Pop Up
ANGLOTHAI AT OUTCROP
A small internal courtyard garden at 180 The Strand has now been transformed into Outcrop, a new pop-up venture from Luca founders Johnny Smith and Daniel Willis, along with Tom Allott, Andrea Moccia and Sabrina Goreeba from Secret Cinema. The outdoor restaurant, bar, and arts space is also the new temporary home for one of our favourite chefs, John Chantarasak, who’s behind the stoves until the end of September, cooking up his signature brand of Thai dishes made with seasonal British ingredients. There’s an open (air) kitchen and a tented dining area filled with plants and vintage speakers (music is a big part of the experience too, with regular guest DJs throughout the summer) and some absolutely killer Thai food on show. Don’t miss the Wildfarmed flatbread with shrimp paste butter and Brixham crab; the corn with London honey butter, lime and a dusting of spicy laab seasoning; the monkfish crudo with a fish sauce caramel we’d happily have drank a gallon of;a spicy, sour soup with langoustines and mussels; the superb skate wing jungle curry enriched with pork fat; and spelt cooked in beef fat and topped with cured ox heart. The wine list has been been curated by AngloThai co-owner Desiree Chantarasak and features some superb low intervention wines, many of which are available by the glass or carafe, as well as AngloThai’s own wine, Eleonore, a Chardonnay made in partnership with Austria’s Malinga winery.
Tsiakkos & Charcoal, the much-loved Greek Cypriot restaurant in Maida Vale, is popping up in Islington with Tsiakkos N1. Like the original, the pop-up is all about traditional and authentic food so the menu includes the likes of houmous, taramasalata, tzatziki, beetroot salad, halloumi, kleftiko, moussaka, chargrilled seabream, pork souvlaki and chicken souvlaki. The entrance is tucked down an alleyway off Upper Street and it’s open for dinner Thurs – Sat and lunch on Sundays – DM them on Instagram to book a table.
Afro-fusion street food biz Cally Munchy, run by Ebenezer Sogunro, which has been popping up at markets and at festivals across London as well as running a catering operation is taking up residence at The Africa Centre in Southwark. The regular Cally Munchy offering includes dishes like suya steak, spiced chicken, kelewele (Ghanaian seasoned plantain), and jollof ‘n’ peas and the brand’s signature Shi-Tuan chilli sauce, and these will be appearing on the Cally Munchy Lounge menu.
MY NEIGHBOURS THE DUMPLINGS AT SEED LIBRARY
Shoreditch cocktail spot Seed Library (run by Mr Lyan and one of the best bars in London), has teamed up with My Neighbours The Dumplings for a new bar snack menu, following a collab with Ruben’s Reubens earlier this year. The East London dumpling house is serving up some of its signature dim sum, including crispy prawn wontons with sweet chilli sauce, pork & makrut lime leaf potstickers, prawn har gau, crispy turnip cake with soy cured egg yolk and silken tofu with vegan XO. Seed Library’s drinks menu, currently featuring a salsa margarita and black vinegar gimlet cocktails plus low-intervention wine, craft beer and artisanal sake, will be available alongside those snacks.
MORLEY'S AND HEINZ TEAM UP AT THE STANDARD
South London’s fave chicken shop Morley’s has teamed up with Heinz for a right saucy pop-up at The Standard this summer. The two brands have created the limited edition Morley’s x Heinz Fried Chicken Sauce and this pop-up is the only place to get it, alongside a range of fried chicken specials cooked up at Double Standard just for the occasion. The menu includes a 2-piece Morley’s chicken with ketchup salt, glazed hot wings, popcorn chicken, chicken fillet burger, chicken drumstick with caviar, chicken & waffles with hot honey glaze and a 20 chicken wing tower, with a range of Heinz sauces for dipping. You can finish with caramelised apple donuts, a Mirinda ice cream sundae and a chocolate sundae with ketchup sherbet. And forget grabbing a can, it’s all about pairing your chicken with frozen mango margs, boozy coke floats and vodka-spiked grape sodas. Once you’ve finished your bougie chicken shop date, have a spin on the custom arcade machine to try and score some limited-edition merch.
