Category: Diners & restaurants
Shakes, hot dogs and 50s tunes at The Love Shake
There’s now quite a plethora of newly opened Fifties diners, shake bars and American-style burger joints in London but Shoreditch’s The Love Shake manages to stand out with great value food and unpretentious style. The diner on Kingsland Road features a Fifties-inspired interior with red leather booths, vintage bits and bobs such as an old [...]
The retro chippie: Poppies of Spitalfields
Right across the road of Old Spitalfields Market is fish and chip shop Poppies, run by Eastender Pat Newland. With its juke box, retro-styled waitresses and World War Two ephemera, Poppies is definitely harking back to Forties and Fifties London. But don’t just go there for the vintage-inspired deco, the menu is fantastic too. Fish [...]
For American classics head to The Diner
There are plenty of gourmet burger chains around London but if you’re after good, honest American classics in a Fifties-inspired atmosphere, head to The Diner. The chain of restaurants has five London outlets – Soho, Camden, Shoreditch, Islington and Kensal Rise – each serving affordable and tasty American food from burgers and sandwiches to hot dogs and [...]
Get lucky at all-American Fifties diner
Step back to the Fifties over a burger and milkshake at all-American treat Lucky Seven. This self-styled “neighbourhood diner” aims to offer “the most authentic diner experience this side of Brooklyn Bridge” and features rows of green booths, a tiled floor, a retro dice motif on the mirrors and an open grill kitchen. The States [...]
Where Agatha Christie and Oscar Wilde were regulars: Kettner’s
This glamorous institution is a must-visit in Soho, one of the oldest restaurants in London and steeped in old-school French charm. Sip from coupes at the plush champagne bar, try fresh, contemporary cuisine at the brasserie, or relax in the club-like space known as The Apartment or the Pudding Bar. This legendary venue was first [...]
The classic American diner: Ed’s
If you fancy eating a burger or drinking a milkshake in a place that looks and feels like a classic retro American diner, head to Ed’s. The chain was founded in 1987 as the first of its kind in the UK. Decked out the way a classic American diner should be – chrome counter, red leather booths and jukeboxes – [...]
