Category: Food & Drink
A modern speakeasy: The Nightjar
Tucked away in the heart of London’s Old Street in a Hoxton basement, The Nightjar unpretentiously mixes the glamour and charm of a Thirties cabaret venue with refined cocktail traditions from the Belle Epoque and the Prohibition era to create a modern-day speakeasy and music venue. The cocktail menue is excellent with classic Prohibition-inspired mixtures as well as more contemporary flavours. It’s however the live music programme – [...]
Just opened: cafe-cum-shop Crimson Heart
Fusion shops, a mixture of vintage store and tea room – just think of King’s Cross’ Drink Shop & Do or Hanbury Street’s Blitz Department Store – have been popping up all around London in the last few years. The latest edition, Crimson Heart, has just opened in East London’s Leonard Street, and features a [...]
For a British take on a 50s shake bar head to Issy’s Milky Way
While there are plenty of good American-style Fifties diners in London, there has been a real lack of a more British take on the decade. Enter Issy’s Milky Way, a shake bar and cafe on Angel’s Camden Passage. The small cafe is decked out in brilliant Formica and decorated with truly British Fifties design classics [...]
Tea and tease at Voluptéa
Cabaret supperclub Volupté is back with a bang this November with the revival of a quintessentially British tradition – albeit a significantly boozier, burlesque one. Voluptéa is now being served in the stylish, subterranean space in the City taking place every weekend- it’s a saucy way indeed to spend a sultry Saturday or Sunday afternoon. [...]
The Fourth Wall: London’s First Wandering Bar
Created by the people behind Bourne & Hollingsworth and Blitz Party, The Fourth Wall is a new roaming bar concept opening every Friday and Saturday from 5pm-1am. Designed to recreate the familiar within the unfamiliar, The Fourth Wall is a complete replica of Bourne & Hollingsworth bar of Rathbone Place that will be touring London [...]
Get your cake on at Vintage Heaven
If you fancy escaping the weekend crowds on Columbia Road then there’s no better place than Vintage Heaven. What looks like a fab vintage shop from the outside is actually also a brilliant little cafe serving delicious cakes and hot drinks. Now don’t get us wrong, Vintage Heaven is absolutely worth going to for its [...]
