East London

• Commercial Road's historic Victorian funeral parlour becomes burger bar

  

  From Victoria funeral parlour to burger joint, a listed building in Limehouse is coming back to life after years of neglect.

  Francis J Walters on Commercial Road used to have the most ornate facade, until a succession of rubbish owners stripped and painted the Grade II listed building and refused to comply with Tower Hamlets' enforcement orders to restore it.

  But now it's come under the

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• Homestead from Sven-Hanson Britt is the first new restaurant in London City Island

  

  Sven-Hanson Britt (ex Ritz and BBC’s MasterChef: The Professionals finalist and Rematch winner) is overseeing the food at this new restaurant in an all-new community in East London. It's starting as a shop with takeaway food with an all-day restaurant to come.

• Sweet Nothing Bakehouse is opening in East India Dock's Republic building

  

  Moving up from a trailer full of baked goods to a new bakery in East London, Sweet Nothing Bakehouse are setting up their cakes and treats in a new co-working building. 

• The Humble Bee Cafe opens at Stepney City Farm with ex-Hawksmoor chefs running the kitchen

  If low food miles are your jam, then this new community cafe, with a chef who counts Hawksmoor, Tante Claire and more on his CV, should be on your go-to list.

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

  

  A Hot Dinners exclusive

  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 ...

• Million Pound Menu winner Tiger Bites gets a residency in Shoreditch and a Deliveroo Kitchen slot

  

  Last night saw a new episode of Fred Sirieix's BBC show Million Pound Menu and London-based duo Scott & Lacey's Tiger Bites - serving up Asian fusion street food - came out top. And for their efforts, they won a slot at one of Deliveroo's kitchens. Which means that now, if you happen to live or work in East London, you can get their food delivered right to your door.

  But the even better news - if you don't have an East London postcode and still want to try

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• Test Driving Hopscotch - a great drinking and dining den in Brick Lane

  Brick Lane has a fun new 'dining room and drinking den' that's worth taking note of

• Test Driving Gotto - a waterside east London trattoria

  The people behind Soho's Mele e Pere have gone east to set up a waterfront trattoria in the old Olympic village, now called Here East. We head down there for a look.