Hackney

• Moro pop up with piri piri at Hackney Wick

  

  Throughout December there's now an additional reason to head out to Hackney Wick. Perenially popular restaurant Moro has just started a pop up in Autumn Yard. The yard itself is right on the river Lea opposite the London stadium and is a joint venture between Sam Clark of Moro and Morito and Nina Tolstrup of Studio Mama.

  The winter popup at Moro's unit places piri piri chicken and squid at the heart of the

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• Hackney's Towpath Cafe is reopening for the winter

  

  We really are in unusual times. One of the things that regulars of Hackney's oh-so-popular Towpath Cafe know is that it's an ephemeral, seasonal kinda place - opening with the onset of summer and closing as Autumn arrives. But this weekend, owners Lori De Mori and Laura Jackson revealed that, along with most of London's hospitality world, they'd also be reopening.

  In a post on Instagram, they said:

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• The Rogues London duo are popping up at Hackney Coffee Co

   

  With restaurants reopening on 2 December (we hope), there's news of a brand new residency from Rogues London to look forward to. The team, Freddie Sheen and Zac Whittle who originally met at Galvin La Chapelle, have recently popped up in Parlour at Kensal Rise (including a lockdown delivery service) and now they'll be taking over Hackney Coffee Company in the evenings and brunch at

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• The Cheese Bar opens Funk, a cheese shop on Columbia Road

  

  23/10/20 - updated with the opening date and pics

  Not happy with a cheese truck, a cheese bar, a cheese conveyor belt and a ...

• The White Building Market is Hackney Wick's new sustainable shopping hub

  

  If you're minded to find somewhere that gives more than lip service to sustainability and would prefer to give the supermarkets a swerve, then this new Hackney shopping spot might be of interest.

  CRATE Brewery along with its neighbour's Silo is gearing up to launch a weekly market, selling everything from freshly milled flour for sourdough making to natural wines and refillable washing up liquids.

  Sustainability is the

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• Silver Lining in Hackney will be the UK's first orange wine bar

  

  updated with bar opening info 29/9/20

  During Lockdown, popular restaurant Silver Lining revealed its plans to become the UK's first wine bar focused entirely on orange wine. In its first phase, it opened as a takeaway bottle shop with over 50 varieties of orange wine to choose from.

  Now they're opening as a fully functioning wine bar with an entirely orange wine list and serving up seasonal

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• Sonora Taqueria is the new Netil Market place from the Pollo Feliz folk

  

  Over lockdown, Netil Market's Pollo Feliz did a roaring trade in deliveries with East Londoners becoming more than slightly obsessed by their tortillas. So much so, that they've been able to expand with a bigger stall and a new direction. As first reported by Eater, they've become Sonora

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• Nebula Pizza on Hackney Road is as much about the drinks as the pizza

  

  You may be wondering does Hackney really need another pizza place? Certainly, the team behind Nebula, which opened at the weekend, are very much hoping it does.

  This new pizza, beer and cocktail joint has taken over a space just off Hackney Road near to ABQ Bar and Mama Shelter. It's a large site - with room for 200 pizza lovers. And the fact that it also has a large courtyard won't hurt it at all in the current times.

  The team behind it are

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• Hackney's Towpath Cafe has reopened - with dinner service planned and a new book on the way

  

  One of London's best loved cafes reopens for business today. The announcement that Hackney's Towpath Cafe would reopen will surely be met with joy by its legions of fans. In a post on their website, owners Lori De Mori and Laura Jackson said that from this morning they'd be open Thursday through to Sunday.

  In addition to their gorgeous breakfasts and lunch dishes, they'll be doing a dinner service on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays. "One

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• Brat extends its popup at Climpson's Arch

  

  27/8/20 - updated with details of an extended residency

  After being without Tomos Parry's excellent Brat restaurant for a few months - it returned in two different incarnations. 

  Over the past month, one of the huge successes of post-lockdown pivoting has been the Brat x Climpson’s Arch residency. It saw Parry going back to his roots as he had previously been in the kitchen there

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• Silo is coming back to Hackney Wick - but as a wine bar

   

  One of the big new openings of 2019 has announced its reopening - but it's not quite the same as when it left. Silo, Douglas McMaster's no-waste restaurant in Hackney Wick, is going to temporarily return as a wine bar - the Silo X Wine Bar, to be precise. 

  The menu - continuing to be a no-waste affair - has been reconfigured a little and includes: 

  • ‘Siloaf’ & aged butter
  • Koji quavers & dip and a Soy egg with lava
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• Leroy's spin-off Royale will be roasting chicken IRL at a Hackney residency

  

  During the lockdown, Shoreditch's Michelin-starred restaurant Leroy pivoted to create a chicken delivery service in the shape of Royale. But now the restaurant is back up and running, the questions was - what will happen to Royale? Now we know, as they're carrying on serving up chicken, this time in a Hackney residency at the East London Liquor Co. 

  The menu remains the same - rotisserie

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• Nuno Mendes launches a weekend brunch at The Scolt Head

  

  Need a reason to feel good about staying in town for the summer? Well how about the fact that top chef Nuno Mendes is about to start doing weekend brunches in De Beauvoir?

  The Chiltern Firehouse chef will be stepping in to launch a brunch menu at his local pub, The Scolt Head. And, God, it does sound good.

  As you might expect, eggs are a recurrent theme. So you'll find them teamed with:

  • Secret Smokehouse smoked trout
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• Treats Club are opening their permanent hot donut bar in Hackney

  

  They've been popping up across town and even have a lockdown DIY kit - but now Treats Club Dessert Bar are settling down with their first permanent shop in Hackney. 

  If you're yet to come across them, then the key thing you need to know is that

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• Plate up the perfect at home dinner with The Waterhouse Project's ceramics and tutorials

  

  With so many restaurants in London reopening for deliveries, it's hard to get noticed. But one Hackney spot has, we think, got quite an unusual proposition.

  The Waterhouse Project opened its doors for the first time just pre-lockdown. Its owner, chef Gabriel Waterhouse (ex-Galvin La Chapelle) had just moved from a supperclub scenario, to what he was calling 'social fine dining' in a permanent restaurant in East

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