Street food
- 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
... - KERB's summer market at the National Theatre has a table long enough for 200 diners
If you enjoy dining out and meeting new people then the arrival of KERB's summer market on the South Bank will be right up your street. This year the street traders are stepping things up a bit with the focus on communal dining. KERB Presents: The Table will feature a 70-metre-long table with room for 200 people to eat shoulder to shoulder.
Serving up the food is a curated selection of eight street
... - London’s best street food markets
There are few better ways to spend a day in London than to stroll leisurely through a local food market; often it’s as much a feast for the eyes as it is for the stomach. Regardless of where you are in London, there’s one that’s perfect for you. We asked one of London’s best-known foodies, Kar-Shing Tong (better known as KS) to give us his top tips on where to go along with what to order.
- Juk Pou brings congee and youtiao to the Greenwich Peninsula
London streetfood fans searching for the next hot thing to get their teeth into are going to need to head out to the Greenwich Peninsula . Joining the ranks of traders at the Design District Canteen is newbie Juk Pou. Their USP? They're congee and youtiao street food specialists.
Founders Shiqi Liu and Stan Yang were inspired by their childhood food memories to come up with the concept which marries Chinese
... - LALALAND is taking over the Dinerama space in Shoreditch
Dinerama in Shoreditch is no more, but coming soon to take its place will be LALALAND.
Details of this new outside space are a little thin on the ground, but we do know that it will all be centred around a courtyard with "tumbling waterfalls and living walls" and what they're calling a "sparkling plunge pool". We're going to assume that, even in the upcoming post-pandemic world, that the pool
... - Spring in the Courtyard is a new alfresco bar and street food space in Hackney
A big new alfresco space is coming to Hackney, brought to you by the people behind Peckham Levels and Pop Brixton. Hackney Bridge (once known as Clarnico Quay) has had a big makeover and will eventually feature workspaces, restaurants, events and more.
Kicking things off is Spring in the Courtyard which brings in street food vans to look after the food
... - More KERB as street food comes to the National Theatre and Tobacco Dock
With alfresco being once again a big thing in 2021, KERB are expanding their street food markets to a couple of new areas.
First up is KERB X National Theatre. where they'll be parking five food trucks from April until the end of summer. That will be kicking off with Biang Dang (Taiwanese lunchboxes), Lords of Poke, Milktree Gelato, Stakehaus
... - 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:
... - 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
... - Tottenham Hale club The Cause launches the Costa del Tottenham
With nightclubs the businesses most affected by the Covid shutdown (and the last to come out of it), it's unsurprising that some have found other ways to make money in the meantime.
Up in Tottenham, The Cause nightclub has done a deal to double the outside space it has, and they're planning to make the most of it over the summer. The club has taken over some of the neighbouring industrial units at their site by Tottenham Hale station, and food
... - Goods Way is a new live music venue, bar and street food space at King's Cross - updated
The team behind Flat Iron Yard are heading to King's Cross for their next multi-purpose venue which will serve up live music, American drinks and street food.
- Kingston Kigali are serving up their Rwandan Jamaican vegan food to Peckham Levels
New to Peckham Levels is Kingston Kigali, an East African and Caribbean inspired food vendor. It's run by Stacey Uwimana who combines her own Rwandese Mukiga heritage with her business partner Salma's British Jamaican background to serve up vegan food with a difference.
Inspired by the food they eat at home, they've come up with an offering intended to put Rwandan food on the map. "We aim... to get people discovering the beauty of a
... - Backyard Cinemas unveil their Capital Studios space at Wandsworth
Wandsworth gets its own cinema, street food and craft beer complex as Backyard Cinemas open their first permanent space at the Capital Studios.
- 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
... - Try Britain's best street food at the British Street Food Awards finals at Hawker House
The annual British Street Food Awards is celebrating its tenth anniversary this year, with the finals of the competition taking place once again at Street Feast’s Hawker House, on September 13th and 14th.
There will be 16 finalists from all over the UK cooking at Hawker House over the two days, with each having come through regional heats over the past few months for their place in the final. Each of the traders will put forward two
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