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Tag Archives: hoxton
Viet Hoa Cafe & Mess | Lucky 13
Among the bevy of Vietnamese eateries clustered along the Hoxton stretch of Kingsland Road is one that always has pleased my palate nightly every time I’ve visited: Viet Hoa Cafe & Mess. I’ve been dining there since 2006. Opened by two refugees, Viet Hoa was just a couple of years old at that time but still one of the first restaurants – if not actually the very first – to start out on what is now called “Pho Mile.” Continue reading
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Posted in Drink, Food, London, Lucky 13, Restaurants, Travel
Tagged Drink, E2, E2 8DP, east london, Food, hoxton, kingsland road, London, Lucky 13, restaurants, reviews, shoreditch, Travel, vietnamese food, Vietnamese restaurants
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Best Breakfasts and Brunches of 2018
Welcome back to the Best of 2018. Here’s a plateful of hearty recommendations for breaking fast in London and elsewhere, and in this case elsewhere means San Antonio and the Texas Hill Country, Dublin, Edinburgh, Milan and Hiroshima.
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Posted in Best of 2018, Best of the Best, Chocolate, Coffee, Drink, Dublin, Edinburgh, Food, Ireland, Italy, Japan, London, Restaurants, Scotland, Texas, Travel
Tagged 20121, 739-0412, bagels, bakeries, Bandera, Bandera Texas, Benita Bakery, Best breakfast, Best breakfast in London, Best of 2018, Best of the Best, Boondocks, breakfast, Brera, Brera Design District, brunch, CAFES, chocolate, City Road, coffee, Corso Garibaldi, covent garden, D02 CH28, Drink, dublin, earlham street, east london, EC1, EC1V 1JN, edinburgh, EH1 1QS, Fabrique Bakery, Food, haggis, Hatsukaichi, high street, highbury, Hiroshima, hot chocolate, hoxton, ireland, islington, japan, Lombardia, Lombardy, London, Main Street, Mary's Abbey, Milan, milano, Miyajimaguchi Nishi, N1, N1 1RU, North City, O.S.T. Restaurant, Odilla Chocolat, Oxmantown, Oyster Hut, OYSTERS, Pepper Pot, Powerscourt Centre, Royal McGregor, royal mile, San Antonio, scotland, seven dials, Shimada Fisheries, shoreditch, texas, The Pepper Pot, Travel, UK, upper street, USA, WC2, WC2H 9RY, William Street South, Лондон, لندن, ロンドン, 伦敦
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Hoxton Serves up Some Flavour
How do you like your art? Shaken, not stirred? How about edible? Well, now anything has been made possible. Smith and Sinclair, who made all our grown up dreams come true by creating alcohol pastilles, have teamed up with the equally indulgent Lanique liqueur to bring us The Flavour Gallery. Continue reading
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Posted in Art, Drink, Food, London, Shopping, Uncategorized
Tagged Art, Demi Perera, east london, hoxton, Hoxton Street, Lanique, Lanique Rose Liqueur Spirit, London, N1, N1 6ND, POP UPS, reviews, shoreditch, Smith and Sinclair, The Flavour Gallery, The Hoxton Basement, Лондон, لندن, ロンドン, 伦敦
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#CityStories: Bars and Pubs
Thirsty in Shoreditch? You are so in the right place. Check out the second video instalment for my City Stories collaboration with Point A Hotels. Continue reading
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Posted in Bars, Beer, City Stories, Competition, Drink, Food, Hotels, London, Pubs, Restaurants, Travel, Video
Tagged #CityStories, #PointAHotels, Barley Mow, BARS, beer, City Stories, cocktails, competition, curtain road, Drink, east london, EC2, EC2A 4JH, Food, hotels, hoxton, London, Paul Street, Point A, Point A Hotels, pubs, restaurants, Ryan Chetiyawardana, shoreditch, street food, Strongroom, Strongroom Bar, Strongroom Bar & Kitchen, Strongroom Bar and Kitchen, The Barley Mow, Travel, Video, White Lyan, Лондон, لندن, ロンドン, 伦敦
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Radio Alice | Pizza | Hoxton Square
Radio Alice is a new pizzeria opened in Hoxton Square. The approach to serving pizza is unique. The results are delicious. Continue reading
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Posted in Drink, Food, London, Pizza, Restaurants, Uncategorized, Wine
Tagged Drink, east london, Food, hackney, hoxton, Hoxton Square, italian food, London, N1, N1 6NT, pizza, pizzeria, radio alice, restaurants, Reveiws, shoreditch, wine, Лондон, لندن, ロンドン, 伦敦
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Dinner at Beagle, Hoxton
I love the space (and smart use of it). What’s doing at the bar is very much in line with how I prefer to imbibe. Service is friendly and helpful. And the food’s great. Based on my recent visit, I’ve no bone to pick with Beagle and can only bark about how smart a choice this Hoxton restaurant is for a quality meal. Continue reading
