Dalston

• Supper club ANAN kicks off at Allpress with a restaurant incoming

  

  Updated 24/2/20 with extended dates

  Lovers of coffee and hummus should sit up: we have news of a supper club that's specifically focused on everyone’s favourite chickpea dip.

  If you’ve ever had the good fortune to visit the Middle East, you’ll appreciate how different their freshly made hummus is compared to versions we purchase in supermarkets, but whether you have or not, ANAN is the supper club

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• Filthy Buns unleash their short rib and biscoffy peanut butter burger

   

  Yes, today is the last day of Veganuary. And if you've been very good all month and it's not a permanent lifestyle choice for you - you might be looking forward to a change tomorrow. If that's the case then it looks like Filthy Buns in Dalston might have just the thing for you. 

  That behemoth above is the short rib and Bicoffy peanut butter burger. That's a 45-day, dry-aged beef patty,

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• Test Driving Oren - a warm fug of hospitality on Dalston's Shacklewell Lane

  

  Having popped up in residencies across town, Tel Aviv chef Oded Oren has settled on Dalston for his permanent and hospitable home.

• Brewdog team up with Biff’s Jack Shack to make BrewDog Dalston their first vegan bar

  

  If beer and burgers are a match made in heaven, then vegan beer and vegan burgers must be the equivalent of nirvana for East London. That's presumably the thought process behind a new collaboration between BrewDog and Biff's Jack Shack.

  The two companies have teamed up to make the brewer's Dalston location the group's first wholly vegan bar. So they'll be serving up vegan jackfruit based ‘junk’ food along with an exclusively

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• Draughts is turning the old Shanghai/F Cooke site in Dalston into a board games paradise

  

  From pies and mash, to Chinese food, and now to board games and cocktails - 41 Kingsland High Street has had quite the history. For years it was the site of F Cooke pie and mash shop - leaving it a legacy of gorgeous tiled interiors and winning it a Grade II listing. More recently it was home to the Shanghai Chinese restaurant and karaoke spot. ...

• Filthy Buns are bringing their burgers to Dalston's Three Compasses

   

  Dalston has a new burger bar, setting up shop in The Three Compasses. Filthy Buns, led by exec chef John Gladwell, will be settling down for a residency in the pub following their start on the street food scene.  

  Here's what's on offer:

  • Cheesy House (£8) - The ‘house’ cheeseburger. 45-day, dry-aged beef patty, double cheese (red & swiss)
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• Oded Oren is opening his own restaurant Oren in Dalston

  After multiple residencies across town, Oded Oren is opening his own restaurant in Dalston. Expect Mediterranean food with a touch of Tel Aviv. 

• Red Hand in Dalston has some compelling cheese toasties you'll want to try

  

  Here at Hot Dinners, we're particularly partial to a good cheese toastie, so news of a whole bunch of them hitting a menu in East London certainly got our attention.

  Red Hand opened earlier this year on Stoke Newington High Street - the bar serves craft beer and cocktails on tap, focuses on natural wines and small batch spirits.

  In the kitchen is chef Rebecca Lever from I Will Kill Again and she's the one responsible for their

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• Wingstop hit up Dalston's Kingsland High Street as their second London location

  East London chicken wing fans are in for a treat as the US giant Wingstop picks Dalston's Kingsland High Street for its second location in London.

• Allpress launches Allpress Lates with Max's Sandwich Shop, Snackbar, Rochelle Canteen and more

  

  This year, Allpress Espresso is 30 years old and they're teaming up with some impressive restaurants and chefs to celebrate. They're launching Allpress Lates at their Dalston roastery with chef and restaurant takeovers all through summer, with the garden opening into the evening for the first time. 

  All are free to head along to and here's who's taking

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• The Dusty Knuckle Bakery are putting on Pizza Nights this summer

  

  Over in Dalston, the folks at bakers Dusty Knuckle have had a busy old week. Three days they said goodbye to their old bread oven, installed a new one, plus they've spent this month making their own wood fired oven.

  What all that means to you is the return of Dusty Knuckle's Pizza Nights. So, every Friday and Saturday evening this summer they'll be serving up their own pizzas along with dough balls, green salads, olives and carafes of wine and prosecco along

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• Snackbar is opening a cafe in Dalston

  Freddie Janssen and chef Anais van Manen are bringing their vision to fruition by opening a cafe right next to Dalston Junction station.

• Secret Samosa Club are back with bangers 'n mash samosas

   

  Earlier this year, Canadian Rick Matharu's Secret Samosa Club popped up in Borough with their cheeseburger samosa and now he's back with another new creation for their latest pop-up (and for a much longer run) in Dalston. And yes, he's converted the British institution bangers 'n mash into a samosa.

  But the bangers aren't the only samosas that are on offer.

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• Hacha in Dalston is a tequila and mezcal bar with Mexican sharing plates

  This Dalston tequila and mezcal bar features margaritas on tap, all the agave spirits you could need and is backed up by a Mexican sharing menu. 

• The Duke of Richmond kicks off brunch with an epic sausage, egg and chip butty

  

  Tom Oldroyd's Dalston pub is well known for its excellent crab and chip butty - but they're about to raise their game further. They're starting a weekend brunch and as part of that, a new epic chip butty is going on the menu. It's made of a 6oz pork sausage patty, chips, gravy, American cheese & chopped buttered eggs (£11) and you can see the mighty construction above.

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