Old Street

• Chunky Buddha will serve up Asian tapas at Nightjar

   

  After 10 years running one of the capital's very best bars, Nightjar is bringing in someone new to look after its food. Lee Chau Le is taking Chunky Buddha to the bar for an ongoing residency. 

  Also at Truman Brewery’s JuJu’s Bar (and he appeared on Jason Atherton's Chef's Brigade), Lee will be combining his roots in New York and Bethnal Green with the background of his Chinese and Vietnamese parents. That'll

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• Former Noble Rot sommelier is opening atis in the Atlas Building on City Road

  

  If you're living or working near Old Street roundabout, then a new lifestyle spot opening up on City Road might be for you.

  atis is going to be serving up salad bowls, juices and more in the ground floor of the newly-opened Atlas Building on City Road. The duo behind it are husband and wife team who want to serve up food that's "a bowl of food that will be full of flavour, healthy and nutritious". Eleanor you might remember from her previous

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• Treats Club pop up at Old Street Roundabout with soft-serve doughnut sundaes

  

  Yes, we really would like a doughnut with soft-serve ice cream on top. While we'd frankly have one of these for breakfast, we'll have to wait until August when Treats Club launches as the latest pop-up to hit Old Street. 

  They've been appearing on Chatsworth Road Market, serving up doughnuts featuring their home-made jams, sauces, marshmallow fluff and honeycomb. Their doughnut sundaes are

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• Officina 00 opening on Old Street is a carb-lover's pasta heaven

  Here in London, they've worked for Kiln and Soho House, but the duo behind this new Italian hail from Naples originally.

• Pasta Nostra serves up fresh pasta and more on Old Street

  Two young chefs have brought their passion for pasta to East London, opening up this small plates and pasta restaurant which aims to do a few dishes very well.

• Test Driving Tayer and Elementary - cocktails, sandos and more are a winning combination

  The holder of the best bar in the world for four years and the TA TA Eatery team have joined forces on Old Street. We went down for cocktails, sandos and much more.

• Flamboree brings the tarte flambee from Alsace to Old Street

  Neil Witney (previously La Bodega Negra, E&O etc) is behind Old Street’s Flamboree which is putting a contemporary spin on the tarte flambée

• Harlem Soul is replacing Boondocks on Old Street with more Americana

  

  It's all change for Boondocks near the Old Street roundabout - as it's about to be replaced by a new restaurant - Harlem Soul. But it's not a complete change, as it's all still run by Bea Vo's Soul Food Enterprises, which also runs Stax Diner in Carnaby and Butterscotch Bakery (and previously Boondocks).

  The new food-style for the restaurant is being dubbed as "American urban cuisine". The menu will

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• Serata Hall comes to Old Street from the people who brought you Canova, Martello Hall and more

  This is the latest Hall from the people who brought you similar affairs in Brixton and London Fields with MArtello Hall and more. Like those, it mixes up a main drinking and dining space on the ground floor with plenty of event and co-working space throughout. 

• Test Driving Blacklock Shoreditch - the one with its own bar

  Blacklock's third restaurant, in Shoreditch, turns out to be a light-filled dining room with a cracking cocktail list as well as all manner of meat treats. 

• Fare Bar and Canteen comes to Old Street from the people behind Sager and Wilde

  They've one of the highest rated wine bars in London, launched a new-look bar at the Corinthia, and now the team behind Sager and Wilde are coming to Old Street. Expect a canteen, bar and restaurant all-in-one.

• Passo hosts famous LA chef Nancy Silverton for a one week residency

  

  Old Street’s big all-day Italian Passo is keeping busy since their November opening, with the arrival of huge LA chef Nancy Silverton for a short residency.

  The Michelin starred-chef (who Netflix addicts may have caught on Chef’s Table) will be rocking up for one week only to churn

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• St John Bakery is popping up at Old Street station

  

  We are VERY big fans of the St John Bakery doughnuts and any extra opportunity to buy them is to be welcomed. So news that the bakery is popping up at Old Street station is very welcome indeed. 

  The doughnuts will, of course, be on sale, as will all the sourdough, pastries and eccle cakes that St John is best known for. The bakery will be there for just three weeks, so don't miss your chance for doughnuts on the

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• Test Driving Nuala: a serious City Road restaurant that delights

  Nuala on City Road has something of a dream team working there. We went to see what the results are like when a longheld plan finally comes together. 

• Doughnut Time's second branch opens in Old Street

  After enjoying considerable success in Shaftesbury Avenue, Doughtnut Time are moving to a second base in Old Street - and plans for two new stores yet to come…