BLACK IN CARNABY CONCEPT STORE
My Runway Group, the community-led organisation that provides a platform for Black talent and business owners, is popping up at Somerset House with the Black In Carnaby Concept Store. The pop-up will showcase fashion, homeware, art, beauty products, literature and more from over 200 Black-owned businesses as well as hosting a series of talks, workshops and events designed to support and empower creatives in the Black community.
Two Notting Hill faves, The Pelican and Straker’s, have joined forces to take over the former Pizza East site on Portobello Road for the summer. Running Weds – Sun until September, at 310 Portobello you can get some of Thomas Straker’s famous wood-fired flatbreads, with toppings including lobster, fennel & chilli butter, Vesuvio tomato & oregano and girolles, garlic & parsley, alongside dishes like fritto misto, burrata & tomatoes, aubergine parm, and chicken schnitzel, all to be washed down with Aperol Spritzes, frozen margs and Palomas.
Ana Gonçalves and Zijun Meng, the pair behind TĀTĀ Eatery, are in residence at The Sea, The Sea in Haggerston, taking over the chef’s table for four weeks. The duo will be showcasing their East meets West style of cooking, blending Mediterranean and Asian flavours using produce from The Sea, The Sea. TĀTĀ will be doing dinners on Mon – Weds evenings, with guest chefs coming in to cook on Mondays – Calum Franklin will be there on 17th July, Jan Ostle from Wilson’s in Bristol is cooking on 24th July, and Niall Davidson will be in the house on 31st July.
WALTHAMSTOW-ON-SEA POP-UP BEACH
You don’t need to go to the seaside this summer (well, unless you want to of course) because it’s coming to you. Walthamstow is becoming ‘Walthamstow-on-Sea’ until September as Big Penny Social is transforming its terrace into a British seaside resort. Kitted out with deckchairs, sand pits and private beach huts, the pop-up beach is open all week for Londoners to soak up the sun with classic fish & chips, soft-serve ice cream, draught beers and frozen cocktails. There’ll also be a programme of family-friendly entertainment during the day and live DJs in the evening.
Following the Poon’s supper club at Carousel for Chinese New Year, Amy Poon is popping up at No. 23, its incubator space next door, with Poon’s Wontoneria. At lunchtimes, the Wontoneria will be serving up a range of Poon’s signature handmade wontons in chilli vinegar dressing, including pork & bamboo shoot; chicken thigh, woodear mushroom, water chestnut & ginger; and jackfruit, tofu, cabbage, carrot, woodear mushroom & water chestnut, with a wonton noodle bowl on as a daily lunch special. You’ll also be able to pick up some of those cult Poon’s sauces, like the WO Sauce, Chilli Vinegar Dressing and Extraordinary Chilli Oil. The Wontoneria will be running a dinner service, featuring the wontons (of course) plus dishes like wind-dried meats rice bowl; hand-shredded chicken with spring onion & ginger relish and house chilli sauce; steamed pumpkin with fǔzhú, Chinese mushrooms and black bean sauce; Lisle Street zha jiang noodles with sautéed tofu and “fried sauce”, made to the same recipe from the original Poon’s; and baked Chinese pears with dates, star anise and toasted walnuts. You’ll be able to pair those with Pooña Coladas, yuzu chilli crystal margs and sparkling Darjeeling whisky highballs.
SELFRIDGES X LOANHOOD SWAP SHOP
Selfridges has teamed up with online clothes exchange community LOANHOOD to launch a Swap Shop at their Oxford Street flagship. From 10th July, Selfridges shoppers can drop by with their pre-loved clothes and trade them in for tokens which they can then use to ‘shop’ a curated selection of secondhand pieces. A team of experts will be at the totally circular concept to value the items brought in by customers, and you’ll be able to exchange up to five pieces worth a value of £50 – £300. This will mark the first time Selfridges has ever run an initiative like this and it may be the last; the pop-up is on for just three weeks, so don’t miss out.
