Islington

• Manze pie and eel shop on Islington's Chapel Market to close

  Sad news as the traditional English pie and eel shop which has been trading as Manze since 1902 blames business rates for decision

• The Great Chase on St John Street offers ethically sourced food and booze-free drinks

  As much as possible is ethically sourced at this new restaurant on St John Street from a former Dean Street Townhouse chef, with an alcohol-free drinks menu that’ll delight non-drinkers.

• Test Driving Humble Grape - Islington gets a long-awaited wine bar

  Yes, we're quite excited about a new wine bar opening up in our manor. Let us tell you everything you need to know about Humble Grape...

• Plaquemine Lock Jacob Kenedy (of Bocca di Lupo)'s Louisiana-style pub in Islington
• Islington's Beyond Bread is serving gluten-free dinner with pizza, cocktails and more

  

  If you can’t have gluten, then you should already have Islington’s gluten-free bakery Beyond Bread on your radar. However there’s big news - following on from their gluten-free brunches, they’ve just announced a brand new evening menu so you can enjoy an entire gluten-free dinner, from cheese straws to the cocktails, like their wheat-free Bloody Mary.

  Some of the menu options you can expect

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• Islington's Plaquemine Lock is Bocca di Lupo chef’s pub with Louisiana cuisine

  After gaining a reputation for cooking Italian, Jacob Kenedy returns to his US roots with a stonking cajun and creole menu at his new Lousiana-themed Plaquemine Lock on Regent’s Canal.

• White Asparagus is the Cuckoo N1’s veg-heavy German pop up

  White asparagus takes the spotlight at this German pop up

• Humble Grape Islington will be a wine shop and bar on Theberton Street

  N1 gets a new wine shop and wine bar

• Test Driving Radici - Francesco Mazzei comes to Islington

  Francesco Mazzei's Sartoria in Mayfair is one of our favourite restaurants. We take a look at his next, Radici, a neighbourhood Italian restaurant in Islington.

• Prawn on the Lawn gets a lot bigger at its new Islington location

  

  A Hot Dinners exclusive

  Big news for lovers of Islington's Prawn on the Lawn, they're about to move into a much bigger spot - and it's just a short hop away from the original, taking over the spot where LeCoq used to be. 

  If you're not familiar with Prawn on the Lawn, it's half fishmongers and half wine bar serving up cold bar seafood dishes. So, up until now. that means plenty of prawns,

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• #Rawmen is Adam’s Rawson’s new ramen project in Islington

  Dine on 18-hour pork broth ramen, chicken karaage and milk cheesecake with sansho pepper in an Islington nano-brewery, thanks to Adam Rawson’s #Rawmen pop-up, this time running for just two weeks.

• Bistro Mirey pops up in Islington’s The Charles Lamb with roasts and French cuisine

  

  Yet more pop ups are coming to Islington; this time it’s Sunday roasts and French bistro fare, which will be landing in The Charles Lamb courtesy of Mirey’s.

  The pop up, which previously ran for two months in Caledonian Road’s The Cuckoo N1, will be offering a tidy French-inspired menu to diners around Angel, with starters priced at around £6-9 and mains for £13-15. The menu is set to change

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• Trawler Trash comes to Islington - sustainable seafood on Upper Street

  

  A Hot Dinners exclusive

  What: Trawler Trash

  In a nutshell: A new fish restaurant for Islington

  Summing it all up: Expect a sustainable, weekly changing seafood menu. And there's a cocktail bar at the back too. 

• Dandy Cafe heads to Newington Green, ditching its shipping container

  

  A Hot Dinners Exclusive

  What: Dandy 

  In a nutshell: Modern cooking from two Aussies in Newington Green

  Summing it all up: Dan Wilson and Andrew Leitch are making the leap from a shipping container in London Fields to a new spot in Newington Green, taking with them their much-praised food, natural wine and of course, loads of speciality coffee.

• Mercer & Co comes to Chapel Market, bringing salt beef and cocktails galore

  

  What: Mercer & Co

  In a nutshell: Salt beef bagels, oreo cheesecake and five cocktails in Islington

  Summing it all up: Chapel Market, just around the corner from Angel Tube, has a new salt beef and cocktail bar. They'll be serving bagels, mac & cheese, and milkshakes for those indulging, and quinoa bowls, vegan salads and smoothies

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