Mike And Maria’s Guidebook

Mike And Maria
Mike And Maria
Mike And Maria’s Guidebook

Food and Drink

Here are the places Maria and I visit on a regular basis. The surrounding area is full of amazing traditional and artisanal places to go. We hope you enjoy them as much as we do.
For a healthy light bite there's no place better. We like the sausage rolls, they also have the most amazing condiments at the back of the shop on offer if you eat in so make the most of those ;)
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De Beauvoir Deli Co
98 Southgate Rd
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For a healthy light bite there's no place better. We like the sausage rolls, they also have the most amazing condiments at the back of the shop on offer if you eat in so make the most of those ;)
A lovely pub for food and drink and if you're up for some wacky fringe performance they have a theatre above the bar.
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Rosemary Branch Theatre & Pub
2 Shepperton Rd
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A lovely pub for food and drink and if you're up for some wacky fringe performance they have a theatre above the bar.
You will find no better meat in town. nuff said!
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Buen Ayre
50 Broadway Market
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You will find no better meat in town. nuff said!
A wonderful pub full of warm welcoming atmosphere. A regular :)
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The Scolt Head
107A Culford Rd
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A wonderful pub full of warm welcoming atmosphere. A regular :)
If you head to Angel for shopping of the Almeida Theatre for a show. Go to the Sacre Coeur for some smashing french cuisine. The mussels are unbelievable.
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Le Sacre Coeur
18 Theberton St
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If you head to Angel for shopping of the Almeida Theatre for a show. Go to the Sacre Coeur for some smashing french cuisine. The mussels are unbelievable.
For pizza in London Homslice is second to none.
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Homeslice Shoreditch
374-378 Old St
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For pizza in London Homslice is second to none.
The original Dishoom. Best Indian in town served surrounded by Imperial finery.
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Dishoom Shoreditch
7 Boundary St
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The original Dishoom. Best Indian in town served surrounded by Imperial finery.
I great and little known roof top beer garden
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The Red Lion
Crete Hall Road
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I great and little known roof top beer garden
Out of all the Vietnamese restaurants on Kingsland road, this one is the best.
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Sông Quê Café
134 Kingsland Rd
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Out of all the Vietnamese restaurants on Kingsland road, this one is the best.
A perfect pub. Another personal favourite, we really are very spoiled.
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Island Queen
87 Noel Rd
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A perfect pub. Another personal favourite, we really are very spoiled.
Another great/cheap pizza place if your near Broadway Market
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Franco Manca
52 Broadway Market
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Another great/cheap pizza place if your near Broadway Market
The food here is unbelievable and unmissable. And its right behind our house!
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Towpath Café
42 De Beauvoir Cres
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The food here is unbelievable and unmissable. And its right behind our house!
If you haven't done the Breakfast in Bread at The Barge House, you haven't lived :P
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The Barge House
46a De Beauvoir Cres
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If you haven't done the Breakfast in Bread at The Barge House, you haven't lived :P
A local Irish Pub. Good for the sports. Try their Homebrew, Howl.
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Howl At The Moon
178 Hoxton St
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A local Irish Pub. Good for the sports. Try their Homebrew, Howl.
A great outdoor beer garden wedged right into the middle of Shoreditch
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Strongroom Bar
120-124 Curtain Rd
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A great outdoor beer garden wedged right into the middle of Shoreditch
Another great pub for food and drink. This one does regular improvised comedy nights above the bar and their actually quite good.
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De Beauvoir Arms
113 Southgate Rd
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Another great pub for food and drink. This one does regular improvised comedy nights above the bar and their actually quite good.
This is where they filmed Tom Hardy in Legend as Ronnie and Reggie Kray. A real authentic East End gaff! Great beer garden too.
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The Stags Head
102 New Cavendish Street
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This is where they filmed Tom Hardy in Legend as Ronnie and Reggie Kray. A real authentic East End gaff! Great beer garden too.
The fried chicken here will blow you away.
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Chick 'n' Sours
390 Kingsland Rd
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The fried chicken here will blow you away.
Another wonderful local with fantastic beers.
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The Dove
24-28 Broadway Market
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Another wonderful local with fantastic beers.
To get back to nature this garden in the middle of Dalston is beautiful.
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I-Dalston Eastern Curve Garden
13 Dalston Ln
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To get back to nature this garden in the middle of Dalston is beautiful.
If you like board games, food and drink all in one go, this is the place for you.
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Draughts - Hackney
41 Kingsland High Street
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If you like board games, food and drink all in one go, this is the place for you.
Great Coffee on the way to Haggerston Station
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Curio Cabal
258 Kingsland Rd
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Great Coffee on the way to Haggerston Station
Hands down our favourite Sushi restaurant
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Akari
196 Essex Rd
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Hands down our favourite Sushi restaurant
One of my favourites, good for sport and its right next to the cemetery where they buried William Blake
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The Artillery Arms
102 Bunhill Row
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One of my favourites, good for sport and its right next to the cemetery where they buried William Blake
Famous London pub, great character.
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The Eagle
15 Clifton Rd
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Famous London pub, great character.

