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Sandwichist – A Celebratory Aussie Burger From The Breakfast Club, Hoxton

In search of London’s best sandwich since sliced bread Having Haddin-uff of Cook-ing for ourselves and eating nothing but straightforward sandwiches, we decided to celebrate England’s victory over Australia in the Ashes by Broad-ening our horizons and having a bash at a burger instead, rather …

The familiar Nin Com Soup inside Old Street Tube station.

The Great Londonist Pun Hunt: Part Two

We’re back on the search for London’s most groanworthy wordplay. Here are seven more masterclasses in high street wit, aided by the wonders of Google Street View. If you’d like to nominate your own favourite punning shops, check we didn’t already cover them in Part …

Fishcotheque, Waterloo Road. More Grease than Saturday Night Fever.

The Great Londonist Pun Hunt: Part One

Where are London’s most punny shops? We asked you for the best examples of wordsmithery on the high street. Shops that give the pun back to the punters. Those outlets that would carry a plaque stating ‘By appointment to HRH Richard Whitely’, were the famous …

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The Great Londonist Pun Hunt

We want to know: what is the most puntastic shop in London? Our friends in Toronto laid down the challenge with a truly frightening exposition of wordplay (the Hindenburger fast food joint stands out; oh the humanity). But we think London can do even better. …

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Beckham Rye And Other Celebrity Street Puns

A think tank suggests that streets and parks should be named after local celebrities, selected through some kind of X-factor-style public vote. The New Local Government Network also wants the Mayor to promise commemorative street names for any Brit who secures two or more Olympic …