Stratford

• Soul Mama sees YolanDa Brown bringing live music and fusion food to Stratford

  

  Around this time last year, we were championing a new North London venue from YolanDa Brown OBE DL called Soul Mama that, thanks to some exuberant Kickstarting, was fundraising itself into record-breaking existence. Well, in terms of location, it now turns out that Islington’s loss

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• Gordon Ramsay's opening a massive Bread Street Kitchen at Stratford

  

  It's been almost a year since the huge Haugen restaurant closed its doors in Stratford. But now it's set to have a new lease of life under Gordon Ramsay. The chef and restaurateur announced that he's turning the space into one of his biggest Bread Street Kitchens yet.

  The pavilion-style building, complete with massive roof terrace, will now be taken over by Ramsay for his sixth BSK restaurant. The

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• Riverside East brings a big cafe, terrace, street food and more to Stratford's Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park

  

  The team responsible for summer pop-up Between the Bridges are getting ready to open their own permanent place in Stratford, taking over a big space in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. 

  A key part of Riverside East will be their cafe, which will be pretty big, seating 300. The menu for that is being designed by Lulu Cox

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• Get ready Stratford, Eggslut is coming to East Village

  

  Updated 13/10/23 with opening date

  The egg-based dining concept that has induced sniggers and second-glances at its name since launching in London is asking for your attention again. Eggslut is opening a branch in Stratford, its fourth in the capital and the biggest so far.

  Originally starting life as a gourmet food truck in LA in 2011, Eggslut now has 16 locations worldwide

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• Mama Chen's dumpling and noodle bar pops up at The Gantry in Stratford

  

  Having opened just in time for the upcoming Lunar New Year celebrations, Mama Chen's is a new dumpling-based popup at The Gantry in Stratford.

  It began life as a delivery service during lockdown - the Mama Chen in question is founder and chef Michelle Liu's grandmother. Since then it's gone from strength to strength popping up with supperclubs and residencies across town.

  Liu's latest endeavour is a

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• STK's latest steakhouse is in Stratford

   

  Somewhat out of nowhere, a brand new STK steakhouse has arrived in London. It's the latest opening that's part of The Gantry Hotel in Stratford, which already has Hermano coffee bar, Union Social, Coupe Bar and a roof terrace on the way soon. 

  As for what to expect from STK Stratford - it's a similar vibe to their restaurants on the Strand and in Westminster - part steakhouse, part party venue

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• Stratford gets a new restaurant, bar and distillery courtesy of Jim and Tonic

  

  Taking over The Print House site in Stratford is urban gin distillery Jim and Tonic who have a lot planned for the space on Sugar House Island. The gin company has not only opened a coffee shop, bar and restaurant on the site, but they've also got big plans for their riverside courtyard there.

  At the restaurant, the menu covers pizzas, burgers and Middle Eastern dishes. But it's outside that's maybe the

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• Popeye's chicken comes to London, at Westfield Stratford (and they're adding a vegan burger)

  

  3/11 - Updated with the opening date and details about the menu

  Given Five Guys' fairly massive rollout across the UK. it was only a matter of time before more US chains started heading this way. We already have had the return of Wendy's, and joining them soon will be American

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• The Gantry London at Stratford will feature a 18th floor sky bar and destination restaurant

  

  Updated 15/10/21 with menu and opening date

  With Allegra at The Stratford getting such good reviews, the owners of new Stratford spot The Gantry London will be hoping for similar success.

  Their new hotel is part of the Curio Collection (a Hilton offshoot that also includes The Trafalgar and Lincoln Plaza). The 18 storey building was built by Ardmore who also did The Ned and Corinthia

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• Big Easy head to Westfield Stratford with their 'cue and lobsters

  

  After a quiet year or so, it does seem like life is heading back to Stratford with a few new openings. Hard on the heels of the arrival of Haugen, comes Big Easy who are opening their fourth London restaurant over at Westfield.

  As to what you can expect, well it's a formula they're not

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• D&D's Stratford restaurant will be Haugen at The Pavilion

  

  It's been a while since we've had a big opening in Stratford (Patrick Powell's Allegra being the most successful) but D&D (the people behind The German Gymnasium, Bluebird, Coq D'Argent, Launceston Place and lots, lots more) are opening one of the biggest restaurants there

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• Anders Terrace is D&D's summer popup alfresco restaurant in Stratford

  

  Now that the weather's not quite so hellish, it feels safe again to talk about new alfresco options in town. Over in Stratford the restaurant group D&D (think German Gymnasium, Bluebird, 14 Hills) has just opened a pop up outdoors restaurant.

  Set in Endeavour Square, the summery spot is hoping to bring the flavour of the Alps to East London. It's a very tight menu as you can see:

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• Allegra in Stratford has a massive terrace which is where you want to be this summer

  

  Over in Stratford, one of the biggest selling points of the new Allegra restaurant at The Stratford was its beautiful seventh floor terrace. But the restaurant, which opened at the end of last summer, hasn't properly had a chance to showcase this space to guests yet.

  Thankfully, come 10 July, that's all about to change. That's when they're opening their large terraced area and - best of all - they'll be

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• Patrick Powell's Allegra teams up with The Stratford for takeaways

  

  Patrick Powell's Allegra is back in Stratford - with a difference. Obviously you can't head up to their restaurant on the 7th floor just yet, so they've come back down to the ground to team up with The Stratford restaurant that's in the same building

  Powell himself will be in charge of the pizza oven on the terrace where they'll be serving up Roman-style pizzas, including a margherita, chorizo &

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• Test Driving Allegra - Stratford goes up in the world with this elegant new restaurant

  

  Taking over the seventh floor of The Straford, this high rise restaurant sees the former Head Chef of Chiltern Firehouse launch his solo vision in East London.