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- Man arrested after Vinegar Yard fire
As things in London start to heat up in the weeks leading up to the festive period, for one London venue it got altogether too hot. A TikTok video first alerted us to the fact that there had been a fire in Vinegar Yard over the weekend. And now the street food space has confirmed it.
"On Sunday morning
... - Boxpark are taking over Buck Street Market in Camden
6/9/24 - updated with more opening details
Buck Street Market is a huge container village in Camden which has about 40 shops and restaurants contained within its mini maze of containers. However, it hasn't really had the same success as similar venues like Boxpark have seen. Now that's likely to change as Boxpark themselves are the new owners of the site.
This will
... - Kerb are opening a lunch market in Holborn
A bit of good news for hungry workers in the Holborn area comes today. You're about to get a weekly Kerb market to enhance your lunch options. The latest opening from the street food company will be just off High Holborn at Hand Court.
As for the line-up, we're told that opening week will feature the following traders:
- Only Jerkin; - triple-dipped Caribbean fried chicken
- Filligrillz - BBQ
- Camden Courtyard is a new alfresco food space from the Electric Ballroom team
As the UK summer heats up, it looks like Camden folk are going to be getting an interesting new venue to make the most of the sunshine. Camden Courtyard is going to be a food and music space on Kentish Town Road that mixes a load of street food options with live acts and DJS.
The space has been developed by the people who own the Electric Ballroom, so you know the music offering will be on point.
... - Metropolis London brings an indoor street food hall to Vauxhall
Anyone who's been to the Vauxhall and Nine Elms area recently knows that there's a lot going on there right now. While we wait for the eventual opening of the Park Hyatt, which is certainly taking its time, there's also the more imminent opening of a new "food and entertainment emporium" to look forward to.
Taking over the Albert Embankment’s Railway Arches
... - 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
... - 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
... - Seven Dials Market adds burgers, tacos, Kolkata rolls and hot chicken with four new traders
It's all change at Seven Dials Market - this month sees four new traders take up a space at the Covent Garden food hall. If you're heading down there - here's who you've got to look forward to:
Lucky's - Recently seen at the NT,
... - The Upper Place food hall is opening upstairs from Holloway's Nags Head Market
Updated 9/8/23
It's been well over two years since we wrote our original story about The Upper Place Food Hall opening in Holloway. Back then a range of licensing issues put the kibosh on the whole endeavour and it ended up being mothballed.
But now, rather under the radar, the hall suddenly opened up last weekend for business again. Some of the original traders we first talked about are back again, with a few new
... - KERB's summer market at the National Theatre has a table long enough for 200 diners
If you enjoy dining out and meeting new people then the arrival of KERB's summer market on the South Bank will be right up your street. This year the street traders are stepping things up a bit with the focus on communal dining. KERB Presents: The Table will feature a 70-metre-long table with room for 200 people to eat shoulder to shoulder.
Serving up the food is a curated selection of eight street
... - A guide to London's best food courts and halls
The London food scene is ever-changing and the growing popularity of upscale food halls is part of that. If you fancy eating out, but want a much broader choice than a single restaurant will allow for - these may be just what you need. We round up some of London's best.
- London’s best street food markets
There are few better ways to spend a day in London than to stroll leisurely through a local food market; often it’s as much a feast for the eyes as it is for the stomach. Regardless of where you are in London, there’s one that’s perfect for you. We asked one of London’s best-known foodies, Kar-Shing Tong (better known as KS) to give us his top tips on where to go along with what to order.
- Juk Pou brings congee and youtiao to the Greenwich Peninsula
London streetfood fans searching for the next hot thing to get their teeth into are going to need to head out to the Greenwich Peninsula . Joining the ranks of traders at the Design District Canteen is newbie Juk Pou. Their USP? They're congee and youtiao street food specialists.
Founders Shiqi Liu and Stan Yang were inspired by their childhood food memories to come up with the concept which marries Chinese
... - LALALAND is taking over the Dinerama space in Shoreditch
Dinerama in Shoreditch is no more, but coming soon to take its place will be LALALAND.
Details of this new outside space are a little thin on the ground, but we do know that it will all be centred around a courtyard with "tumbling waterfalls and living walls" and what they're calling a "sparkling plunge pool". We're going to assume that, even in the upcoming post-pandemic world, that the pool
... - Spring in the Courtyard is a new alfresco bar and street food space in Hackney
A big new alfresco space is coming to Hackney, brought to you by the people behind Peckham Levels and Pop Brixton. Hackney Bridge (once known as Clarnico Quay) has had a big makeover and will eventually feature workspaces, restaurants, events and more.
Kicking things off is Spring in the Courtyard which brings in street food vans to look after the food
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