New Restaurant Review: Momo’wich
Newbie lunch spot on Commerical Street offering inexpensive “pan-Asian bites”, tasty baguette sarnies and more. We like.
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Brick Lane Named ‘Curry Capital 2012′
Brick Lane gets an Olympic boost as part of a package of positive publicity for host borough, Tower Hamlets.
Bar Preview: Mason And Taylor
Balls Pond Road stalwart and CAMRA favourite The Duke of Wellington is set to send a cultural envoy to Bethnal Green Road, opening Mason and Taylor early next month at the top of Brick Lane.
Comedy Preview: Stand Up For Burma On Brick Lane
The release of Aung San Syu Kyi this week caused widespread euphoria. But, as Amnesty International remind us, there are still at least 2,200 political prisoners in Burma. Helping to keeping them in the spotlight, the Islington and Hackney Amnesty International group host “Another Joke …
Last Minute Listing: Kino 20 @ Vibe Bar
There are open mic nights and then there are open mic film nights. Kino is a monthly event held in Brick Lane’s Vibe Bar which invites budding auteurs to roll up and show off their efforts. Each film has to be under six minutes so …
Film Preview: Short & Sweet Go Stereoscopic
Short & Sweet, the Brick Lane based weekly film festival dedicated to the exhibition of short film as a critical art form, is expanding it’s horizons – in three dimensions! In an exciting new step for the festival, now in it’s fourth year, the best …
New Police Team Tackles Bike Theives
A newly formed 30-strong police team will target organised cycle theft in the capital. Their approach will involve a mixture of spreading the message about proper bike locking technique to cyclists and also making it harder for bike thieves to operate in London. The team …
In Pictures: Brick Lane Farmers’ Market
Londonist strolled down to the Brick Lane Farmers’ Market yesterday to check out its launch (see our preview here). Small and manageable but with plenty of fresh produce, baked goods, lots of meat and more, the Brick Lane Farmers’ Market – actually located on Bacon …
Brick Lane Farmers’ Market to Open Sunday
As if a summer Sunday stroll around Brick Lane wasn’t already chock-a-block with elbow rubbing opportunities and reasons to blow your cash, a new farmers’ market is to open this Sunday, the 6th of June, at St Matthais school on Bacon Street and is to …
In Pictures: Brick Lane Curry Festival
Beer, curry and queuing. Yep it’s London. Throw in some Bangra beats and some heat lamps (ah summer in England) and you’ve got the Brick Lane Curry Festival. When much of London was lookin’ like a ghost town during this week’s Bank Holiday Monday, ye …
Preview: London Zine Symposium
We’ve already declared our love for London’s thriving small press scene, this Saturday, 29 May is the day for the more unruly world of fanzines to shake, rattle and roll at the London Zine Symposium this at the Rag Factory on Henage Street, off Brick …