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Posted in Bars, Drink, Food, London, Restaurants
Tagged BARS, Beagle, cocktails, Drink, E2, E2 8HZ, east london, Food, Geffrye Street, hoxton, London, restaurants, reviews, shoreditch, Лондон, ロンドン, 伦敦
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#Shaveril: Shave Your Beard This April in Support of Mental Health
To donate, simply text SHAV68 and £5 or £10 to 70070 or go to justgiving.com/shaveril. Continue reading
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Posted in Good Cause, London
Tagged barbers, barbershops, charity, Donate, good cause, hotels, hoxton, Hoxton Hotel, Huckle the Barber, London, men's grooming, Mental health, Mental health charity, Mind, shave, shaveril, shaving, The Hoxton
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London Daily Photo: All is Calm, All is Bright
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Posted in London, London Daily Photo, Photography
Tagged east london, hackney, hoxton, London, London Daily Photo, london photographer, night photography, Photography, shoreditch, street photography, Лондон, ロンドン, 伦敦
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Sunday Night Jazz at Beagle, E2
Much lauded Beagle restaurant and bar in the railway arches next to Hoxton Station has launched a December series of intimate jazz sessions featuring musicians from The Thames Delta who have played with such notables as Amy Winehouse, Sam Smith and Kelis. I had the pleasure of attending the premiere show this past Sunday. For a chilled out (and not so pricey) Sunday evening of live music and quality drink, keep Beagle in mind. Continue reading
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Posted in Drink, Food, London, Music, Restaurants
Tagged Beagle, cocktails, Drink, E2, E2 8HZ, east london, Geffrye Street, hoxton, London, sazerac, shoreditch, Thames Delta, Лондон, ロンドン, 伦敦
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Jack Daniel’s Master Distiller Jeff Arnett at The Macbeth in London #spiritofjack
A few weeks back I had the esteemed pleasure of sitting in on a tasting with Jack Daniel’s Master Distiller Jeff Arnett. It’s funny to think that I grew up only a couple of hours’ drive from where Jeff does his magic but wound up meeting him on the other side of the Atlantic in an East London pub. Of course, as the ‘nose’ behind one of the world’s most famous brands (and what I reckon is Tennessee’s biggest export), I suppose it’s not all that surprising that the chance to shake hands and sip whiskey with Jeff might take place anywhere across the globe. Continue reading
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Posted in Drink, London, Music, Pubs, Video
Tagged Drink, east london, hoxton, Hoxton Street, JACK DANIEL'S, jack rocks, jeff arnett, live music, London, master distiller, music, N1, N1 6LP, nme, pubs, shoreditch, spotify, TENNESSEE SIPPING WHISKEY, the macbeth, Video, whiskey, Лондон, ロンドン, 伦敦
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London Daily Photo: Hackney Road
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Posted in Graffiti, London, London Daily Photo, Photography
Tagged east london, Graffiti, hackney, Hackney Road, hoxton, LDP, London, London blog, London Daily Photo, london photographer, Photography, photography blog, shoreditch, street art, street photography, sweet toof, Лондон, ロンドン, 伦敦
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London Daily Photo: Purple
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Posted in London, London Daily Photo, Photography
Tagged east london, hackney, hoxton, LDP, London, London blog, London Daily Photo, london photographer, Photography, photography blog, shoreditch, street photography, Лондон, ロンドン, 伦敦
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Good Stuff
Good Stuff and lots of it! Here’s the low down on some fine things to see, sip or take a bite out of – all of which I’ve recently come across and thought were worth sharing with you. Enjoy. Elephant … Continue reading
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Posted in Drink, Food, Good Stuff, London, Restaurants, Shopping
Tagged bar, bircher muesli, cocktails, cuckoo bircher muesli, Drink, east london, elephant gin, Food, gin, hackney, hoxton, hoxton road, London, London blog, made in the shade, muesli, restaurant, UFC, Лондон, ロンドン, 伦敦
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Two Cocktails for £10 at The Liquor Cabinet, Hackney Road
