Hackney

• Provisions is bringing cheese and wine to Hackney with their second shop

  

  28/2/22 - Updated with more info and the opening date

  Here at Hot Dinners, we've long been fans of the Holloway Road cheese and wine shop Provisions, which kept us well supplied in pâté and Dusty Knuckle potato sourdough throughout most of the lockdowns. So we're so pleased to hear that they're expanding, opening a second shop in Hackney.

  "The second

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• Mao Chow is moving and transforming into Facing Heaven

  

  Vegan restaurant Mao Chow has come to an end - but Facing Heaven is rising to take its place.

  Julian Denis, the man behind Mao Chow, has closed that restaurant in Hackney but is opening just around the corner in a new guise. It's a bigger space which means that they can do a little more with the menu, broadening their influences to take in Cantonese, Yunnan and Shaanxi cuisines as well

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• Test Driving Cafe Cecilia - Max Rocha's winning Hackney restaurant

  

  We head to Hackney to try Max Rocha's Cafe Cecilia, a real hidden gem that's definitely worth crossing town for.  

• Hackney Bridge Kitchens takes the party inside (and adds lots more food)

  

  Throughout summer, Hackney Bridge has been entertaining in its courtyard - but now it's heading inside as the indoor dining hall, Hackney Bridge Kitchens, is finally getting ready to launch. 

  All this comes with a host of new (and returning) food stalls, which include:

  • Bakes N Stuffingz -  serving jerk pork, jerk
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• Peg is back in Hackney for the first time in 18 months

  

  Another restaurant that's been closed since March 2020 is making a triumphant return. This time it's the turn of Peg, the Hackney restaurant from the people behind P Franco and Bright, who have just announced their reopening date. The last time we saw them, it was mainly an a la carte affair, all centred around the pegs (aka yakitori) of their name. They did pop up at Bright last August - but this is

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• Supa Ya are finally launching their permanent ramen bar in Dalston

   

  For the past few years they've been running supperclubs and residencies, but now Supa Ya Ramen are finally getting ready to open their first permanent restaurant. They had originally been looking to launch one back in March 2020 but, well, we all know what happened then. Now, however, the time has finally come for them to launch properly on Kingsland Road. 

  As with their pop-ups, you

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• Fin + Flounder are launching a seafood shack in Netil market

  

  Fancy a lobster muffin for brunch? Then the new shack from Fin and Founder is for you. 

  Up until now, they're best known as a fishmonger on Broadway Market (and they also supply London's restaurants like Brat, for their turbot, Lyles, Smoking Goat and more). Now they're trying something new - but they're not going far to do so. They'll be launching Bar Flounder, just around the

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• Tuck Shop is Hackney Wick's new grocer and bottle shop on Fish Island

  

  Hackney Week residents looking for somewhere locally to buy groceries and household goods that are ethical and sustainable now have a new place to shop. Tuck Shop, which opened its doors last weekend on Fish Island, is what's being described as a "consciously curated general store, butcher and drink-in bottle shop".

  What that means is you can pick up everything from ethically-sourced dairy and meat items to bread from

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• The Ethical Butcher kicks off a residency at Hackney's Spurstowe Arms

  

  They've popped up at the pub before in the guise of Ground Burger, and now The Ethical Butcher is back for a full residency at The Spurstowe Arms in Hackney. 

  The Ethical Butcher, as the name gives away, has a specific focus on the highest ethical standards of meat production. So that means meat that's outdoor-reared, with minimal intervention,

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• Test Driving Hackney Coterie - a wine-focused haven in Hackney

  

  The man behind Lyon's has teamed up with a Sommelier to launch this new wine-focused restaurant/bar in Hackney. We head down for a look. 

• Andi Oliver's Wadadli Kitchen and Roadside land in Hackney

  

  It's popped up before, last seen at the Crooked Billet, but now Andi Oliver's Wadadli Kitchen has its own space for a 12-month run in Hackney - and it's added a roadside diner too. 

  First up is Wadadli Kitchen, That's all about communal dining, primarily on a covered terrace space. There, they'll be focusing on two dishes - the Caribbean spiced Seafood Boil, with shrimps, mussels, crab

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• Two More Years is a new sustainability focused bar and restaurant in Hackney Wick

  

  Hackney Wick is home to a new sustainability-focused space called Two More Years, encouraging locally sourced dining and drinking, as well as artistic endeavours.

• Elliot's is finally opening its Hackney restaurant

   

  They've become a favourite in Borough since opening there (with a popular alfresco opening too) and back in the mix of all the lockdowns Elliot's soft-launched a second restaurant in Hackney doing delivery and takeaway only, serving up their woodfired pizzas and with a

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• The Water House project finds a new Hackney home near Regent's Canal

  

  Gabriel Waterhouse's Water House Project started as a supper club, then became a successful restaurant in Hackney. However, it turns out that was a temporary location and they're now moving to a more permanent space nearby. 

  The basic premise will carry on as before -

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• Cafe Cecilia sees chef Max Rocha opening his first place on the canal in Hackney

  

  The chef son of Irish designer John Rocha is opening his first restaurant - a canalside cafe in Hackney.