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Posts Tagged ‘restaurants’

‘I’ve loved every minute’ – iconic Dalston restaurant to close after 13 years

By Lizzie McAllister | Wednesday 19 November 2025 at 15:02
Jones & Sons shop front

Jones & Sons’ Dalston venue is shutting its doors 13 years after Andy Jones first opened the venue, then in Arcola Street.

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Kokin, Stratford, food review: ‘So romantic, so artfully curated’

By Gabriel Wilding | Friday 5 September 2025 at 17:30

Learn from me though, put your best heels on, clunk on your baubles and move money over from your savings (you’ll need a fair wad)

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Bad Boy Pizzeria, Bethnal Green, food review: ‘One for the die-hard pie fans’

By Gabriel Wilding | Friday 5 September 2025 at 11:31

The New York-style restaurant is proof that the ‘appetite for pies with zippy, cartoonish branding has not abated’

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Tasca at Câv, Bethnal Green, food review: ‘Flavour fiesta’

By Gabriel Wilding | Tuesday 15 April 2025 at 14:10

Paradise Row’s newest restaurant may offer only tiny plates, but we licked them all clean

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TT, Kingsland Road, food review: ‘The meat outdances the veg’

By Gabriel Wilding | Friday 5 April 2024 at 10:46

TT, formerly TT Liquor, launches its first permanent restaurant, and its offering is ‘charmingly robust’

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Chakana, Broadway Market, food review: ‘The tongue never quite catches up to the eye’

By Gabriel Wilding | Thursday 21 December 2023 at 21:25

The dishes at this Peruvian restaurant are visually stunning, but they’re more style than substance

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‘A touch ludicrous, but childishly enjoyable’

By Gabriel Wilding | Monday 11 December 2023 at 13:01

Looking Glass Cocktail Club is ‘doing something fresh and fantastic’ with drinks inspired by popular culture

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‘Stimulating and quality ingredients set this place apart’

By Gabriel Wilding | Monday 11 December 2023 at 11:56

Commercial Street’s Taco Taco seems a great option for a quick lunch – and a very reasonable meal deal helps

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Arepa & Co, Oslo Hackney, food review: ‘I want to eat arepas and to hell with the bloat’

By Gabriel Wilding | Monday 23 October 2023 at 14:17

The Venezuelan restaurant chain impresses with its new residency

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Edit, Mare Street, food review: ‘A stylish step in the right direction’

By Gabriel Wilding | Friday 10 March 2023 at 13:10

Elly Ward’s commendable new venture is ‘vegan, hyper-seasonal, reused, recycled, and local’ – it just needs a few minor corrections to really shine

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Temper Shoreditch, food review: ‘Dark, deep and dangerous’

By Gabriel Wilding | Tuesday 8 November 2022 at 11:06

The barbecue chain’s new branch is a ‘palace to paleo god Carnivora’

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Supa Ya Ramen, Kingsland Road, food review: ‘Mouth-slurping goodness’

By Gabriel Wilding | Wednesday 8 June 2022 at 15:27

Luke Findlay’s permanent venue is a ‘winner’

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Some chew over the cooks’ new Nest: Restaurant defends plan for London Fields opening

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 26 August 2021 at 20:36

Team behind Morning Lane eatery Nest vows not to disturb neighbours on Mentmore Terrace if they get the go-ahead to branch out

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Schnitzel Forever, Stoke Newington, food review: ‘It’s as if Vienna flapped her wings and landed in Hackney’

By Gabriel Wilding | Friday 16 July 2021 at 12:33

The Church Street restaurant has schnitzel in ‘almost any configuration your little greedy heart could think of’

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All’s Well, Mare Street, food review: ‘A cornucopia of flavour, fun and sustainable frolicking’

By Gabriel Wilding | Wednesday 7 July 2021 at 11:48

Chef Chantelle Nicholson’s pop-up offers a ‘delicious and planet-friendly evening’

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Council told restaurants to switch to deliveries during pandemic – but many were booted off Deliveroo and Uber Eats after cyber attack wiped food safety scores

By Jacob Dirnhuber, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 6 July 2021 at 14:02

Licensing boss reveals environmental health service was brought to a ‘standstill’ following October’s hack

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Workers in Dalston and Shoreditch urged to get tested as businesses reopen

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Monday 17 May 2021 at 09:54
Covid-19 test

Pubs and restaurants can serve indoors from today, as effort to root out Covid variants continues

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Maison Patron, Blackstock Road, food review: ‘Dinky and delightful’

By Gabriel Wilding | Monday 12 October 2020 at 19:34

This French gem, which was open for just one week before lockdown forced it to close, is ‘ready to charm once more’

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Padella, Shoreditch, food review: ‘Buzzing addition to East London – even if the food is slightly underwhelming’

By Gabriel Wilding | Wednesday 12 August 2020 at 19:47

This haven for pasta fans, recovering from a pre-Covid launch, offers ‘la dolce vita without needing pockets as deep as Donatella Versace’

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Coronavirus: How local restaurants are adapting to the lockdown

By Adam Loft Schulz | Friday 3 April 2020 at 11:57

Switching to deliveries, teaming up with local charities, turning into farm shops – businesses across East London are changing to survive

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