There’s a new bar opened up in Shoreditch. Okay, that’s not really news, is it? But a smartly curated selection of spirits and a range of superbly crafted hand bottled cocktails make The Liquor Cabinet well worth shouting about. Plus, I blagged a way for my readers to get two cocktails for a tenner! Keep reading for more about this fantastic bar and to find out about my exclusive two-for-a-tenner cocktail special. Continue reading
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Posted in Beer, Discounts and Special Offers, Drink, Food, London
Tagged 2 cocktails for £10, bar, Booze, bourbon, COCKTAIL BAR, cocktails, discounts and special offers, Drink, drink special, E2, E2 7QL, east london, golden grill, hackney, Hackney Road, Hassard Street, hoxton, liquor cabinet, London blog, mezcal, shoreditch, speakeasy, tikichris special, whiskey, Лондон, ロンドン, 伦敦
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Theatre Review: Dirty Market’s Oxbow Lakes
That was some seriously fucked up shit. And if you know me at all, then you know that by “fucked up shit” I mean you should totally check this out. Fancy a bit of creeped-out absurdity with your surrealist theatre? Oxbow Lakes is for you. Continue reading
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Posted in London, Theatre
Tagged Dirty Market, east london, hoxton, London blog, N1, N1 7ET, oxbow lakes, Parr Street, play, review, surrealist theatre, theatre review, Лондон, ロンドン, 伦敦
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London Daily Photo: Angry Face
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Posted in Graffiti, London, London Daily Photo, Photography
Tagged Angry Face, east london, Graffiti, hackney, Hackney Road, hoxton, LDP, London, London blog, London Daily Photo, Photography, photography blog, street art, street photography, Лондон, ロンドン, 伦敦
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London Daily Photo: Hoxton
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Posted in London, London Daily Photo, Photography
Tagged east london, hackney, hoxton, LDP, London, London blog, London Daily Photo, neon, Photography, photography blog, signage, street photography, striptease, Лондон, ロンドン, 伦敦
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Ride London’s Overground “Culture Line” (CheapOair)
The Overground’s East London extension opened in spring of 2010. This line runs from Highbury and Islington station in the north to Croydon to the south and is particularly useful – especially for culture vultures keen to check out London’s quirkier side. Continue reading
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Posted in CheapOair, London, Travel
Tagged Brunel Museum, cheapoair, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace Museum, culture line, dalston, east london, east london line, Estorick Collection, Geffrye Museum, hackney, hackney museum, Horniman Museum, Hospital Museum, hoxton, john wesley, kingsland road, London, LSE, methodism, methodist, museum, Museum of Croydon, museums, old street, shoreditch, south london, The Royal London Hospital, The Women's Library, Wesley's Chapel, whitechapel, WHITECHAPEL GALLERY
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Cedric Christie at Flowers: When Painting Collapses, You Have Beautiful Sculptures
When Painting Collapses, You Have Beautiful Sculptures showcases two new bodies of work by Cedric Christie: his sculptural response to a gallery along with recent work developed during a residency in Kleve, Germany. The pieces on exhibit explore the artist’s ‘personal endeavour to transform one medium into another’. They exude confident in their simplicity and yield a sense of serenity as well. Continue reading
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Mezcaleria Quiquiriqui (Blue Tomato)
A good one to keep in mind for contemplative and/or convivial sipping in the early evening and for getting drunk ‘n’ sweaty later in the night, Quiquiriqui is worth adding to any list of easy going East London watering holes. … Continue reading
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Posted in Blue Tomato, Drink, London
Tagged bar, BLUE TOMATO, E2, E2 7QL, golden grill, hackney, Hackney Road, hoxton, London, mescal, mexican, mezcal, mezcal bar, Mezcaleria, Mezcaleria Quiquiriqui, qui qui ri qui, quiquiriqui, review, speakeasy
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Drink Mezcal in London at Quiquiriqui (CheapOair)
And now there’s a newly opened Mezcaleria Quiquiriqui in East London’s Hoxton that’s stocking an impressive lineup of two dozen or so mezcals…and graciously little else. Read my complete review at the CheapOair blog.
