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Street Food Markets
From doughnuts to dumplings, burgers to banh mi, you’ll never struggle to find street food in London. KERB has been one of the driving forces behind the street food explosion in the city, growing from one lunchtime market in King’s Cross in 2012 to multiple sites running all over town. Those aren’t the only markets worth checking out though, we love picking up grub from all of these one too.
Broadway Market is one of our fave street food markets in town because you don’t just have the main street, but the school yard and Netil Market just round the corner too. With the likes of Dumpling Shack, Morty & Bobs and BAO all having traded there before going on to open permanent sites, it shows how important those markets can be.
Street food markets still remain some of the best places to grab lunch in the city and you can bag some right bargains if you know which markets and which stalls to hit. Open on weekdays, Leather Lane Market is pretty bloody popular with locals and has an ever-changing roster of street foodies. Whitecross Street Market is also perfectly placed to serve hungry workers in Clerkenwell, Farringdon and Old Street.
Berwick Street Market in Soho is one of London’s oldest markets and dates back to 1778, but it’s no longer just about the fruit & veg traders and they now share the space with some bangin’ street foodies. Borough Market is probably the most legendary food market in London. With Brindisa serving up their famous chorizo and rocket rolls, and Scotchtails bringing you the fanciest scotch eggs in town, it’s defo not just a place to pick up some veggies and fancy cheese.
The market next to Netil House in London Fields has quietly turned into one of the best spots for street food in the city. With traders including Bread Meats Sauce, Jupiter Burger, The Bagel Guys and Gordos, there’s tons of variety for such a small market, and they’ve got some great non-food boutiques as well.
As well as being a produce market, where you can pick up everything from Italian charcuterie to fish fresh from the south coast, there’s always good street food traders pitching up at Brockley Market too. Grab a ham & cheese crepe, sourdough pizzas, dumplings, strudels and more to eat while you browse.
Vinegar Yard is an eating, drinking, art space and shopping market located a stone’s throw away from London Bridge station. It’s the second site from the team behind Flat Iron Square and has both inside and outside space. Food traders include Nanny Bills, Baba G’s and Nik’s Kitchen and there are a handful of bars, including two on the mezzanine, serving local beers, wines and cocktails. The Yard is also home to a range of resident shops and the weekly Flea vintage market.
Sister to Lloyd Park Market in Walthamstow, Victoria Park Market features stalls selling seasonal produce including fruit and veg, fresh fish, locally baked bread, cheese, meat, olive oil, pickles, herbs, spices and more as well as street food from traders like Kolkati, Mother Flipper, Eat Lah, Anna Mae’s, Calamari Canteen, and Jollof Mama.
BROOK GREEN MARKET
Saturdays, 9.30am - 3pm
Brook Green Market, Bolingbroke Road, London W14 0DT
After trading at a bigger site in Hammersmith for the past few years, Brook Green Market is now back in its old home of Addison Primary School in West Kensington. As well as produce, patisserie and wine from Finer Things Deli, The Fish Stall, and Kichiya Pastries you can chow down on hot food from the likes of Pleasant Lady, Smallfry, Lovely Bunch of Coconuts, and Bun House.
Borough Market is probably the most legendary food market in London. With some of the best fresh produce traders in town, and the likes of Brindisa serving up their famous chorizo and rocket rolls, Gourmet Goat cooking up stews and Scotchtails bringing you the fanciest scotch eggs in town, it’s defo not just a place to pick up some veggies and fancy cheese. The Borough Market Kitchen, the communal dining area inside Jubilee Place, also features 25 traders including Horn OK Please, La Tua Pasta, Tacos Padre and Mei Mei.
Whitecross Street Market gets super busy at lunchtime, but it’s no surprise with the variety of food on offer. Expect everything from Wild Game Co’s Venison Burgers and Luardos Burritos to Buddha Bowl’s veggie delights.
The team behind Victoria Park Market expanded to E17 with Lloyd Park Market. Held every Saturday, the market features fresh seasonal produce, meat, fish, baked goods and booze from the likes of Ted’s Veg, Picks Organic Farm, Breadwinners, Finest Fayre, Borough Olives, Natural Born Wine, Hush Hush Chefs and Galeta. There’s also a rotating selection of street food traders like Ehla, Filigrillz, and Kolkati so you can eat whilst you shop.
15,000 sqft of garden area and over 500 seats… Mercato Metropolitano is a winner in the terrace stakes. As well as all that space, there are over 40 traders on site, including Badiani, V for Vegan, Leggero, Molo, Baba G’s and Ze Spatzle Club, plus the German Kraft microbrewery and the Jim and Tonic urban gin distillery.
Open on weekdays, Leather Lane Market is pretty bloody popular with local workers. With an ever-changing roster of street foodies, the grub never gets boring either, but if Grill My Cheese or Daddy Donkey are on the street get in that queue!
Nestled under some railway arches in Bermondsey, Maltby Street Market might not be the biggest but it definitely delivers when it comes to the food. There’s jamon from Bar Tozino, arepas from La Pepia, steak & chips from The Beefsteaks, dumplings from Gyoza Guys, freshly baked doughnuts from St John Bakery and fruit & veg from Taylors of Maltby. And don’t forget the bevvie from Little Bird Gin.
Broadway Market is one of London’s most popular and most hipster-tastic markets, running the length of the road of the same name. Head down on the weekend to check out the stalls, which sell everything from antiques to fresh produce to street food – the likes of Deeney’s, Kolkati, and Hoshi Katsu Wraps trade there.
Berwick Street Market is one of London’s oldest markets and dates back to 1778, but it’s no longer just about the fruit & veg traders and they now share the space with some bangin’ street foodies. And with What Jerk!, Savage Salads and Freebird Burritos, they’ve really got something for everyone.
KERB know a thing or two about running a street food market – they’ve popped up across London and been home to some mega traders over the years – and now they’ve gone indoors with a massive covered market housed in a former banana warehouse in Seven Dials. The market is home to a range of traders like Bleecker, Jollof Mama, Yaay Yaay, Stakehaus, and the team behind Camden’s Cheese Bar have Pick & Cheese, a conveyor belt set-up where you can choose from 25 different British cheese and condiment combos. KERB’s markets and business development arms have become part of the not-for-profit social enterprise KERB+, allowing the organisation to further support people who had been facing barriers to entry in the hospitality industry and empower more refugee-led and female-led businesses.
With three floors and over 1000 seats Market Hall West End, inside the old BHS building off Oxford Street, is the largest food hall in the country. All that space means lots of street food and traders include Krapow, Salt Shed, 20FT Fried Chicken, Le Bab and Gopal’s Corner.
URBAN FOOD FEST
Saturdays
Urban Food Fest, Euro Car Park, 162-167 Shoreditch High Street, London E1 6HU
You’ll find Urban Food Fest street food and farmer’s markets all over London but head to Euro Car Parks on Shoreditch High Street on a Saturday and you’ll find a rotating bunch of food trucks plus plenty of stalls selling beers, wines and cocktails, and loads of places to sit – there are no covers though so you’ll wanna hope for good weather.
