Platform, Tooley Street Having recently eaten at Platform on Tooley Street, the only thing we liked more than the food itself was the concept. Platform isn’t unique in claiming to be all about sustainable food and working closely with producers. They’ve gone a step further, …
Hands up who’s spent hours wandering around Borough Market, marvelling (and drooling) at the wonderful selection of shiny fruit and vegetables, the huge variety of pies, the fish you’ve never even heard of and then stood in the cheese shop wondering if anyone ever buys …
Follow one Londonista trying to put the brakes on with Slow Club. Alistair Cameron, former Secretary of Borough Market Traders’ Association, let us sample some of Borough Market’s delights 11am on a Saturday morning. I’ve got a thumping headache from too much wine the night …
Photograph courtesy of Niamheen via Flickr Ah, British cherries. Some of the tastiest fruits on earth we reckon. And now’s the time to eat ‘em! But did you know that in the past 50 years, Britain has lost 90% of its cherry orchards and that …
Yup, it’s Londonist’s favourite weekend of the year – the clocks go back tonight, and we get an extra hour in bed. Yippee (does a high five with teddy bear). Bed’s good. We like bed. Trouble is, there’s so much to see and do in …
We are happy to announce this very special installment of London On the Cheap, where your London week ain’t merely cheap…but utterly free! Whee! Yes, it’s early in the month, and your pockets are a-burnin’, but save some of that stash for next week, when …
Rain, rain, go away…flirtatious spring-like temperatures and halcyon moments of direct sunlight belie this week’s forecast for April showers. At least that leaves plenty of time to soak up indoor activities on the cheap before we jet our wellies and get on with the picnic …
Happy February, FOBGs. Another healthy serving of book groceries awaits you this week. Stick to a well-rounded book diet, and you’re sure to stave off a winter cold. We have no actual data to support this contention – we’re book geeks, not science nerds – …
Some cops are robbers Some caesareans are ‘natural’ Some disruption due: airport strikes are on for 7 and 14 January Anti-slavery monuments get listed status for Christmas Pedicabs get licences and Greenwich gets its own Eye Image taken in Borough Market courtesy of Tim Bradshaw …
For anyone who wants to imagine they are abroad in sunnier climates while London turns damply autumnal, the flavours of Spain are coming to London for a week in Taste Spain. Being quite a sophisticated city in terms of culinary acuity, Londoners know there is …
We like helping you pick what’s for lunch. We like sharing with you what we know is going on in the world of drinking, dining, cooking and food shopping in London. But, though we try, we cannot know it all and we trust you to …
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