Market

• Eating with Tod is launching Tod's Festive Feast at Outernet on Tottenham Court Road this Christmas

  

  Love him or loathe him, you can't get away from Eating With Tod on social if you're even remotely interested in London's food scene. And while the food influencer has his detractors, there's no ignoring his massive following. So you can expect his brand new festive food market, which has just opened this week, to be quite the crowd puller.

  Tod's Festive Feast is going to be a daily gathering of London street

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• Have influencers really been given the boot from Borough Market?

  

  On the face of it, the current London food news story appears to be an extraordinary example of someone biting the hand that feeds them. Over the last few days, there have been a slew of news stories about an influencer 'ban' on content creators filming at Borough Market.

  It all stems from an incident way back in May, when the hugely popular content creators ...

• Kerb are opening a lunch market in Holborn

  

  A bit of good news for hungry workers in the Holborn area comes today. You're about to get a weekly Kerb market to enhance your lunch options. The latest opening from the street food company will be just off High Holborn at Hand Court.

  As for the line-up, we're told that opening week will feature the following traders:

  • Only Jerkin; - triple-dipped Caribbean fried chicken
  • Filligrillz - BBQ
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• The Upper Place food hall is opening upstairs from Holloway's Nags Head Market

  

  Updated 9/8/23

  It's been well over two years since we wrote our original story about The Upper Place Food Hall opening in Holloway. Back then a range of licensing issues put the kibosh on the whole endeavour and it ended up being mothballed. 

  But now, rather under the radar, the hall suddenly opened up last weekend for business again. Some of the original traders we first talked about are back again, with a few new

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• Stratford gets a new restaurant, bar and distillery courtesy of Jim and Tonic

  

  Taking over The Print House site in Stratford is urban gin distillery Jim and Tonic who have a lot planned for the space on Sugar House Island. The gin company has not only opened a coffee shop, bar and restaurant on the site, but they've also got big plans for their riverside courtyard there.

  At the restaurant, the menu covers pizzas, burgers and Middle Eastern dishes. But it's outside that's maybe the

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• HOKO are launching a Hong Kong French toast and milk tea kiosk at Westgate St Market in Hackney

  

  If you need something to lure you out of the house on a Saturday then this new stall at Hackney's Westgate St Market could be just the thing.

  HOKO have been selling their Hong Kong milk tea online for a while now and they supply places like Three Uncles and Pleasant Lady. But now you can try their signature teas alongside a whole range of Hong Kong-style French toast from their new

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• Portobello Schoolyard is Notting Hill's new Saturday food & drink market

  

  A new Saturday food market is coming to Notting Hill and it does sound very promising. It'll be taking over the grounds of Vicente Cañada Blanch Spanish School, hence the market's name - Portobello Schoolyard.

  They already have a few impressive debuts lined up for the market. It'll be the first time you'll be able to buy Phil Howard's OTTO

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• Selfridges launch a festive Market on the Mews with street food, Christmas trees and more

  

  Having been closed all over Black Friday weekend (not to mention the whole of the last month) London's stores are hoping to make up for lost time by enticing us into the West End when they reopen this week. For Selfridges' part, they're redesigning the mews market they first opened back in the summer, making it a very festive market indeed.

  The market, which takes over Edwards Mews at the rear of the store, is

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• KERB comes to Mayfair with South Molton Street Market

   

  They may have temporarily shut up shop on West India Quay, but KERB are about to launch a brand new market in the centre of town. They're launching South Molton Street Market, taking over the pedestrianised street right around the corner from Bond Street Station. 

  There will be weekly changing vendors, with the best of KERB making an appearance and things kick off with:

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• Boulevard Market attracts St John Bakery and more to Islington Square

  

  Islington is getting a new weekend market and has some impressive traders lined up. The traders are led by St John Bakery, so if you need a weekend Eccles cake or doughnut fix in Islington, this will be the place to come.

• Selfridges are launching Market on the Mews street market off Oxford Street

  

  It was one of the first big London stores to reopen its food department, and now Selfridges is getting in on the street market act. They're taking over the mews behind the Oxford Street store at weekends to create Market on the Mews.

  The market will be what they're calling "a rotating edit of food, drink, magazines, plants, flowers bikes and furniture." It'll see the store take over Edwards Mews with a range of

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• The Blue makeover will see Bermondsey getting a new cinema, cafe and food market

  

  The same team who recently brought us Catford Mews culture centre in Lewisham, are now setting their sights on Bermondsey. The Really Local Group's next venture is The Blue - an all-day community space.

  The project sees the Really Local Group take over the old Thorowgoods furniture shop, bringing a three-screen cinema to the area along with a coffee shop, a café, bar, co-working and a food and craft hall featuring local artisans and

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• Mercato Mayfair brings the vibe of Mercato Metropolitano into the heart of the West End

   

  Update: See our Test Drive of Mercato Mayfair here

  We'll be honest with you, it's been over a year since we first announced details of Mercato Mayfair - the second market from the folk behind Mercato Metropolitano. Since then things had gone so

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• KERB goes indoors with Seven Dials Market in Covent Garden

  

  Updated 9/9/19 with the final line-up

  Over the years, KERB, after starting at King's Cross, have gone on to conquer all parts of London with their lunchtime street food markets (and some great evening events). And now they've finally decided to go indoors for their next venture, a covered market at Seven Dials. 

  They're taking over the 19th century Thomas Neal’s Warehouse in Seven

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• River Walk Market is a new food and craft market for Battersea Power Station

  

  The development over at Battersea Power Station has added a fair few new and interesting restaurants to the area - and now they're getting a regular Saturday food market too. It comes from the people behind Real Food Festivals, who also look after the market in front of King's Cross and the nearby weekly Canopy

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