The Allotment Kitchen review: homegrown grub with culinary flare
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
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Eating & drinking
The Baklava Company moves to a new flagship store in Limehouse
The Baklava Company opens in a former Barclays Bank reanimating a landmark building and creating a culinary highlight on Commercial
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Turkish chain Mehmet Efendi 1953 opens its first London branch in Whitechapel
Since opening earlier this year near Aldgate East Station, Mehmet Efendi dessert shop has become a go to for anyone
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From Town of Ramsgate to Prospect of Whitby, a walk between Wapping’s oldest pubs
Wapping’s quiet riverside location is home to some of the East End’s most historic pubs, ideal for a view of
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Eastenders Snooker Lounge: friendly, no-frills pool and snooker 12-hours a day
Eleven tables, fist bumps and friends – is the Eastenders Snooker Lounge the best local snooker and pool club in
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Taj Stores, a cornerstone of Brick Lane
Just south of the Truman Brewery bridge, amidst a forest of curry houses, stands the imperial red and white shopfront
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Al Kahf restaurant review: Divine traditional Somalian flavours in an unassuming basement
Everything about this restaurant is inconspicuous. Tucked away down a narrow passageway, towards the bottom of Whitechapel High Street, Al-Kahf
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Discovering the unsung beauty of Commercial Road
A TimeOut writer once labelled Commercial Road , ‘a four-lane monster roaring out towards Essex.‘ I went to the grand
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Bento Bab food review: the Kpop decorated Korean street food restaurant
From viral TikTok videos to Kpop stars plastered across its interior, Bento Bab has been serving Whitechapel authentic and halal
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Thai N Pie Review: The Whitechapel restaurant bringing two worlds together
Thai N Pie on Mile End Road offers an eclectic menu based on their intriguing multicultural concept. Here, English pies
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A tour of Whitechapel’s most interesting pub signs
We take you through some of Whitechapel’s most intriguing, historical and unusual pub signs. Walking through Whitechapel, you’ll find every
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The George Tavern’s triumphant post-Covid comeback
With local pubs able to reopen their doors in a few weeks, we spoke to Pauline and Francis of The
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