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Posted in CheapOair, Drink, London, Travel
Tagged bar, cheapoair, E2, E2 7QL, golden grill, hackney, Hackney Road, hoxton, London, mescal, mexican, mezcal, mezcal bar, Mezcaleria, Mezcaleria Quiquiriqui, qui qui ri qui, quiquiriqui, review, speakeasy
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Mezcaleria Quiquiriqui Brings Oaxacan Spirit to Hoxton
Tequila. That’s such a nought-y spirit. If you really wanna impress your boozing compadres while getting your drink on all feliz like, you must update your taste buds. It’s time for mezcal. Newly opened Mezcaleria Quiquiriqui in Hoxton stocks an … Continue reading
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Posted in Drink, London
Tagged bar, E2, E2 7QL, golden grill, hackney, Hackney Road, hoxton, London, mescal, mexican, mezcal, mezcal bar, Mezcaleria, Mezcaleria Quiquiriqui, qui qui ri qui, quiquiriqui, review, speakeasy
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Mike Ballard @ Arch 402 Gallery London (Whitehot Magazine of Contemporary Art)
Students of mfa degree recommend that you check out Mike Ballard’s work…. like frozen explosions or odd cultural blooms, the works (especially the collages) distort scale and mess with depth to “destabilise our sense of place.” Mike Ballard @ Arch 402 … Continue reading
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Posted in Art, London, Whitehot
Tagged ARCH 402, Art, exhibition, gallery, hoxton, London, MIKE BALLARD, review, Whitehot, whitehot magazine of contemporary art
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London Daily Photo: Leprechauns
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Posted in London, London Daily Photo, Photography
Tagged green, hoxton, LDP, London, London Daily Photo, Photography, shoreditch, street photography
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Exhibition Review: Having a Dig: Sweet Toof, New Paintings and Shan Hur at Arch402 Gallery (Londonist)
Exhibition Review: Having a Dig: Sweet Toof, New Paintings and Shan Hur at Arch402 Gallery Londonist, January 12, 2011 at 15:00 pm Do a mental mash up Henry Chalfant’s “Style Wars” with … oh, let’s say … Constable and you might get … Continue reading
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Posted in Art, Graffiti, London
Tagged ARCH402, E2, E2 8HD, EXHIBITION REVIEW, gallery, Graffiti, HAVING A DIG, hoxton, London, Londonist, SHAN HUR, street art, sweet toof
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Guru Event: Autumn Rolls and Mai Tais at Monsieur M (Qype does London)
Guru Event: Autumn Rolls and Mai Tais at Monsieur M Qype does London, September 29th 2010 Want to learn how to make ‘autumn rolls’ (which I suspect are like summer rolls, just more seasonal) along with how to mix a … Continue reading
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Posted in Drink, Food, London, Restaurants
Tagged autumn rolls, cocktails, EC1, free freebie, hoxton, London, Mai Tai, old street, Qype, Qype Does London, shoreditch, summer rolls, vietnamese food
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The Socio-Economic Impact of our Bulging Waistlines Dinner and Debate at Hoxton Apprentice (Londonist)
The Socio-Economic Impact of our Bulging Waistlines Dinner and Debate at Hoxton Apprentice Londonist, June 29, 2009 11:20 AM Got strong opinions about the socio-economic impact of obesity? As part of the ongoing Ideas Exchange series of dinner/debates at Hoxton … Continue reading
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Tagged hoxton, hoxton apprentice, London, Londonist, obesity
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