Dalston

• Secret Samosa Club are back with bangers 'n mash samosas

   

  Earlier this year, Canadian Rick Matharu's Secret Samosa Club popped up in Borough with their cheeseburger samosa and now he's back with another new creation for their latest pop-up (and for a much longer run) in Dalston. And yes, he's converted the British institution bangers 'n mash into a samosa.

  But the bangers aren't the only samosas that are on offer.

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• Hacha in Dalston is a tequila and mezcal bar with Mexican sharing plates

  This Dalston tequila and mezcal bar features margaritas on tap, all the agave spirits you could need and is backed up by a Mexican sharing menu. 

• The Duke of Richmond kicks off brunch with an epic sausage, egg and chip butty

  

  Tom Oldroyd's Dalston pub is well known for its excellent crab and chip butty - but they're about to raise their game further. They're starting a weekend brunch and as part of that, a new epic chip butty is going on the menu. It's made of a 6oz pork sausage patty, chips, gravy, American cheese & chopped buttered eggs (£11) and you can see the mighty construction above.

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• Rosine’s Hot Chocolate Salon is a hidden chocolate speakeasy in Dalston

  

  A hidden hot chocolate salon is coming to Dalston this month called Rosine’s Hot Chocolate Salon. It's all to kick off Fairtrade Fortnight and it's named after cocoa farmer from the Ivory Coast.

  As for how you find the bar? It'll be hidden away at the back of a newsagent on the Kingsland Road. Head to the back of the shop, press a button and the West African themed speakeasy will be unveiled. Inside, there will be

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• Angelina Restaurant will mash up Italian and Japanese food and drink on Dalston Lane

  Expect to see a modern take on Japanese and Italian food in this new Dalston restaurant which also sports a tiny Tokyo-style cocktail bar.

• Two Lights in Shoreditch is the next restaurant from the Clove Club team with Chase Lovecky in charge

  The team behind The Clove Club have a new restaurant on the way - but it's a bit of a departure for them. This time they're helping American chef Chase Lovecky open his own restaurant in Dalston. 

• Screwdriver is Dalston's new Spanish grill where everything is 'a la plancha'

  What can’t you cook on a grill? Nothing, according to Alexis and Emmanuel Ross, who are taking inspiration from the tapas and pintxos bars of northern Spain for their new venture Screwdriver by cooking everything 'a la plancha'.

• The new Stokey Bears burger bar in Haggerston gets ready to add a vegan burger menu

  Burgers plus an extensive vegan menu at the new Haggerston branch of Stokey Bears.

• Darling in Dalston will be the new project from Charlotte Wilde

  This is the first solo project from Charlotte Wilde, following her departure from Sager + Wilde, which she co-founded with Michael Sager. Other than a wine list designed by Charlotte, she’s pulled in a great team including Tom Soden (Nine Lives) in charge of cocktails and Dan Wilson (Dandy) in the kitchen.

• Test Driving The Duke of Richmond - Tom Oldroyd becomes a publican

  Tom Oldroyd has followed up his first restaurant by turning Landlord at the Duke of Richmond. We head along to the pub to find out more...

• Arthur's Cafe in Dalston is closing for good

  

  "Arthur’s has never closed, not even when bombs rained all around. Every weekday on the dot of 7am, the doors open and the faithful flood in."

  Sadly, the words that the then-Guardian restaurant reviewer Marina O'Loughlin wrote in her love letter to Dalston cafe Arthur's will seem pretty poignant next

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• Tom Oldroyd is opening The Duke of Richmond pub and dining room in Hackney

  Tom Oldroyd's follow-up project to his neighbourhood restaurant in Islington will be a Hackney pub serving up French dishes created with British seasonal produce and he has serious plans for a Sunday roast too.

• Dalston's Untitled is launching the Asahi Moon Garden (with yakitori!)

  

  Like many others, we were rather taken by Tony Conigliaro's Untitled in Dalston. Wonderful cocktails, a beautifully designed room and the tempura chocolates are still among our favourite things ever. 

  And when we visited, we were much impressed by the potential for the huge outside space at the back - and now they're unveiling its

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• Mildred’s Dalston is serving a vegan burger that ‘bleeds’

  

  Veggies and vegans: would you eat a burger that bleeds? What if it was 100% animal-product free?

  If you’re at least semi-curious, then get down to the Dalston branch of veggie restaurant royalty Mildred’s, where you can try the B-12 burger from Moving Mountains, made with a pink, 'bleeding' raw patty of ‘plant meat’.

  Okay - so it’s not quite as graphic as all that, but taking a look at the

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• Beer and burger store hits Dalston's Kingsland Road

  A huge selection of craft beers and a brief menu of burgers for Dalston as Willesden restuarant Beer and Burger Store expands eastwards