Walthamstow

• Wood St Bear will be DJ Simon Bear's new bar in Walthamstow

  

  After a period of closures of much-loved bars and cafes, Walthamstow is about to get a flurry of new openings this year. One place we're particularly interested in is Wood St Bear - a new bar opening on, you guessed it, Wood Street.

  It's taking over the old Wood Street Deli spot and comes from local DJ Simon Bear. Bear, who's lived in the area for 12 years, told Hot Dinners he's "rooted in this community.

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• Brandy House Bar, from the UK’s first ever Brandy Distillery, opens in Walthamstow

  

  We bring you a big development in the world of spirits and an exciting cocktail destination for East London, with the news that Brandy House Bar is now open in Walthamstow.

  Launched by Burnt Faith, who opened the UK’s first brandy distillery in the location this summer, the bar is on a mission to educate palates new (or even adverse/agnostic) to the world of

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• Big Penny Social creates Walthamstow-on-Sea with a big city beach

  

  Can't quite make the time to get away to the beach this summer? Well if you're near Walthamstow, the beach is coming to you. 

  Big Penny Social have created Walthamstow-on-Sea (or at least "on reservoir") by dumping a tonne or so of sand in their backyard. They're even adding beach huts, which you can book for up to four people for the entire session (lunch or

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• Taro Japanese restaurant takes over the L Manze pie shop in Walthamstow

  

  We've already had one story this week about a Manze pie shop being reborn in a new guise, and now there's another. This time it's the turn of Japanese restaurant Taro, who have taken over the old Walthamstow L Manze (which shut almost a year ago) for their latest

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• Baggio Burger are opening an Italian burger joint in Walthamstow

  

  They've been delivering and popping up across London as well as running a popular residency in Walthamstow's Crate, but now Baggio Burger are getting ready to open in their permanent Walthamstow home. 

  Run by a father and son team, they're all about serving up Amalfi-coast-inspired Italian burgers. They had previously tested out a ...

• Pretty Decent Beer Co bring a new taproom (and pizza) to Walthamstow

  

  Walthamstow's beer community grows ever larger with a new opening on what they call the "Blackhorse Beer Mile". This time it's the turn of Pretty Decent Beer Co, who are opening a brewery and taproom there. 

  Onsite, they'll have 20 beers on tap (regularly changing) including one with the best title we've seen in a while - a session ale called "I Could Get

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• Beaten by a Whisker is Walthamstow's new bakery and cafe

  

  Lucky old Walthamstow is the proud owner of a rather lovely new place to get baked goods from. Beaten by a Whisker is an artisan small-batch bakery which opened its doors just a few weeks back.

  The bakery is the culmination of a dream by baker Laura Almond who started out selling cakes from an honesty box in her driveway. From there she began supplying local cafes before opening this place just behind St

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• Baggio Vegan hit up Walthamstow with their plant-based burgers

  

  They've been plying their Amalfi-coast inspired Italian burgers in and around Walthamstow for the past five years, but now father and son team Baggio Burger are stepping things up. Last week they opened their first dine-in restaurant in E17, but this one is a bit of a departure from their usual meaty offerings, being devoted to plant-based burgers.

  Baggio Vegan has five vegan burgers on the menu including their

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• Tonkotsu bring their ramen to Walthamstow

  

  19/11/20 - updated with launch date and offer

  Good news for any Walthamstow foodies wanting to raise their spirits with a bowl of ramen this winter. The newest branch of Tonkotsu is opening up on Hoe Street, bringing bowls of broth, fried chicken and strong cocktails to the neighbourhood.

  The new restaurant - Tonkotsu's twelfth in London - will serve up their signature ramens with both the noodles and stocks made in house from

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• Truman's Social Club in Walthamstow gets ready to open its indoor section

  

  As the reopening of London's restaurants, pubs and bars looms (we're definitely not calling it "super Saturday" though) we've already seen many ways in which restaurants are shifting the way they work, from removing tables, adding more screening and capitalising on outside space. But there are also two huge new additions to the scene that are really making the most of the increased demand for

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• The best restaurants in Walthamstow and Leyton doing delivery and takeaway

  Walthamstow and Leyton's food scenes are thriving with restaurants doing everything from haggis toasties and Korean wings to stone-baked pizzas and vegan curry kits. 

• Croquetas and cocktails from The Jellied Eel are back for good in Manzes, Walthamstow

   

  They first took over Walthamstow's Manze's pie shop (in the evenings only) for a pop-up last year and returned a few times since. Now The Jellied Eel are back in the same location for a permanent residency featuring their combination of cocktails and croquetas.

  Those croquetas will be back on the menu (including Jamon Iberico, leek, chorizo, blue cheese, spinach and chicken

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• Crate is a new container village in Walthamstow - with Baggio Burger, Italian Baker and more

   

  While we wait to see what Truman Brewery have planned in Walthamstow, another big new development has just opened. 

  Crate (not to be confused with the Hackney brewery) have just a new container village called Crate St James Street, designed to be a collection of food and drink outlets and shops (a bit like Boxpark) and a way for small businesses to start up.

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• Truman's are moving to Walthamstow, opening a brewery with a taproom and street food market

  

  This all sounds pretty exciting. According to the Standard today, Truman Brewery are on the move to Walthamstow. Having started out in Brick Lane way back in the 17th century and moved to Hackney Wick rather more recently, they've today announced plans for a massive new brewery in E17. The new brewery will take

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• Yard Sale team up with Matty Matheson for a Brick Lane bagel style pizza

   

  Yard Sale Pizza do have a great line in guest pizzas - and the next one they have lined up is definitely worth taking note of. They're teaming up with Matty Matheson - he's the founder of renowned Toronto restaurant Parts & Labour and also the host of host of Vice’s "It’s

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