Burro e Salvia
Pound for pound, Shoreditch pastificio Burro e Salvia might just have the best wine list of any Italian restaurant in town. Each day, in plain view, the sfoglie roll out,…
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BrewDog (Shoreditch)
The rapidly expanding Scottish brewer has four pubs (and counting) in London. The taps are dominated by the house brand, but there are also plenty of bottles and drafts from…
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The Royal Oak
At The Royal Oak on East London’s Columbia Road, British pub food is tweaked to embrace global flavors in snacks like merguez Scotch eggs and pig’s cheeks with Alsatian bacon,…
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Hoi Polloi at the Ace Hotel
This all day brasserie in the Ace Hotel (the British sister venue of the U.S. group) can satisfy every human hunger, from banana soy shakes at breakfast to afternoon cocktails—so…
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Dukes Bar at Dukes Hotel
Tucked down a side street in Mayfair, Duke’s is almost completely hidden from the chaos of London. Service is impeccable if serious, but well suited to the surroundings: oil paintings of…
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NOLA
A love letter to the city that gave us the Sazerac, Dan Priseman’s NOLA is a pocket of Southern hospitality in Shoreditch. Located above Rivington Street’s Bedroom Bar, it’s not…
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Lounge Bohemia
Lounge Bohemia can be visited by appointment only with—ironically—a strict no-suit, no-office-wear policy. The unmarked door is like a porthole into 1970s Czechoslovakia with antique furniture from top hat-wearing owner…
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