Food, home, wellbeing and shopping

Outdoor seating area at the Allotment Kitchen in Stepney City Farm.

Photo by Polly Nash

The Allotment Kitchen review: homegrown grub with culinary flare

17 November 202317 November 2023 Polly Nash

Scattered with edible flowers and drizzled with infused oils: Stepney City Farm’s locally-loved cafe serves restaurant-quality farm-to-fork dishes. If you’re

Three dancers performing Adity Roy's Avinashi Anurag in traditional costume.

Dancers performing Adity Roy's Avinashi Anurag. Photo by © Rehan Jamil.

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The Season of Bangla Drama continues this Saturday

16 November 202317 November 2023 Felix Naylor Marlow

Part of the month-long Season of Bangla Drama, Avinash Anurag at the Brady Arts Centre shows the power of unconditional

Shop front and door, The Baklava Company, Limehouse, East London.

Photo by Felix Naylor Marlow © Social Streets CIC

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The Baklava Company moves to a new flagship store in Limehouse

3 November 202314 November 2023 Felix Naylor Marlow

The Baklava Company opens in a former Barclays Bank reanimating a landmark building and creating a culinary highlight on Commercial

A stall in Whitechapel Market with Tower Hamlets Town Hall and the Royal London Hospital behind.

The Market is at the heart of Tower Hamlets, next to the Royal London Hospital and the Town Hall. Felix Naylor Marlow © Social Streets CIC.

Out & about Places to visit

The beauty of Whitechapel Market [photo essay]

30 October 202330 October 2023 Felix Naylor Marlow

We explored Whitechapel Market on a busy Saturday morning and found bursts of colour and pulsating energy in the heart

Mehmet Efendi 1953 Turkish bakery branch in Aldgate East, Whitechapel.

Image courtesy of Mehmet Efendi 1953.

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Turkish chain Mehmet Efendi 1953 opens its first London branch in Whitechapel

29 September 20233 October 2023 Felix Naylor Marlow

Since opening earlier this year near Aldgate East Station, Mehmet Efendi dessert shop has become a go to for anyone

Ricardo, the cake concierge, stands in front of Christ Church, Spitalfields East London with a Hummingbird Bakery delivery before it reopens

Ricardo the cake concierge stands with a delivery in front of Christ Church on Commercial Street, Spitalfields

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The Hummingbird Bakery reopens in Spitalfields

8 June 202313 June 2023 Marina Rabin

The American-inspired bakery is reopening its only East London outpost next to Spitalfields Market after a makeover. Following a makeover

Elizabeth Line concourse at Liverpool Street

Elizabeth Line at Liverpool Street, Photo by @nickharrison

Local Out & about Places to visit

A Brief History of the Elizabeth Line: Connecting Whitechapel to the West

7 June 20237 June 2023 Editorial Intern

Here’s what you need to know about the railway that has opened up the East End to the rest of

Town of Ramsgate pub on Whapping High Street, which claims to be one of the oldest pubs in London.

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From Town of Ramsgate to Prospect of Whitby, a walk between Wapping’s oldest pubs

24 April 20234 May 2023 Albert Sowerby-Davies

Wapping’s quiet riverside location is home to some of the East End’s most historic pubs, ideal for a view of

The entrance of Eastenders Snooker Lounge in a yard just off Mile End Road in Whitechapel.

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Eastenders Snooker Lounge: friendly, no-frills pool and snooker 12-hours a day

9 March 20233 April 2023 Albert Sowerby-Davies

Eleven tables, fist bumps and friends – is the Eastenders Snooker Lounge the best local snooker and pool club in

Eating & drinking Local

Taj Stores, a cornerstone of Brick Lane

2 July 202211 July 2022 Cormac Kehoe

Just south of the Truman Brewery bridge, amidst a forest of curry houses, stands the imperial red and white shopfront

The Somali community gather to eat in Al-Kahf cafe on Vine Court, Whitechapel, East London.

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Al Kahf restaurant review: Divine traditional Somalian flavours in an unassuming basement

7 June 202225 March 2023 Cormac Kehoe

Everything about this restaurant is inconspicuous. Tucked away down a narrow passageway, towards the bottom of Whitechapel High Street, Al-Kahf

The shopfront of Brick Lane Bookshop, East London.

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Whitechapel and Brick Lane’s eclectic selection of bookshops

30 May 202225 March 2023 Cormac Kehoe

Whitechapel and Brick Lane are notorious for their pulsating street life and much lauded curry houses. However, what is so

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