Food & Drink
Popolo, Shoreditch, restaurant review
This excellent new Rivington Street hideout serves dishes which capture the spirit of the Italian kitchen, with lashings of Spanish and North African influence
Read MorePretty F*cking Good Toast at Machine No. 3, restaurant review, Hackney Central – a masterclass in sourcing
The bar at the end of Well Street has teamed up with a toast-master for an excellent pop-up that runs until the end of November
Read MoreSquid Kitchen at 119 Lower Clapton, restaurant review
Delicious tapas suitable for any cena con amigos can be found at this unassuming Clapton café
Read MorePizza Parley: a look at Hackney’s best slices from Stoke Newington to the Wick
Mina Miller grabs a piece of the pizza action in and around the borough
Read MoreRooting out the history of vegetables
It is hard to imagine a time when root vegetables were not an essential part of the English diet, and in Hackney there are plenty to choose from
Read MoreDecatur at Pamela, Dalston, restaurant/bar review
With Pamela providing the booze and Decatur laying on New Orleans-inspired small plates and more, this Dalston nightspot is good eatin’
Read MoreCook Daily, restaurant review: vegan joint beloved of grime royalty serves up bowls of glory
Marijuana-inspired sauce is the order of the day in this casual, excellent vegan eatery in Shoreditch
Read MoreJidori, Dalston, restaurant review – View-a skewer
The vision for Jidori is yakitori, a Japanese cuisine centred on chicken skewers, cooked on a charcoal grill and washed down with copious amounts of booze
Read MoreThe red tide: a tomato tour from Naples to Stoke Newington
Gillian Riley takes a sweeping look at the symbol of Italy that has captivated the rest of the world
Read MoreLizzy’s at the Coal House, Stoke Newington, restaurant review
A cafe with a “local flavour”, in every sense of the word, at the heart of the Woodberry Wetlands nature reserve
Read MoreEast London food enterprise commended in ‘New Radicals’ list
DayOld is tackling food waste and child hunger, one cinnamon roll at a time
Read MoreCafé SoVegan, Clapton, restaurant review – ‘a project to be heralded’
Vegans and non-vegans alike will find something tasty to tuck in to at this Clapton café-in-a-pub
Read MoreQueen Elizabeth Park eateries: Breakfast Club, Mason & Company, and Randy’s Wing Bar – reviews
The Olympic legacy has seen a raft of restaurants open up around Queen Elizabeth Park across the canal, giving hungry Wickers more choice than ever
Read MoreDishNextDoor – review: feed thy neighbour with delivery service
Takeaway service allows residents to connect through home-cooked food
Read MoreMorito, Hackney Road, restaurant review: tapas with North African twist
The founders of Moro have branched out with a new restaurant on Hackney Road
Read MoreMarket gardens: the ‘ugly sisters’ of horticultural history
East London’s market garden scene was once a hotbed of commerce, where fruit, vegetables and exotic plants once flourished
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Read MoreBoceto review, Hackney Central: Spanish class
Traditional tapas and kooky cocktails are the order of the day at this relaxed Mare Street eatery
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Read MoreTurtle Bay has arrived in Dalston!
You’ll find the Caribbean restaurant and bar tucked away behind Dalston Junction station on Dalston Square… and its worth a routing out…
Read MorePanzanella: discovering the pleasures of peasant food
Food historian Gillian Riley shares her version of a Tuscan summer classic
Read MorePerson and Plate: dinner at Stoke Newington’s Aziziye Mosque
Over a veg stew, ex-Hackney Speaker Faizullah Khan talks cleanliness, cancer and Jerusalem
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