Irish

• Nancy Spains are opening their next Irish pub in the City

  

  Their first pub opened in Shoreditch only earlier this year, but a second Nancy Spains is already on the way (and we now wouldn't be surprised if more were planned). 

  It's taken over the space that was once City pub, The Wine Lodge (which appears to have been closed for over five years). As before, it's run by Kerry-born brothers Peter and Nicholas O’Halloran and they'll be

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• The Wee Sister is chef Anna Haugh's new wine bar in Chelsea

  

  Five years after throwing open the doors of her Irish restaurant just off the King's Road, chef and writer Anna Haugh is now in the process of unveiling her latest enterprise in the area. The Wee Sister is Haugh's new wine bar and it really is a close sibling, being right next door to the restaurant.

  The bar has taken over another wine space, Last Drop Wines. As Anna explained to us, "It's an Irish wine bar

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• Scaldy are London's first Irish spice bag specialists

  

  If you're a homesick Irish expat, London's food offerings have of late been very much in your favour. If you've been hankering for a chicken fillet roll, for example, you can now head to Homeboy in Islington or the hugely popular Emerald Eats stall in Broadway Market. But now we bring you news of a very specific Irish food snack specialist that's making waves across the city.

  Scaldy pitch themselves as

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• Inis will serve up British and Irish food on Hackney Wick's Fish Island

  

  There's been some debate recently on what makes a neighbourhood restaurant. However, we figure that if you've spent the past decade living somewhere, that's surely got to count for something. And locals Lynsey Coughlan and Lindsay Lewis have lived in Hackney for ten years before deciding to open their first restaurant.

  Inis, which will be part of Fish Island's The Trampery campus, is going to serve up a mix of British

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• Best London restaurants, bars & events for St Patrick's Day

  

  Looking for the best ways to enjoy St Patrick's Day in London if you care about what you eat and drink? If you fancy decent Guinness with some really good Irish food to go with, or if you're after a big party, we've got you covered.

• The Murphia List 2024 - the Irish talent in London's food and drink scene right now

  

  Hot Dinners presents its 10th annual Murphia List - a celebration of the creative contribution made by Irish people to London's food and drink scene.

• How Emerald Eats' chicken fillet rolls and spice bags are taking London by storm

  

  If you've been wondering what that lengthy queue snaking down Broadway Market at the weekends is for, let us enlighten you. Emerald Eats is an Irish food stall that's gone fully viral over the past few weeks. Their secret has been tapping into the deepest desires of Irish expats, serving up a short menu of takeaway food that isn't easy to come by in London.

  The stall's the brainchild of three Irish folk in

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• Nancy Spain's Irish pub is opening in Shoreditch

  

  If there's one date you want to open in time for if you're a new Irish pub, it's St Patrick's Day. So Shoreditch pub Nancy Spain's is coming in just under the wire with the intention of flinging open its doors a few days before the big day.

  The folks behind it are Kerry-born brothers Peter and Nicholas O’Halloran and they're hoping their pub will bring something new to Shoreditch. Interestingly,

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• BÓHA London mixes Irish and British influences on the King's Road

  

  A very different kind of British/Irish restaurant has just opened its door in Chelsea that's aiming straight for the luxury end of the London dining scene. BÓHA London has taken over the old Chelsea Lodge site on the King's Road with its restaurant and soon-to-open cocktail bar.

  Behind the scenes are a founding team that includes several folk from the drinks business like Jay Bradley CEO of The Craft Irish

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• Chefs Tom Cenci and Ivan Tisdall-Downes collaborate with grass fed Irish Beef on their summer menus

  

  Irish Beef’s ‘Great Taste Comes Naturally’ summer is here and chefs Tom Cenci (of Nessa) and Ivan Tisdall-Downes (of Native) are celebrating  grass fed Irish beef.

• Shankey's serves up Indian food with Irish booze in Hackney

  

  We'll be honest we missed the opening of Shankey's last year on Dalston Lane and when it moved to Well Street in Hackney last November. But when a reader brought it to our attention recently we had to admit, it does sound interesting.

  Self-billed as 'Spuds n Spice - Indian food & Irish booze in an old bookies." Clearly they're doing something right as chef and TV personality Andi Oliver bigged them up ...

• Whisht bring their sandwiches with an Irish twist to Pop Brixton

  

  We've been reading about Whisht for a while - who started selling sandwiches with an Irish twist during the most recent lockdown. Now that we've all properly emerged from lockdown, Whisht have done the same and moved onto a brand new kitchen in Pop Brixton, which opened last week. 

  The sandwiches there are made with different types of farl - best described as a dense Irish flatbread

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• St Patrick's Day meal kits, deliveries and more...

   

  This year, St Patrick's Day, Wednesday 17 March, is very much an at-home affair. But you can still get some excellent St Patrick's-inspired and Irish meals delivered to you (along with some Guinness and whiskey, of course). We round up some of the best. 

• Top London chefs have designs on your festive feasts

  If you're looking to switch things up a bit food-wise for New Year's Eve, then some of London's top chefs have come up with some suggestions to beef it up.

• Test Driving Anglo Thai's Banquet box - a feast of Irish beef with Thai influences

  

  Anglo Thai have created the ultimate steak dinner - with wine to match. We had to try it out...