Bethnal Green

• Fatto a Mano's next pizzeria is in Bethnal Green

  

  Sager + Wilde has just closed in Bethnal Green, but we already know what will be taking its place. It's going to be the third London pizzeria for Fatto a Mano - you might have already seen them in Covent Garden and King's Cross and they originated from Brighton. 

  As with the other pizzerias in the group, they'll be serving up Neapolitan-style pizzas with 24-hour proven dough and

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• Sager + Wilde on Paradise Row is closing

  

  He's recently had a big success with his latest opening Bruno in Victoria Park, but after ten years Michael Sager has decided to call it a day on his Sager + Wilde restaurant in Bethnal Green. 

  It opened back in 2015 on Paradise Row and while a few restaurants had difficulty in

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• Rastro serves up Mediterranean sandwiches and espressos in Bethnal Green

  

  An Instagram post by Allegra chef Patrick Powell alerted us to the arrival of a new cafe on Bethnal Green Road. Rastro is the first project from a team who've worked at a range of hospitality businesses across London. Carlos Del Barrio is the connection with Powell - he worked with him at Allegra for the past few years and, before that, at Scarfe's Bar. He's joined in this endeavour by his stepbrother Rodrigo

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• Test Driving Elis - Brazilian/Italian fusion at Bethnal Green's Town Hall Hotel

  

  The team behind Da Terra have taken over the other restaurant at the Town Hall Hotel for a more casual affair. We headed east for a look. 

• The Da Terra team are opening Elis, a second restaurant at the Town Hall Hotel

  

  4/10/22 - updated with the opening date

  Chef Rafael Cagali is already running the two Michelin-starred restaurant Da Terra at the Town Hall Hotel in Bethnal Green. And from this autumn, he'll be taking over the hotel's second restaurant (which used to be Corner Room).

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• Flat Earth Pizza are opening a permanent meat-free restaurant in Bethnal Green

  

  You may have caught them in pop-ups and residencies over the past couple of years. but now Flat Earth pizza are getting ready to unveil their first restaurant (which just happens to be where they held their first-ever pop-up). 

  Set up by Sarah Brading and Rich Baker, Flat Earth are all about meat-free pizzas with an added focus on sustainability. Together they

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• Top Cuvee's new Shop Cuvée is in Bethnal Green (with Cave Cuvée wine bar downstairs)

  

  They've had huge success in Highbury over the past year, both in and outside of lockdown and now Top Cuvée are expanding east with a new Shop Cuvee in Bethnal Green. 

  It'll be split into two with the main ground floor being a natural wine shop like the one in Highbury, but things change when you head downstairs. There, you'll find Cave Cuvée, a

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• Test Driving Issho-Ni at Home - turning your home into an izakaya

  

  This East London Japanese restaurant and bar doesn't just want to deliver sushi - they're bringing the whole experience to your home.

• Secret Theatre's The Invitation takes over the Town Hall Hotel in Bethnal Green

  

  If the words immersive theatre don't bring you out in hives (we actually LOVE this kind of thing), then get ready to book the Secret Theatre Project which is about to hit London.

  The theatre company's latest production, The Invitation, has just played to sell-out crowds in Hong Kong and this one features a dining option as part of the experience.

  The Invitation will be a Masquerade Party with a dark secret in a five-star hotel.

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• Boom Bap Burger is coming to Bethnal Green

  They've been big in Tooting Market and now Boom Bap Burger have found a permanent home in Bethnal Green for their mix of burgers and hip-hop. 

• Test Driving Da Terra at the Town Hall - an exemplary restaurant hiding in plain sight

  The Town Hall has done it again with Da Terra, an excellent restaurant that has its influences in Latin America and Italy. We went to check it out.  

• Ozone to launch second site in Bethnal Green this October

  Coffee roasters Ozone are opening an all day hangout in Bethnal Green with coffee, Antipodean dishes, and cocktails.

• Fugitive Motel in Bethnal Green will mix co-working with coffee, beer and pizza

  Two former musicians have joined forces to open this East London all day space with a focus on craft beer and sourdough pizzas.

• The Arches is Bethnal's Green's newest eating and drinking quarter

  

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  The development of East London's railway arches into places to eat and drink (as opposed to get your car fixed) continues apace with the latest section by Bethnal Green opening over the bank holiday weekend.

  The Arches at Malcolm Place currently features three places to eat or drink. We Are Tap Room say they're serving up the best of East London’s breweries on 24 taps. Then there's ...

• Da Terra at the Town Hall Hotel sees a top San Sebastian and an ex-Aulis chef open in Bethnal Green

  The space that once housed Viajante and The Typing Room will now be a modern Latin American restaurant run by two chefs who arrive here via The Fat Duck, Fera and the Michelin-starred restaurant Amelia San Sebastian.