Dalston

  • Dalston Yard is now Yardlife, a three-month preview of the real thing

    Dalston Yard brings new restaurants, residencies, bars and lots more

    Last summer there were bug plans for a new food, drinks and events space in Dalston. Called Dalston Yard, it was the brainchild of Dominic Cools-Lartigue, the man who opened The Tramshed Project and before that Street Feast. 

    However, things all went very quiet as opening plans were put on hold. But now it's somewhat unexpectedly back, albeit in a temporary new

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  • Dalston's The Marquis of Lansdowne is reborn as The Marquee Moon

    Dalston's The Marquis of Lansdowne is reborn as The Marquee Moon

    The Team behind Docklands nightclub The Cause are revamping a pub in Dalston. Once The Marquis of Lansdowne, it's being relaunched as The Marquee Moon (the second opening recently to take its name from a classic song - see also Goodbye Horses). The same people are

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  • Angelina

    Italian/Japanese cuisine in Dalston

  • Warehaus is the new drinking den from a Bar with Shapes for a Name

    Warehaus is the new drinking den from a Bar with Shapes for a Name

    A Bar with Shapes for a Name (🔶🟥🔵) has earned a reputation for being one of the best bars in London, which occasionally makes it a little tough to grab a table/stool inside. But if you've been meaning to try their cocktails, that's about to get a lot easier as they're getting ready to open their second bar, Warehaus. 

    This one's much closer to Dalston and is taking over the

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  • The new TT rooftop restaurant is headed up by ex-Oren chef Sam Lone

    The new TT rooftop restaurant is headed up by ex-Oren chef Sam Lone

    The rooftop at TT (previously TT Liquor) in Shoreditch has delivered some rather impressive residencies, with last year's Esti being a notably hit. So, as we (hopefully) head for more settled weather and the rooftop is about to reopen, they've announced a new restaurant taking over the space, this time permanent, that we think is worth keeping an eye on. 

    In charge will

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  • The Sidemen are opening their first Sides restaurant in Dalston

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    Up until now, YouTubers turned fast food giants The Sidemen have kept their food offering to food halls. But now they're about to step into fully fledged restaurants with the opening of their first standalone place in East London.

    Sides will open in Dalston in a site that allows 40 dine-in spots. The menu will be the same fried chicken/vegan chicken formula that's won them so many fans to date. There are

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  • Chef Sertaç Dirik is leaving Mangal 2

    Chef Sertaç Dirik is leaving Mangal 2

    News comes today of big changes afoot at Mangal 2, where chef Sertaç Dirik has announced that he's leaving the restaurant, apparently with plans to open his own place.  

    It's a story that seems like The Bear come to life and will be almost eerily familiar to anyone who's been bingeing

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  • Hong Kong's 'most chocolatey' chocolate cake creators 404 Bakery have arrived in London

    404 bakery lands in London

    We do enjoy a bit of culinary grandstanding here at Hot Dinners and when someone arrives in this city promising to serve up the best chocolate cake we've ever had in our lives then we sit up and take note.

    404 Bakery comes from a couple of Hong Kong bakers who took their home city by storm when they set up an online bakery driven by their obsession with chocolate cakes. However the bakery had to close when they decided,

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  • LGBTQ+ neighbourhood bar Adam's is popping up at Snackbar

    LGBTQ+ neighbourhood bar Adam's is popping up at Snackbar

    Freddie Janssen’s Snackbar in Dalston is about to get a new look at the weekends as it turns into a pop-up LGBTQ+ neighbourhood bar, Adam's. 

    It comes from Adam Caddy, previously at Brasserie Zedel, Annabel’s, Quo Vadis and Century Club. He has been looking to open a permanent bar - and this should hopefully be the stepping stone to doing just that. As Adam himself says, "Over the last decade, London

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  • Dalston restaurant Madam Pigg has closed

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    Its Sunday roasts were legendary and fans were legion, but after a tumultous couple of years, Dalston restaurant Madame Pigg has finally given up the fight.

    In a post on Instagram yesterday chef and owner Adam Hardiman announced that the restaurant had ceased trading. "It’s the end of a chapter," he wrote. "To say how hard I’ve worked to even make it this far has nearly broken me, but I have learnt that there’s more important things

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  • Test Driving Acme Fire Cult - cooking with fire in Dalston

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    Right next door to 40FT Brewery and Dusty Knuckle, Acme Fire Cult are grilling over fire. We head down to take a look.  

  • Acme Fire Cult brings permanent cooking on fire to 40FT Brewery in Dalston

    Acme Fire Cult brings permanent cooking on fire to 40FT Brewery in Dalston

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    Acme Fire Cult are getting ready to launch their first permanent restaurant at the 40FT Brewery in Dalston. 

    Acme comes from chefs Andrew Clarke (Brunswick House and St Leonards) and Daniel Watkins (St Leonards) and, as the name gives away, is largely about cooking over fire. There's also a strong focus on low-waste and a menu that

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  • Chaiiwala are coming to Dalston Junction

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    Last month they opened their 50th store, in Knightsbridge, with fans including Konan and boxer Amir Khan. Now the UK-based South East Indian cafe chain Chaiiwala have set their sights on Dalston.

    The company was founded in Leicester by a family whose great grandfather was indeed a chai wallah in Delhi back in the 1920s. Since then they've been opening places like crazy across the UK and London.

    In addition to

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  • Dan's wine bar opens in Dalston

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    Dalston Junction is becoming quite the oenophiles dream destination with the addition of yet another interesting-sounding wine bar. Joining the likes of Weino Bib and Newcomer Wines is dan's, a self-styled "free-flowing wine bar and shop".

    The man behind it is Dan Long from the online natural wine merchant Natty Boy Wines. But the bar is actually named after the Australian booze merchant Dan Murphy's.

    Dan's background is

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  • Want to know where the restaurant in Boiling Point is?

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    What's Boiling Point?

    Released to rave reviews, Phil Barantini's one-take, low budget film Boiling Point is set in a fictional restaurant in Dalston and follows a single night in the lives of the chef (Stephen Graham) and staff (it's available to rent online now).

    And it's pretty authentic?

    It turns out that writer/director Barantini really knows what

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