East London food & drink culture: Leyton, Leytonstone, Stratford, Forest Gate & Walthamstow.
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‘Every babka comes out slightly different’: the inspiring tale of Leytonstone’s new micro-bakery
Plus: the area’s longest-standing Turkish ocakbaşı, a Beginner’s Guide to Forest Gate’s Ramble Cafe - and is Gravity Well opening a pub?
The last time I wrote about a new micro-bakery in this part of East London was Farine, the early proje...
The BBC Interior Design Masters champ with an incoming Leyton supper club
Plus: Noble Rot chef Reuben Johnson’s Le Regret pop-up, the story of Wood Street Wobble and Leytonstone’s fiery new Pakistani grill house
“Being Scottish Italian, I always say that the Scots bring the party, the Italians the food, and I ge...
It’s issue 100! My 7-mile pilgrimage through Epping Forest to Gina - plus Q&A with Ravneet Gill
Also: a first look inside Milk on Leyton High Road, Filly Brook’s Sunday yakitori and the 10 most-read issues revealed
It’s fair to say there’s one Waltham Forest restaurant that everyone has talked about more than any other in the last ye...
‘Strength, energy — and a touch of chaos’: Walthamstow’s glam new candle-lit osteria
Plus: my fave dish of 2026 so far in Leytonstone, a walking lunch from Joyau to Le Regret and an Overground hop to Newington Green’s low-key seafood diner
This week it occurred to me that my fondness for regional Italian cooking can probab...
Exclusive: step inside Altar, Leytonstone’s most anticipated new arrival of 2026
A debrief on its interior, music policy and food & drinks menu. Plus: meze at Monella/Nostra in Homerton and revisiting Stratford’s Bamboo Mat
“The aim was to create a space where people come and don’t want to leave,” says Essex-based inte...
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