Islington

• Godet wine-focused pub comes to Islington from the Binch team

  

  Binch wine bar in Hackney has been a local favourite since opening back in 2021. Opened by Frenchman Sylvain Bertozzi the small bar and bottle shop is certainly one of the best wine bars in East London. Now news reaches us that Bertozzi is looking to expand to nearby North London, opening a bar on Essex Road.  

• Test Driving Topa - a buzzing Basque residency inside a Holloway Road deli

  

  The arrival of a new Basque-inspired residency by a top chef at Holloway Road deli Provisions meant it was time for a return visit.

• Islington is getting a new must-try pub dining room at the William IV

  

  We know that times are tough for pubs, but on the flipside it's never been a better time to get a great meal at a London pub. Earlier this year we devoted a new guide to the city's pubs with great upstairs dining rooms. And now that list is about to get a new addition.

  The pub in question is the William IV

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• Try out new Islington pub The Peacock with 50% off food this October

  

  Islington has a brand new pub on the high street in Angel and Hot Dinners readers get to try it while saving a whopping 50% off their food bill.

  Offer: 50% off food

  Where: Noble House, 3-5 Islington High Street, London N1 9LQ

  When: 1-31 October 2024, Monday to Saturday only

• My Manor - Jacob Kenedy's local guide to Angel and Islington

  

  Chef, restaurateur and author Jacob Kenedy shares his favourite Angel and Islington food spots with us.

• The Peacock is Islington's latest new pub

  

  Islington has recently got a "new" pub on the high street, in the shape of The Peacock. It's opened up in a space that was once Wetherspoon pub The Angel, itself followed up by an independent pub The Junction. Now it's been taken over by the Urban Pubs & Bar group. They have some interesting sites under their umbrella and they happen to own the Salt Yard group.

  So there's reason to expect something relatively decent food-wise here,

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• Provisions Holloway Road to launch new San Sebastián-style pintxo bar Topa

  

  If a trip to San Sebastián seems too far out of reach, we have the next best thing, with the exclusive news that a Basque-themed pintxo bar called Topa is opening in North London.

  Located in much-loved artisan store and bar Provisions on Holloway Road, Topa will really walk the talk, with head chef Simon Shand (of Shoreditch’s Leroy fame) introducing a menu inspired

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• Crumb get set for Angel with their NYC style cookies

  

  Cookie lovers in Islington should keep an eye out for the opening of new space Crumb this autumn which is promising to bring NYC style thick, gooey cookies to the denizens of N1.

  They're opening in a teeny space on Camden Passage making it more of a cookie hatch than a cafe - but one that also sells coffee to go. The endeavour is the brainchild of baker Amy Gastman who also runs a vegan bakery Eat By Amy after leaving her

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• Sticks'n'Sushi head to Islington with their yaki and sushi

  

  Updated 16/8/24 with opening date

  Eagle-eyed Hot Dinners readers have spotted that there are signs of life in the currently empty restaurant site that used to be Neighbourhood on Islington Green. Turns out that it's going to be the next branch of the popular sushi spot Sticks'n'Sushi.

  It's a large old space so there's going to be an open plan dining room, space to eat up at the kitchen counter

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• Test Driving Goodbye Horses - a groundbreaking new wine bar in Islington

  

  An old pub in Islington has been transformed into something really rather special. We popped along to new wine bar Goodbye Horses to check it out.

• Chef James Cochran announces he's closing his Islington restaurant 12:51

  

  A Hot Dinners exclusive

  The slew of London restaurant closures continues with the news today that the much-loved Islington restaurant 12:51 will have its final service next month.

  Owner chef James Cochran says: "After almost 7 years, I have decided it’s the end of a chapter for me, and

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• The Dusty Knuckle come to Highbury Fields with a cafe in a van

  

  Dusty Knuckle have arrived in Islington, and they're trying something new. While they've delivered by milk float before, this will be their first-ever bakery in an actual van. It's parked up in Highbury Fields (near the bottom of the tennis courts section) and they say they're planning to be there for the next 12-18 months. 

  The bakery will have a selection of bread (including

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• Islington gets a combo wine bar, coffee shop and gelato bar with an ex-Papi chef

  

  Updated 21/6/24 with opening date and menu details

  Lucky Islington residents are about to get a new coffee shop, wine bar and restaurant and an ice cream parlour, all in the space of a month or so. The three businesses by co-founders Alex Young and George de Vos are taking over the old Michael's Den pub on the borders of Islington and De Beauvoir.

  First to open will be the coffee shop

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• The best restaurants in Islington, Angel and Holloway

  

  Islington has a HUGE amount of restaurants, with the majority of them along Upper Street. Here's our guide to the very best of dining out in and around Islington. 

• Westerns Laundry

  The people behind Primeur have opened this seafood spot in Islington.