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Food & Drink

Popolo, Shoreditch, restaurant review

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 17 November 2016 at 14:43
Popolo Bavette steak

This excellent new Rivington Street hideout serves dishes which capture the spirit of the Italian kitchen, with lashings of Spanish and North African influence

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Pretty F*cking Good Toast at Machine No. 3, restaurant review, Hackney Central – a masterclass in sourcing

By Hackney Citizen | Saturday 12 November 2016 at 14:30
The Smoked Haddock toast, paired with Beavertown's Lupuloid.

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

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Squid Kitchen at 119 Lower Clapton, restaurant review

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 8 November 2016 at 13:33
Grilled Jerusalem Artichokes. Photograph: Squid Kitchen

Delicious tapas suitable for any cena con amigos can be found at this unassuming Clapton café

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Pizza Parley: a look at Hackney’s best slices from Stoke Newington to the Wick

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 4 November 2016 at 14:28
Yard Sale Pizza.

Mina Miller grabs a piece of the pizza action in and around the borough

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Rooting out the history of vegetables

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 3 November 2016 at 12:12
Market scene from 1550s by Peter Aertsen. Image: Wikimedia (Creative Commons)

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

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Decatur at Pamela, Dalston, restaurant/bar review

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 25 October 2016 at 14:57
Decatur's Chargrilled Oysters with Pamela's Rhu-Barb Wire cocktail.

With Pamela providing the booze and Decatur laying on New Orleans-inspired small plates and more, this Dalston nightspot is good eatin’

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Cook Daily, restaurant review: vegan joint beloved of grime royalty serves up bowls of glory

By Hackney Citizen | Saturday 17 September 2016 at 14:27
Cook Daily. Photograph: Jade King

Marijuana-inspired sauce is the order of the day in this casual, excellent vegan eatery in Shoreditch

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Jidori, Dalston, restaurant review – View-a skewer

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 25 August 2016 at 11:25
The bar at Jidori. Photograph: Mary Gaudin, Design: Giles Reid Architects

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

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The red tide: a tomato tour from Naples to Stoke Newington

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 3 August 2016 at 14:00
Tomatoes on the vine.

Gillian Riley takes a sweeping look at the symbol of Italy that has captivated the rest of the world

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Lizzy’s at the Coal House, Stoke Newington, restaurant review

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 1 August 2016 at 16:46
Grilled crispy pancetta, with trimmings. Photograph: Victoria Seabrook

A cafe with a “local flavour”, in every sense of the word, at the heart of the Woodberry Wetlands nature reserve

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East London food enterprise commended in ‘New Radicals’ list

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 29 July 2016 at 16:26
A box of DayOld's baked goods. Photograph: DayOld

DayOld is tackling food waste and child hunger, one cinnamon roll at a time

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Café SoVegan, Clapton, restaurant review – ‘a project to be heralded’

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 27 July 2016 at 16:00
A selection of Café SoVegan's comfort food. Photograph: Jade King

Vegans and non-vegans alike will find something tasty to tuck in to at this Clapton café-in-a-pub

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Queen Elizabeth Park eateries: Breakfast Club, Mason & Company, and Randy’s Wing Bar – reviews

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 25 July 2016 at 14:11
Buffalo wings at Randy's Wing Bar

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

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DishNextDoor – review: feed thy neighbour with delivery service

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 7 July 2016 at 18:54

Takeaway service allows residents to connect through home-cooked food

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Morito, Hackney Road, restaurant review: tapas with North African twist

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 16 June 2016 at 18:26

The founders of Moro have branched out with a new restaurant on Hackney Road

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Market gardens: the ‘ugly sisters’ of horticultural history

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 24 May 2016 at 16:09

East London’s market garden scene was once a hotbed of commerce, where fruit, vegetables and exotic plants once flourished

The post Market gardens: the ‘ugly sisters’ of horticultural history appeared first on East End Review.

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Boceto review, Hackney Central: Spanish class

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 17 May 2016 at 10:49

Traditional tapas and kooky cocktails are the order of the day at this relaxed Mare Street eatery

The post Boceto review, Hackney Central: Spanish class appeared first on East End Review.

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​Turtle Bay has arrived in Dalston! 

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 14 April 2016 at 17:20

You’ll find the Caribbean restaurant and bar tucked away behind Dalston Junction station on Dalston Square… and its worth a routing out…

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Panzanella: discovering the pleasures of peasant food

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 14 August 2014 at 16:06

Food historian Gillian Riley shares her version of a Tuscan summer classic

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Person and Plate: dinner at Stoke Newington’s Aziziye Mosque

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 13 August 2014 at 14:43

Over a veg stew, ex-Hackney Speaker Faizullah Khan talks cleanliness, cancer and Jerusalem

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