Stoke Newington

• Stokey Veg Vegan will be Stoke Newington's new veggie-focused restaurant

  Expect a British/Italian small plates menu from this new vegetarian and vegan restaurant opening up on Stoke Newington High Street

• Jumi cheesemongers are opening on Newington Green and raclette evenings are planned

  Borough Market's Swiss cheese specialists Jumi are opening their first permanent store in Stoke Newington with plans afoot to hold raclette evenings and cheese school.

• Sutton and Sons in Stoke Newington are launching a vegan fish and chips menu

  

  The latest section of the London food scene to chase the vegan pound is the chippy. And Stoke Newington's Sutton & Sons are first out of the gate. They're launching a new vegan menu with vegan ‘fish’ & chips.

  They did some noodling around with ideas during Veganuary apparently and came up with the idea of using banana blossom which they say is "remarkably like the real thing due to a marinating process in seaweed to give the fresh seafood

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• Bergen House on Newington Green is serving up 'banging' steak and fries

  Joining the flurry of openings in the N16 comes Bergen House, with a menu laden with choices, from grazing plates to sharers for two, Sunday roasts, specials, affordable wines and a classic English pudding selection.

• Rock and roll at Stoke Newington's new 50s pub Be-Bop-A-Lula

  If you love puns, the 50s, and American diner food via Stoke Newington, then get down to Be-Bop-A-Lula, a new watering hole from the team behind very respected pub The Alma.

• The Last Crumb Cafe will be a cafe and work hub for Stoke Newington

  Stoke Newington Church Street is getting an all day cafe with a separate work hub - perfect for local freelancers who love their coffee

• Wander brings seasonal Aussie cuisine to Stoke Newington

  After years cooking around the world, Australian chef Alexis Noble has finally decided on northeast London as the home of her new restaurant Wander. There’ll be a regularly changing menu full of seasonal, Aussie-style cuisine, with a heavy Asian influence, (and a soundtrack of Kanye West....)

• Bad news - Da Michele aren't opening a second London restaurant

  

  News that hit the internet last week that a second Da Michaele pizzeria was going to open a second London restaurant had us pretty excited, but sadly it looks as though it's not actually happening.

  Both industry site MCA and Eaterreported that the British team behind the Stoke Newington pizzeria

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• A baklava ice-cream sandwich is coming to London

  

  We know a LOT of people go weak at the knees for a baklava - so this should prove irresistable. In Stoke Newington, The Lacy Nook has just launched a baklava ice-cream sandwich. It's a "Nutty Baklava with flor de latte ice cream (made by Nonnas Gelato), strawberry-mango compote & mint." 

  So if you're after that next-level baklava - you know where to go.

  What: The Lacy

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• The Mint Gun Club is Stokie’s new cocktail hotspot from an award-winning bartender

  There'll be tea and more in the deli, but the cocktails are the REAL draw at Stoke Newington's Mint Gun Club, the newest project from cocktail master Rich Hunt.

• The Lacy Nook brings Macedonian food and more to Stoke Newington

  Bringing together tastes from all over the world - think miso, jalapeno and tahini on aubergine  - The Lacy Nook experiments with international flavours, led by Macedonian friends Elena and Jana, with help from Nobu’s Tom Catley.

• Perilla Supperclub Perilla goes permanent on Newington Green
• Andi's All day dining from the New Great British Menu judge
• Something rather special - we Test Drive Dandy on Newington Green

  Stoke Newington has a rather special new neighbourhood restaurant worth crossing town for

• Dandy Cafe heads to Newington Green, ditching its shipping container

  

  A Hot Dinners Exclusive

  What: Dandy 

  In a nutshell: Modern cooking from two Aussies in Newington Green

  Summing it all up: Dan Wilson and Andrew Leitch are making the leap from a shipping container in London Fields to a new spot in Newington Green, taking with them their much-praised food, natural wine and of course, loads of speciality coffee.