Best May Pop-Ups and Supperclubs
We’re not quite sure how it is May already but we’re not complaining, summer is on the horizon, we’ve just had a Bank Holiday weekend, there’s another still to come and it means that it is the start of whole new month of pop-ups and supper clubs! From the world’s largest Negroni bar to crazy golf and a forager’s feast here are the ones not to miss:
The Ninth, Salt Yard, Piquet
All-star culinary collaboration
It’s no secret that Fitzrovia is the place to be for new restaurants. Three chefs (Jun Tanaka, Allan Piquet and Ben Tish) from three of the best Fitzrovian restaurants (The Ninth, Pickett and Salt Yard respectively) have come together for three one-off dinners, combining the best of their individual styles of cooking with their love of Fitzrovia. The six-course sharing menu includes Tanaka’s flamed mackerel, Jersey Royals, pickled kohlrabi and sea purslane, Pickett’s roast seabass with yeasted cauliflower puree, romanesco and mushroom persillade and Tish’s roast saddle of rabbit, slow-cooked leg and Salt Yard jamon croquette with sautéed violet artichokes, steamed agretti and roasting juices. Not to be missed.
Monday 23rd May, Monday 27th June, Monday 11th July
Where: Various
Website: http://theninthlondon.com
Junkyard Golf
Crazy golf, cocktails and nachos
Finally London gets a taste of Manchester’s much-raved about Junkyard crazy golf. Crazy is definitely the apt word here – choose from three different nine-hole courses creatively titled Pedro, Frank and Helga, each scattered with scrap heap objects – bet you never thought you’d putt through a washing machine?! Street-food style nachos and hot dogs provide the fuel and cocktails like the ‘Tee Diddy’ will quench your thirst.
Thursday 12th May – August
Where: The Old Truman Brewery, 91 Brick Lane, Shoreditch, E1 6QL
Website: http://www.junkyardgolfclub.co.uk
Typing Room
One-off gastronomic supper club
Forgo fast food this May in favour of slow dining. Typing Room’s Lee Westcott is joining forces with luxury rum brand Ron Zacapa for an exclusive, one-night-only supper club at Typing Room. A Zacapa and leek cocktail will kick things off before a three-course meal (and accompanying drink) including slow cured sea trout with kohlrabi, lime and raisin. If you miss out on tickets, the cocktail will stay on the menu for three months so you won’t miss out completely
Monday 9th May
Where: Town Hall Hotel, Patriot Square, Bethnal Green, E2 9NF
Website: https://www.designmynight.com/london/whats-on/supper-clubs/lee-westcott-presents-the-art-of-slow-luxury-supper-club-with-ron-zacapa?from=autocomplete
Urban Village Fete
A foragers feast and introduction to cold-smoking
Two events are being held by Craft London in mid-May; the first, a Foragers Feast, is a four-course meal of sharing dishes inspired by British sping-time farm produce and food foraged from hedgerows (complete with a glass of Mead) and the second, a one-day introduction to cold smoking, will teach participants how to smoke mackerel and herring.
Sunday 15th May
Where: Gardeners Hut + Smokehouse, Peninsula Square, Greenwich, SE10 0ES
Website: http://urbanvillagefete.co.uk/workshops/g2qri5lyl17l11fr9osa0xbtz71mun
The Botanist
Floral gin cocktails for Chelsea Flower Show
BLOOM Gin is taking residency at Sloane Square’s very aptly named The Botanist bar to coincide with the equally botanically themed Chelsea Flower Show. The al-fresco pop-up will serve two specially created gin cocktails – Botanist Floral Spritz and Chelsea de Janeiro – for the duration of the flower show as well as Champagne, wine beer and soft drinks.
Wednesday 25th – Saturday 28th May
Where: 7 Sloane Square, Chelsea, SW1W 8EE
Website: http://sloanesquare.thebotanistlondon.com/event/chelsea-flower-show/
Christabel's
Macaroon art and pineapple decorating
Innovative pop-ups are a way of life for event producer Christabel, whose upcoming events include an edible playground and mad hatters brunch. Six pop-ups are currently planned for May including a ‘pimp your own pineapple’ workshop with prosecco, macaroon art masterclass and retro-inspired edible vacation complete with broad bean quinoa sandcastle, held at a secret location only announced three days before.
Where: Various
Website: http://christabels.co.uk
Poco
Istrian wine and food pairing dinner
Broadway Market’s Poco is hosting its second ‘Meet the Producer’ event and it comes titled ‘A Biodynamic Feast’, with Brighton-based wine importers Pacta Connect. Specialising in biodynamic and small-scale wines from Istria, Pacta Connect have chosen wines to compliment the meal, which features food influenced by Croatia, Slovenia and Northern Italy like wild boar salami and rhubarb strudel.