REAL HOUSEWIVES OF CLAPTON X LA CAVE
It’s the city’s favourite meme account and essential reading for anyone spending time in East London, and now @real_housewives_of_clapton is becoming really real with a limited-time collab at La Cave in Holborn. The subterranean bar that specialises in low-intervention wine has teamed up with RHOC to put together a menu inspired by the Instagram account’s tongue-in-cheek, satirical posts about London in the 2020s. Expect to see the likes of the Housewives’ Dinner (skewered Perelló olives, pickle chilli, Ortiz anchovies), Crisp Sandwich (focaccia, truffle mayo, Torres truffle crisps, prosciutto, rocket, fresh mozzarella), and Beans On Toast (sourdough toast, Mutti tomato, white beans, garlic & herbs) on the menu. Of course, there’ll be plenty of orange and biodynamic wines to pair it all with – chin chin!
ANYA HINDMARCH'S ICE CREAM PROJECT
Just like last year, Anya Hindmarch’s playful spirit is out in full force this summer with the return of her Ice Cream Project concept store, which is serving up scoops of Heinz Tomato Ketchup, Warbutons Crumpets. Bird’s Eye Petit Pois, Branston Pickle and Kikkoman Soy Sauce and Heinz Mayo flavoured ice creams. Yes really. The idea behind what is surely the wackiest ice cream parlour in town is to celebrate Anya Hindmarch’s fave brands (a nice tie-in to her latest accessories collection) by taking products that would typically be found in the pantry and putting them in the freezer instead. And if you’re not feeling so adventurous, you can get scoops of Rice Krispies, Coco Pops, Ambrosia Rice Pudding, Ribena, KP Salted Peanuts, McVitie’s Digestives and Tiptree Lemon Curd flavoured ice creams instead.
The Summer Screen is back at Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens this July, screening free movies every Tuesday at 7pm throughout the month. The programme includes Frozen, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off and Grease, so there’s something for all the fam to enjoy. There are deckchairs and blankets available but you’re encouraged to bring your own, and you can also BYO snacks and drinks too – though there will be food and drink traders on-site if you want to buy anything extra. It’s totally free to attend but if you want to be sure of a spot, you can sign up to reserve one, and you’ll also be entered into weekly giveaways too.
LUSH X ASTEROID CITY GIFT SHOP
To celebrate the release of Wes Anderson’s new Americana adventure, Asteroid City, Lush have brought a pop-up to town inspired by the highly anticipated movie. The pop-up cafe and gift shop mimics the legendary filmmaker’s signature style, with plenty of pastel colours and nostalgic features. Inside, you’ll get to shop the new exclusive Lush x Asteroid City (which includes a themed bath bomb, soap, shower gel and shower jelly) collection before it hits the stores, take plenty of pics and grab a FREE slushie. Wes fans definitely don’t wanna miss this one.
A pop-up urban farm created in partnership with Square Mile Farms, one of our Local Heroes, has opened at 109 Fleet Street providing over 1000 salad bags of fresh greens for free. The farm, the first Square Mile Farm open to the public, uses hydroponic technology to grow the produce, using 90% less water than traditional farming, making the greens super sustainable as well as local. The farm will be open until the end of June but you can head down on 14th and 21st June to harvest parsley, kale, sage and basil.
The cult pop-up shop by eco-friendly fashion campaign Love Not Landfill is back this summer and stacked with fashion picks curated by some of the most style-savvy influencers and charity shops. Each influencer has teamed up with a charity to select up to 500 pieces from donations to add to their collection: Char Ellesse has teamed up with Shelter, Demi Colleen with FARA, Lina Mar with Cancer Research UK and Nantida Intajak with Hurr Collective. At the limited-time store, you’ll be able to shop fashion-forward charity shop gems and ‘retired’ designer pieces, saving them from landfill and donating vital funds to partner charities as you refresh your wardrobe.
SHELTER BOUTIQUE AT BRIXTON VILLAGE
For eight weeks, homelessness charity Shelter will be popping up at Brixton Village with a shop selling a curated selection of pre-loved clothes, from high-end finds and vintage one-offs. The Shelter Boutique will be open from Thursday to Saturday each week and guests will be able to shop a range of books and music alongside sustainable fashion and accessories. Of course, all proceeds will go towards tackling housing injustices across the UK and supporting Shelter’s vital work in providing expert advice, face-to-face support and legal guidance to people facing housing issues or homelessness.