Islington

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It's been three years since the old Manze pie and mash shop closed its doors on Chapel Market, marking the end of an era after over 100 years of business. But, as one door closes, another opens, and walking past the empty building on Chapel Market back in 2020 proved to be a lightbulb moment for Alex Pashby of street food traders The Beefsteaks. His lease on a railway arch

You may have seen him on Netflix's Chef's Table, or tried his food at last year's collaboration with Bone Daddies. But now ramen hot shot Ivan Orkin of Ivan Ramen fame is coming to London for a full-blown residency.

The TV star and New York restaurateur will be running his Ivan Mazemen residency at Islington food hall Neighbourhood (previously known as Sessions) for four weeks. Mazemen is Ivan's broth-less ramen

Following up on their success in King's Cross, Hicce's Pip Lacey and Gordy McIntyre have come to Islington with something quite different in Hicce Hart. We popped down to see how they've adapted this neighbourhood pub. 

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If you're looking for a positive thing you can say about the lockdowns, they do seem to have given a lot of people the push they needed to open their own business. One such lockdown-generated company is Jam Delish. Co-founder Jordan Johnson was furloughed during lockdown, which is when he took that opportunity to start up his own popup. Jordan, whose mother is

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Highbury Corner in Islington is doing rather well for wine bars right now. Not only does it have Yield and, a short 10-minute walk away, Provisions (both shops by day, wine bars in the evening) but one of Islington's best restaurants has also just opened a wine bar next door. 

Trullo's wine bar takes over what used to be their shop. It's a tiny space

15/11/22 - Hicce Hart is now open

Good news for North London, with a second outlet of Hicce due to open. Called Hicce Hart, it will take up the site most recently occupied by the Day & Night pub in Islington (and a few more iterations before that) - a handy 20-minute walk from the original Hicce.

Fans of the original Hicce at ...

Here's a pop-up for the diary. Lee Tiernan's FKABAM (Formerly Known As Black Axe Mangal) is teaming up with Tabasco for a special pop-up pizzeria. 

Taking place at the Islington restaurant, it'll turn into a pizzeria for the night with everything cooked in the huge wood-burning oven. The pizzas for the night include new creations as well as spin-offs of FKABAM favourites. So

What’s just as good as a restaurant on a barge? A cocktail bar on a barge next to it. That’s right, the people who brought you this summer’s floating restaurant hit Caravel are putting the bar into barge and upping the stakes with a drinks boat called Bruno's. But ‘drinks

Mid-August, there was something of an uproar when we heard that one of Islington's best pubs, The Compton Arms was under threat due to a licensing review. Well, the review took place last night and we're pleased to reveal that the pub is now out of danger. 

Looking at the details of

30/09/22 - update

A decision is getting closer as the public hearing for the Compton Arms licensing has been announced - it will be on Wednesday 12 October 2022 (with a pre-report available here, four working days before). The meeting starts

Anyone working from home in the N1 area now has a new option for lunch that is going to be a considerable upgrade on whatever they normally forage from their fridge. Pophams' Islington branch has brought back a full lunch menu, along with a new chef to head up the kitchen at their original bakery.

Running things is chef Florence Kickham who has moved over from the pasta team at London Fields. She was trained up at The Pig before

Looking for decent places to meet and eat before a game at The Emirates? Here are our suggestions

Islington gets a new pub called The Baring with an ex-Dabbous and Kerridge's chef in charge of the kitchen. It all sounded very promising, so we went down for a look. 

Chef James Cochran has opened a modern day sports bar down the road from his Islington restaurant. We popped in for a look.

London's food hall scene has had a lift recently with new openings at Seven Dials Market and the reopening of Arcade. Now Islington is getting its own mini food hall in the shape of Sessions. It's taken over the space left by the now-closed Rodizio Rico on Upper Street.

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