Monday 16th May
Where: 129A Pritchard’s Road, Haggerston, E2 9AP
Website: http://pocotapasbar.com/2016/02/meet-the-producer-2-biodynamic-feast/
BBQ Club
King of Pop-Ups is Back
The King of Pop-Ups, Jimmy Garcia, is back with the launch of his summer offering. We’re talking about Jimmy’s BBQ Club of course, set in an enchanted summer garden somewhere in Clapham Old Town. Running from the 18th May until late August you’ll be able to feast on rare breed meats, Cornish seafood and sides including the likes of beef tail fillets served with a red pepper and honey emulsion, raw kimchi salad and wild rice marinated in cola and soy. Yep the sausages you cook up at home just don’t seem to compete do they?
Where: Secret Location In... Clapham Old Town
Website: http://www.jimmyspopup.com/popups-1/#popups
Urban Coterie
Sky High Urban Garden
We love it when a members club opens its doors to us non-members and throughout May, Urban Coterie are doing just that with the opening of their Urban Garden. Not only will you be able to visit the garden on the 16th floor which has an impressive living wall and beautiful plants, you’ll also be to feast on the likes of potato doughnuts with Gruyère cheese, Padron Pepper Beignets and cocktails – of which you get two with your ticket! 6th -31st May
Where: 151-157 City Road, EC1V 1JH
Website: http://www.urbancoterie.co.uk/
KERB
Street Food Feastival
Brought to you by street food specialists KERB – The Alchemy Feastival is 12 days of exploring Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Nepalese, Sri Lankan and Afghan cuisine. Traders such as Anna Mae’s will be serving up twists on their classics – think Murgh Marc (Mac with black pepper chicken fry, garlic raita & wild mustard leaves); Born & Raised will be serving up Nepalese pizzas whilst Baba G’s will be back with the Chicken tikka onion Bhaji tower burger! Making his Kerb debut will be Yum Afghan serving up steamed dumplings with yoghurt. We could continue the list but we’d be here a while, the line -up is extensive! Basically if you like food and drink then this is for you. 19th -30th May
Where: Southbank Centre, Royal Festival Hall, SE1 8XX
Website: http://www.kerbfood.com
The Negroni Bar
The World's Negroni Bar
Like a Negroni come a night out? Then this is the pop-up for you. We often hear about the largest gin selection in London but this is the largest Negroni selection in the world and it’s only appearing for two weeks so you need to be quick… take that gin. Taking place at Red Gallery in Shoreditch with the team from Campari, over 30 different Negroni’s will be available From the Carpe Diem Negroni made with Cocchi Barolo Chinato fortified wine and Punico Zahare liqueur, to the Tu Vuò Fa’ L’Americano with sweet Vermouth and Pale Ale Beer. Just don’t plan any early meetings for the next day.
Where: 1-3 Rivington Street, EC2A 3DT
Website: http://rediscover.red/
Bodo's Schloss
Chalet Cinema
Bodo’s Schloss chalet cinema is back and this month they are showing Cocktail with Tom Cruise. So move your mid-week gym session to the morning so you can make the most of your Wednesday evening. Choose from three options Tignes (unlimited popcorn and a drink), St Anton (a bucket of chicken wines, sides and beer) or Verbier (a three course set menu and glass of wine) and sit back and watch Tom Cruise mix up some drinks. 18th May
Where: 2a Kensington High Street, London, W8 4PT, United Kingdom
Rotunda Bar and Restaurant
Seafood Supper Club
Celebrate the arrival of spring with a feast of fresh fish food and seafood at Rotunda. Chapman’s of Sevenoaks will be bringing their produce from the South Coast so that the chefs can cook up the likes of deep fried pastry wrapped dived scallop, soya and chilli; cuttlefish, ink risotto and orange and monkfish tails with blackened spices, cracked wheat, spiced mussels and sprouting broccoli!
Where: Kings Place, 90 York Way, Kings Cross, London N1 9AG, United Kingdom
Website: www.rotundabarandrestaurant.co.uk
Looking for more pop-ups? Then check these ones out too!
- York & Albany’s Wine Terrace: Escape to the idyllic English countryside without leaving London. Open until September.
- Allihopa at The King & Co.: The Scandinavian-inspired smoked fish experts are taking up their first long term residency 3rd -30th May.
- House of Peroni: The House of Peroni is back and at Proud East for six weeks this year the theme is For the Love of Italy! 19th May – 1st July.
- Morito’s Sherry Feast: Channeling the spirit of the Feria de Caballo, Morito have put together a six-course menu with matching sherries which will be served on Sunday evenings. 22nd May – 12 June.
And one out of town:
- Hemsley + Hemsley Supper Club: Escape to Cheltenham’s The Lucky Onion’s No.38 The Park for a one-off supper club to celebrate the launch of Hemsley + Hemsley’s new book with demonstrations and book signing. Thursday 19th May.
