Poached eggs on toasted crusty bread photo by Chris Osburn Nestled within the secret nook that is Sutton Lane (between Great Sutton Street and Clerkenwell Road), J+A Cafe is a dream of post industrial use cosiness. Open Monday to Friday from 8am to 6pm and …
Photo courtesy of Annie Mole via the Londonist Flickr Pool We have a crush; a haunting, inexplicable, impossible love. We shouldn’t, we know it’s wrong – we know that she’s wrong, about everything – but none the less we are but flotsam to the tides …
Ah, harvest festivals, a time to dig out the corned beef from the back of the cupboard, shove it in a cardboard box along with some other unwanted groceries, and thrust it upon some unsuspecting OAP whilst singing ‘All things bright and beautiful’. Fast forward …
Photo by su-lin. One late summer’s sunny day, Londonist found themselves at Annie’s in Chiswick, an eclectically decorated restaurant just a stone’s throw from the Thames. Burger cravings overcame us and we overlooked the half lobster special on the menu and ordered the lamb burger …
We all know (or hope) that flea markets will offer hidden treasures. And sometimes they just do. A lucky find in Deptford market, a couple of years ago, has made this Londonista, for the grand old sum of £5, the happy owner of a photo …
Starting Monday the 24th of this month and then being held every day until Friday the 28th, the Royal China Club will host free chopstick lessons for children. The hour long lessons will run from 3.30-4.30pm and will include nibbles and dim sum, complimentary souvenir …
Not content to rove from home to home cooking and teaching along the way, Hayley Edwards, aka the Roving Chef (see our June 2009 review of this one woman cookery operation), now has a regular stall at the Bethnal Green Market. Find her there on …
Photo by su-lin. A good value two course lunch can be found amongst the ubiquity on the high street in Chiswick. Off on a little side street, Fish hook specialises in … well, do we really have to spell it out for you? £12.50 gets …
Photo by dicksdaily As British victims of the swine flu epidemic soared into single figures, media panic reached a new level of hysteria with one Londoner being reported as being suffering from ‘mild flu-like symptoms’. After the rather startling news that 2095 Londoners die every …
If you’ve already battled your way through Friday you’ll know turning up early to collect wristbands is a winner, the Roundhouse situation is a bit odd, the venues are miles apart and actually for once the queues weren’t that bad (or were we just lucky?) …
To be launched at the end of this month, Fancy a Pint? in London will be the book form of Fancyapint.com’s award-winning website. As on the site, this guide will feature pubs listings grouped in relation to nearest tube stops, along with a photo and …
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