you’ve ever had the good fortune to visit the Middle East, you’ll appreciate how different their freshly made hummus is compared to versions we purchase in supermarkets, but whether you have or not, ANAN is the supper club

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  • Filthy Buns unleash their short rib and biscoffy peanut butter burger

    Filthy buns unleash their Short Rib & Biscoffy Peanut Butter Burger 

    Yes, today is the last day of Veganuary. And if you've been very good all month and it's not a permanent lifestyle choice for you - you might be looking forward to a change tomorrow. If that's the case then it looks like Filthy Buns in Dalston might have just the thing for you. 

    That behemoth above is the short rib and Bicoffy peanut butter burger. That's a 45-day, dry-aged beef patty,

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  • Test Driving Oren - a warm fug of hospitality on Dalston's Shacklewell Lane

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    Having popped up in residencies across town, Tel Aviv chef Oded Oren has settled on Dalston for his permanent and hospitable home.

  • Brewdog team up with Biff’s Jack Shack to make BrewDog Dalston their first vegan bar

    biffs jack shack opens at brewdog dalston

    If beer and burgers are a match made in heaven, then vegan beer and vegan burgers must be the equivalent of nirvana for East London. That's presumably the thought process behind a new collaboration between BrewDog and Biff's Jack Shack.

    The two companies have teamed up to make the brewer's Dalston location the group's first wholly vegan bar. So they'll be serving up vegan jackfruit based ‘junk’ food along with an exclusively

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  • Draughts is turning the old Shanghai/F Cooke site in Dalston into a board games paradise

    draughts opens on Kingsland high street where shanghai used to be

    From pies and mash, to Chinese food, and now to board games and cocktails - 41 Kingsland High Street has had quite the history. For years it was the site of F Cooke pie and mash shop - leaving it a legacy of gorgeous tiled interiors and winning it a Grade II listing. More recently it was home to the Shanghai Chinese restaurant and karaoke spot. ...

  • Filthy Buns are bringing their burgers to Dalston's Three Compasses

    Filthy Buns are bringing their burgers to Dalston's Three Compasses 

    Dalston has a new burger bar, setting up shop in The Three Compasses. Filthy Buns, led by exec chef John Gladwell, will be settling down for a residency in the pub following their start on the street food scene.  

    Here's what's on offer:

    • Cheesy House (£8) - The ‘house’ cheeseburger. 45-day, dry-aged beef patty, double cheese (red & swiss)
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  • Oded Oren is opening his own restaurant Oren in Dalston

    Oded Oren is opening his own restaurant Oren in DalstonAfter multiple residencies across town, Oded Oren is opening his own restaurant in Dalston. Expect Mediterranean food with a touch of Tel Aviv.