Hackney chitter-chatter &tc

[rutabowa]

I went on Tuesday as it always gets rammed later on. saw stig and rich! of these boards there (as i do every year!) and from them got the recommendation of the best beer there that i had which was "Robins Red" from the Hackney bar (all hackney beers). they brew it at the Cock so it only travelled for about 10 minutes.

 

[drewg]

Damn I miss the Pigs Ear beer festival

Damn me too
Off to the Jolly Butcher's, Stokie to make up for it.

 

[marty21]

Ended up not making it there but did try out the new Craft Beer place in Islington, very good, and had a couple in the Jolly Butchers before heading home

 

[Sue]

On fri I saw they'd reopened, popped in for a quick drink, they've got their license back

Was in the Kingsland on Saturday. Packed out with hipsters...

 

[Pickman's model]

Was in the Kingsland on Saturday. Packed out with hipsters...

 

[dolly's gal]

calling all hackettes: the bell in walthamstow has been reopened by antic and is actually a pretty decent place for a pint now. and when i say pretty decent, i mean really nice! they are also going to be running the chequers down the market, which is currently being refurbed. should any of you fancy heading a couple of miles east like

 

[scalyboy]

Does anyone know of any New Year's Eve do's in or around Hackney? Preferably reggae or soul themed, preferably non-hipster...bit of a tall order I know

 

[marty21]

calling all hackettes: the bell in walthamstow has been reopened by antic and is actually a pretty decent place for a pint now. and when i say pretty decent, i mean really nice! they are also going to be running the chequers down the market, which is currently being refurbed. should any of you fancy heading a couple of miles east like

yep, I'll check it out , Antic run the Clapton Hart and have done a good job there imo

 

[marty21]

Oh and there is a new cafe on upper clapton road, in a building near the roundabout, which has been boarded up for over 15 years - ever since I moved here - haven't been in yet - might be hipsterish

 

[Fozzie Bear]

Does anyone know of any New Year's Eve do's in or around Hackney? Preferably reggae or soul themed, preferably non-hipster...bit of a tall order I know

Reggae Roast at the Big Chill house is the closest I know of. Not Hackney and probably not hipster-free either...

http://www.reggaeroast.co.uk/events/

 

[dolly's gal]

yep, I'll check it out , Antic run the Clapton Hart and have done a good job there imo

let me know if you do, could join you for a drink

 

[scalyboy]

Reggae Roast at the Big Chill house is the closest I know of. Not Hackney and probably not hipster-free either...

http://www.reggaeroast.co.uk/events/

Cheers Fozzie

 

[drewg]

Anyone noticed the George Orwell on Essex Road is now the Hops and Glory? Had a paint job and got posh beer now. Same cellar guy from the Jolly Butchers

 

[marty21]

Anyone noticed the George Orwell on Essex Road is now the Hops and Glory? Had a paint job and got posh beer now. Same cellar guy from the Jolly Butchers

I'm in favour of posh beer

 

[drewg]

You'll love the Hops and Glory then
More bottles in the fridge than a dutch brown bar 4 casks and 10 kegs,
No fosters

 

[goldenecitrone]

Anyone noticed the George Orwell on Essex Road is now the Hops and Glory? Had a paint job and got posh beer now. Same cellar guy from the Jolly Butchers

Is it as rammed as the Butchers? Might pop in. Or squeeze in, as the case may be.

 

[Sue]

...wearing 'I love Hackney' badges. Was tempted to ask the guy in the velvet jacket and bow tie if Hackney loved him back.

 

[drewg]

Is it as rammed as the Butchers? Might pop in. Or squeeze in, as the case may be.

Not rammed. Needs some more people

 

[scalyboy]

Seen this outside Dalston Junction station entrance - looks like hipsters may have done it, but anyway

 

[marty21]

Lower Clapton Road pub, The Windsor Castle has closed and has apparently been bought by hipster types

The Windsor Castle is to become a gastropub to open in “6 to 8 weeks”. The owners are the same crowd that run The Old Blue Last in Shoreditch and Birthdays in Dalston

http://www.yeahhackney.com/groups/h...e-e5-due-for-a-new-owner/?topic_page=1&num=15

 

[lighterthief]

Wow, this'll change things: http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddes.../2013/mar/12/david-adjaye-hackney-fashion-hub

 

[marty21]

http://huntanddartoncafe.com/

Went to this place on Sunday - new cafe on Lower Clapton Road - food was alright - huge doorstep sarnies - from what I understand - it is some sort of art project - so the cafe is an art installation, and me going there and having a ham sandwhich and a coffee, also part of an art installation

I AM ART


Hackney what have you become!

 

[drewg]

Why have more people taken up cycling in Hackney than anywhere else in London. More people commute by bike than by car.
A Hackney councillor explains in his blog
http://cycleandwalkhackney.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/cycling-and-walking-in-hackney.html

 

[marty21]

The old Irish pub on Lower Clapton Road, Fitzgerald's? Is now being refurbished - not sure what it going to become - if it is new bar/pub, will this make lower clapton even more hipsterish? new cafes opening, new bars,etc

 

[Pickman's model]

The old Irish pub on Lower Clapton Road, Fitzgerald's? Is now being refurbished - not sure what it going to become - if it is new bar/pub, will this make lower clapton even more hipsterish? new cafes opening, new bars,etc

oh - was past the auld closed crown and shuttle - it's reopening in the next few days

 

[marty21]

oh - was past the auld closed crown and shuttle - it's reopening in the next few days

I never went to the old one - what was it like?

 

[Pickman's model]

I never went to the old one - what was it like?

Never went but at some point fash drank there and there were strippers. It will probably be a vile yuppie hellhole unfortunately.

 

[Miss-Shelf]

Why have more people taken up cycling in Hackney than anywhere else in London. More people commute by bike than by car.
A Hackney councillor explains in his blog
http://cycleandwalkhackney.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/cycling-and-walking-in-hackney.html

hackney is flatter than many other parts of london and it has lots of through ways to cycle off the roads
plus it doesn't have a tube and until the overground expanded it didn't have that many rail links either

 

[marty21]

2 new pubs have opened near me , The Windsor Castle on Lower Clapton Rd, opens in Friday I think, owned by some Shoreditch bar owners (can't remember the name of their Shoreditch place) supposed to be real ale and food available - the previous Windsor Castle was a bit nondescript tbh

Also the Star (previously the 3 sisters) Hackney Downs ,opened last week I think, haven't been there yet again supposed to have real ale and food - use to like the old boozer

 

[marty21]

Just been to the Windsor Castle, good selection of ale, which will expand, had a nice lunch, not cheap, £30 for a couple of drinks and 2 Sunday lunches, liked it though. Big beer garden out the back, friendly staff , will go back.