Hoxton

  • Orange Buffalo are now doing a chicken wings birthday cake

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    Picture the scenario: you've been given the job of booking a restaurant to celebrate someone's birthday. But you're looking for something a little different - something to make the whole evening stand out. Well, we think we may have found what you're looking for.

    Orange Buffalo at Hoxton Square Bar & Kitchen have ditched the traditional cake for birthday celebrations and replaced it with... a chicken wing birthday cake.

    The ‘cake’ turns out to be a

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  • Via Emilia on Hoxton Square is all about the pasta

    viaemiliaIf you want the best egg pasta in Italy, so they say, you have to go to the Emilia Romagna region where it was created. But if you can’t *quite* justify getting on a plane yet then Hoxton Square’s new Italian Via Emilia looks like the next best thing, and in traditional Italian style, they’re keeping it ultra simple with eight pastas, one pudding and a wine list that’s short but sweet.

  • The London Cheese Project heads east to Hoxton’s Geffrye Museum

    The London Cheese Project heads east to Hoxton’s Geffrye Museum

    If you like a slice of culture with your Emmental then good news - the London Cheese Project is headed east, to the Hoxton’s Geffrye Museum.

    The grounds of the museum will be transformed into, and we quote, “cheese nirvana” during the two-day festival, which will see 20 cheesemakers, cheesemongers and traders out in force. It’ll be the first time the festival has moved from Camden Market, where it launched

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  • Halloumi fiends rejoice: you’re getting your own Hoxton pop-up (with ice-cream)

    Halloumi fiends rejoice: you’re getting your own Hoxton pop-up (with ice-cream)

    There’s something deeply enjoyable about halloumi, from the weirdly pleasing squeaking noise to the overwhelming salt hit, and of course, the knowledge that you’re essentially just eating a pile of cheese. Plus, it just looks so good on camera - you could hardly swing a cat on street food Instagram this summer without hitting a flat-lay of breaded-halloumi fries.

    Now,

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  • Test Driving Cub – Mr Lyan teams up with Silo chef for a sustainable, drinks-led experience in Hoxton

    CubCocktail bar blends seamlessly with restaurant - we Test Drive Mr Lyan's Cub.

  • Cub is Mr Lyan's new boundary-pushing low-waste cocktail bar and restaurant in Hoxton

    cubfood“We want to keep pushing boundaries,” said Mr Lyan about his new concept bar and restaurant. No problem there then - his new restaurant uses very (and we do mean *very*) creative ingredients in a special all-in-one kitchen and bar, reducing waste and keeping guests on their toes. Expect ambergris, Japanese knotweed and smoked compost carrot on the weekly changing menu.

  • Monty's Deli

    Former streetfood stall becomes a Hoxton Jewish Deli

  • Number 177 Bar & Kitchen brings a slice of Berlin to Hoxton

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    What: Number 177 Bar & Kitchen

    In a nutshell: Hoxton meets Berlin in this venue for food, drink, art and music

    Summing it all up: With an emphasis on animal-free and gluten-free dining, plus a few burger and craft beers on tap, graffiti and a gallery, Number 90 Bar & Kitchen does a good job of transplanting a slice of of ultra-hip Berlin culture onto Hoxton Street, craft beers and all.

  • Monty’s Deli brings a feast of Jewish soul food to Hoxton

    Monty’s Deli brings a feast of Jewish soul food to Hoxton

    They've been a staple at Maltby for a while now, but Monty's Deli are finally making the leap to a permanent spot. Comforting chicken soup, salt beef sandwiches and other essential Jewish soul food will be available at their all-day Jewish diner in Hoxton.

    Not only will there be more pastrami, salt beef and pickles than you can shake a stick at, but Monty’s Deli will have a thoroughly traditional vibe with food

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  • Petit Pois launches a pie-fuelled Sunday lunch

    Petit Pois launches a pie-fuelled Sunday lunch

    Now this sounds just lovely - particularly as the weekend get a little brisk.

    From next weekend, Hoxton's Petit Pois is starting their own take on a Sunday lunch. At the heart of the menu will be the slow cooked beef bourguignon for sharing. The beef, from Nathan Mills at The Butchery in Bermondsey, is slow cooked in red wine for four hours with mushrooms, shallots and thyme, before being covered in buttery puff pastry. And

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  • Radio Alice pizzeria will bring a new take on pizza to Hoxton Square

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    There's a new pizzeria hitting Hoxton. Radio Alice, named after an Italian pirate radio station, is taking over the spot where Monikers was on Hoxton Square. It's the brainchild of brothers Salvatore and Matteo Aloe, who already have five well-respected restaurants in Italy.

    The thing they do differently is, after having made their pizza dough from mother yeast and ancient stoneground flour, they cook the base, slice it and only then add the

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  • Test Driving Petit Pois - a perfect French bistro in Hoxton

    petit pois extHip Hoxton marks a return to traditional bistro cooking with the arrival of Petit Pois on Hoxton Square

  • Petit Pois Bistro comes to Hoxton from the people behind Happiness Forgets

    Petit Pois Bistro comes to Hoxton from the people behind Happiness Forgets

    A new French bistro has come to Hoxton backed by people with pretty impressive bar experience. They're the ones behind bars Happiness Forgets and Original Sin, Alastair Burgess and Chris Smith. Called the Petit Pois Bistro (alas, not a restaurant dedicated to petit pois), it's aiming to bring the feel of a "cosy French bistro" to Hoxton.

    The food will be by Chris Smith himself, who has had a career

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  • Chriskitch expands from Muswell Hill to Hoxton Market

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    It's been three years since we first wrote about Christian Honor - a chef who left his job running a brigade of 200 chefs at The Dorchester to open a weeny cafe in Muswell Hill called Chriskitch, serving up some of the most astonishing salads and cakes.

    Now he's ready to expand and is opening a new restaurant in Hoxton. The all-day restaurant, opening in late

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  • Seth Troxler's Smokey Tails settles down on Hoxton Square

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    You may have caught DJ/'cue obsessive Seth Troxler's BBQ popup Smokey Tails when it last turned up in Hackney Wick or Haggerston. But now Troxler's restaurant is settling down with its first permanent residence, at Hoxton Square Bar and Kitchen.

    The new 64 cover Smokey Tails restaurant will be open from lunch onwards (and brunch at the

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