Spitalfields

  • Club Mexicana goes big with vegan tacos and frozen pina coladas in Spitalfields

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    If the thought of California-style street food gets your motor running, or if you were already making pilgrimages to Club Mexicana at their Kingly Court or Seven Dials locations, then news of an upcoming Spitalfields location will make the job of hunting down vegan tacos even easier.

    Located in the former HotBox site, Club Mexicana Spitalfields promises an even bigger menu and some serious bar

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  • Le Bab hit up Spitalfields for their next opening

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    While they wait to open their next restaurant at Battersea Power Station, Le Bab are joining the traders at Old Spitalfields market in the meantime. The latest opening from the kebab slinger sees them take over the old Bvrger stall inside the market where they'll be serving up a short menu of three of their kebabs - the chicken shish (pictured) along with a pork ribeye kebab and roast aubergine kebab.

    In addition, you'll

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  • Bubblewrap bring their waffles to Spitalfields Market

    Bubblewrap bring their waffles to Spitalfields Market 

    They're hugely popular in Chinatown and Covent Garden and now a third Bubblewrap has landed in Spitalfields Market. 

    If you're somehow yet to encounter these dessert guys (they do pop up rather a lot on Instagram and TikTok), they're all about their signature Hong Kong-style egg waffles which, yes, have huge bubbles all over them. These are wrapped into cones and then filled

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  • The Indians Next Door arrive in Spitalfields with their samosa and bhaji house

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    You may have tried their food in markets across town, but as of last month, The Indians Next Door now have a new Spitalfields samosa and bhaji house.

    The folks behind it track their culinary journey back to their grandparents moving from the state of Gujarat in India, to Narobi, Kenya in the 1920s, where they then lived in a Punjabi comunity. So their food in London today incorporates "the best of Gujarati,

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  • Delicious Pho comes to Spitalfields via Canada

    Delicious Pho comes to Spitalfields via Canada 

    31/1/22 - updated with opening details

    We've seen a lot of US restaurant imports over the past few years (like Eggslut) but not many (if any) from their northern neighbour Canada (at least until they decide to open a Tim Hortons in London). But that's changing with the launch of Delicious Pho. They're opening in Spitalfields, taking over an old Byron site. 

    The pho

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  • St John brings back its bacon sandwich

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    It was a casualty of the various lockdowns but the good news is that, from today, the St John bacon sandwich is back. One of London's top ways to start the day has returned to the menu at St John Bread and Wine in Spitalfields and will be available for takeaway there every day of the week

    But that's not all the good news we have from Fergus Henderson because they've also reverted the bar area at St John Smithfield back to

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  • New Spitalfields matcha bar Jenki will serve Flat Greens by day and cocktails by night

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    If your personal path to foodie enlightenment comes from embracing everything green, then the arrival of JENKI in Spitafields this week is for you. This new matcha bar is aiming to convert London's coffee lovers to the health (and taste) benefits of all things matcha.

    Certainly it looks like they're going to switch things up on the beverages front with everything from Rose and Collagen Latte, Black Tahini and

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  • Andina returns - the Peruvian restaurant finds a new home in Spitalfields

    Andina returns - the Peruvian restaurant finds a new home in Spitalfields 

    10/5/21 - updated with opening details. 

    Last year, Peruvian restaurant Andina (from the same people behind Ceviche) ended up in the position of having to find a new location. In a passionate Facebook post they announced the news: "We

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  • Marugame Udon picks Spitalfields for its London noodle expansion

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    Updated 24/3/21 with opening date and more info

    It seems the pandemic isn't stopping plans for big new openings in London. Among them will be the huge Japanese udon noodle chain Marugame Udon which has taken a site just opposite Liverpool Street. 

    The restaurant is all about Sanuki Udon, popular in the Kagawa Prefecture of Japan (and the name Sanaki was what Kagawa was called in the

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  • The best food delivery & takeaway restaurants in Shoreditch, Spitalfields and The City

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    Trying to work out what you fancy when it comes to food delivery in Shoreditch? We're here to help you choose some of the best.  

  • St John are offering a new pie service during lockdown

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    Updated 12/2/21 with more menu details

    If you're looking for silver linings in these incredibly uncertain times we're in, then we think we can provide you with some of that. St John may, like every other London restaurant, have shut up shop but they've got something rather special up their sleeve.

    They're now offering an at-home pie service during Lockdown. As they say "In these extraordinary times, we too are embarking on something a

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  • Hoshi street food finds a permanent home in Spitalfields

    Hoshi street food finds a permanent home in Spitalfields 

    You may have come across Hoshi before. They've been popping up at Kerb and a number of markets across town, serving up what they dub 'Asian-inspired' street food. Now, as lockdown restrictions are slowly lifted, they're getting ready to open a permanent place in Spitalfields.

    The permanent restaurant is billed as fresh fast food and is primarily a takeaway spot. The menu is mainly a create-your-own affair.

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  • Poppies Spitalfields is back doing chip butties and battered sausages

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    Is today a bit of a fish & chips revival day? Not only has Toff's just started back up in Muswell Hill, but in Spitalfields Poppies reopens for business today, doing takeaway, click and collect, and delivery.

    All the old favourites will be back on the menu - so if you're planning a park snack, pick up a portion of battered haddock or sausage or

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  • Gunpowder Spitalfields are starting a delivery service with some of their greatest hits

    Gunpowder Spitalfields are starting a delivery service with some of their greatest hits

    They've been closed since Lockdown but the much-loved Gunpowder is making a return to Spitalfields for a new delivery and collection service. They've reformatted some of their best dishes for delivery, including the Karawari soft shell crab and their lamb chops are being repurposed into a curry. Alongside these will be some weekly specials and drinks will also be available for

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  • Mambow is a new "Mama's Kitchen" in Spitalfields - serving bowl food by day and becoming a supperclub by night

    Mambow is a new "Mama's Kitchen" in Spitalfields - serving bowl food by day and becoming a supperclub by nightThis Spitalfields restaurant is primarily an all-day affair inspired by the owner's upbringing in Singapore and Malaysia. There will be bowl food during the day and supperclubs themed around global cuisine in the evening. 

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