The popular north London group is opening site number five
After the previous operators went into administration back in March 2024, the cafe at Clissold House, the Grade II-listed events venue in Clissold Park in Stokey has been shut. But it won’t be for too much longer as Fink’s, the collection of delis and cafes run by Mat Appleton and Jess Blackstone, is taking it over. It won’t actually be the first time that the Fink’s crew is opening in Clissold Park as they already operate a coffee shop at the Pump House on the Green Lanes edge of the park.
There are three other Fink’s sites across north and east London – the original cafe and shop on Mountgrove Road in Finsbury Park, a coffee shop and lunch spot on Gillespie Road in Finsbury Park, and a pink shop on Chatsworth Road in Clapton – and they’re beloved by locals for their stacked sarnies (made with produce from local suppliers), homemade cakes and pastries, good coffee, and artisan product selection.
We don’t have an opening date or a menu for the Clissold House site yet but we’d expect to see plenty of their signature sarnies and cakes, plus dine-in dishes as there’s space for tables and chairs inside the cafe. Speaking to Hackney Post, co-founder Jess said that “it’s going to be similar, but not the same. It’s not going to be a duplicate Fink’s because we want to make something that’s specific to the park and the park community.”
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Key Information
Opening date | 2025
Address | Clissold Park, Stoke Newington Church St, London N16 9HJ
For more information | @finks.at.clissoldhouse