Shopping and Walks

Some of the markets walking distance from our home. For food, flowers, vintage clothes or anything your heart desires! On a Sunday a lovely walk is down the canal to Broadway Market then turn south past Hackney City Farm and through Colombia Flower Market ending in Brick Lane and Old Spittalfields you will have experienced the best East London has to offer.
Mainly artisanal/boutique shops backed up with excellent restaurants. We would do this in tandem with Broadway Market and Colombia Flower Market on a Sunday.
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Broadway Market
Broadway Market
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Mainly artisanal/boutique shops backed up with excellent restaurants. We would do this in tandem with Broadway Market and Colombia Flower Market on a Sunday.
Its quite the experience. It's on Sunday until around 4pm - expect a lot of people... We would do this in tandem with Broadway Market and Colombia Flower Market on a Sunday.
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Columbia Road Flower Market
Columbia Road
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Its quite the experience. It's on Sunday until around 4pm - expect a lot of people... We would do this in tandem with Broadway Market and Colombia Flower Market on a Sunday.
All the vintage clothes you will ever need. We would do this in tandem with Broadway Market and Colombia Flower Market on a Sunday. Lovely Walk.
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Imarike yaseBrick Lane
Brick Lane
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All the vintage clothes you will ever need. We would do this in tandem with Broadway Market and Colombia Flower Market on a Sunday. Lovely Walk.
A large semi indoor Market. A good all arounder and right next to the city.
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CHANEL FRAGRANCE & BEAUTY
105a Commercial St
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A large semi indoor Market. A good all arounder and right next to the city.
The Ridely Road Meat Market. Famous across London but not for the squeamish. More for the types that want to see the dirty underbelly of Dalston!
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Ridley Road Market
Ridley Road
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The Ridely Road Meat Market. Famous across London but not for the squeamish. More for the types that want to see the dirty underbelly of Dalston!
A more modern shopping centre we you will find all major brands.
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Angel Central Shopping Centre
21 Parkfield St
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A more modern shopping centre we you will find all major brands.
The Market on Hoxton Street has been there for hundreds of years. There's not normally much of interest to buy but the atmosphere is real east end.
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Hoxton Square
Hoxton Square
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The Market on Hoxton Street has been there for hundreds of years. There's not normally much of interest to buy but the atmosphere is real east end.
Countryside in the city :)
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Hackney City Farm
1a Goldsmiths Row
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Countryside in the city :)
This little passage is full of fantastic boutique shops and cafés don't miss it!
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Camden Passage
Camden Passage
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This little passage is full of fantastic boutique shops and cafés don't miss it!

Nightlife

As we get older we seem to know less and less about bars and clubs! But these are the ones we like.
So much fun. Underground clubbing, lovely people.
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Dalston Superstore
117 Kingsland High St
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So much fun. Underground clubbing, lovely people.
Smashing Cocktails
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Ridley Road Market
Ridley Road
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Smashing Cocktails
The best cocktails in the area.
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Three Sheets
510b Kingsland Rd
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The best cocktails in the area.
Where I always seem to end up at the end of the night...
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Slim Jim's Liquor Store
112 Upper St
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Where I always seem to end up at the end of the night...
One of the most famous gay bars in London and just down the road.
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The Glory
281 Kingsland Rd
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One of the most famous gay bars in London and just down the road.
This is a secret cocktail bar! Make sure you knock on the door for entry :) Or thats what we had to do last time we went there.
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Nightjar
129 City Rd
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This is a secret cocktail bar! Make sure you knock on the door for entry :) Or thats what we had to do last time we went there.

Sports

For all the athletes here's a list of places you might like to visit.
If you feel sporty in winter or you are too hot in summer, in the park is the London Fields Lido, a heated outdoor swimming pool for winter and cooled for summer for only the cost of 5 pounds you can swim in the heart of East London.
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Izitsha zaseLondon
London Fields West Side
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If you feel sporty in winter or you are too hot in summer, in the park is the London Fields Lido, a heated outdoor swimming pool for winter and cooled for summer for only the cost of 5 pounds you can swim in the heart of East London.
One of the biggest parks is great for runners
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Pavilion Cafe
Old Ford Road
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One of the biggest parks is great for runners
For a really quick run you can be round and back in around 10-15mins
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Shoreditch Park
188 New N Rd
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For a really quick run you can be round and back in around 10-15mins
One of my favourite runs as there is very little traffic on the way there through DeBeauvoir and Stoke Newington
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Clissold Park
Green Lanes
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One of my favourite runs as there is very little traffic on the way there through DeBeauvoir and Stoke Newington
It's not as far away as you might think.... for the people that want to go the distance :)
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IStadium yaseLondon
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It's not as far away as you might think.... for the people that want to go the distance :)
Lovely little Tennis Court right in the middle of Hoxton. Same deal applies as Rosemary Branch Tennis Court.
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Aske Gardens
40 Pitfield St
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Lovely little Tennis Court right in the middle of Hoxton. Same deal applies as Rosemary Branch Tennis Court.
Some great bouldering going on here.
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Mile End Climbing Wall
Haverfield Road
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Some great bouldering going on here.