Posts Tagged ‘Hackney Road’
‘Not your typical high street’ – residents express concern over new Aldi on Hackney Road
A group of locals have said they are ‘extremely worried’ about the plans
Read MoreBlinds, Hackney Road, food review: ‘Well-realised wine, disappointing food’
This natural wine bar fulfils its main brief, but the food feels like an afterthought
Read More‘Often we just see the spine’: Hackney illustrator welcomes first customers to bookshop where the covers are turned up
After an ‘amazing’ crowdfunding effort, acclaimed artist David Ziggy Greene has opened Jam on Hackney Road
Read MoreHackney Road strip club’s licence in jeopardy after it ‘mistakenly lifted Covid restrictions too early’
Undercover inspectors witnessed multiple breaches at Ye Olde Axe last summer, including dances that were ‘too intimate’
Read MoreMusic’s not dead – how the Premises kept Hackney Road upbeat through the pandemic
Aerosol ‘bombs’ and live streams – the fabled recording studio had to get creative to stay open
Read MoreMorito – Vegan Monday, Hackney Road, food review: ‘No better place for a first-time vegan’
The tapas restaurant has just launched a weekly plant-based menu, and it is ‘delicious and unique’
Read MoreAnna Laurini: Stillness Speaks, The Old Bank Vault, exhibition review: ‘Raw voluptuousness and urban chic’
The street artist’s solo show at the Hackney Road gallery features her signature faces with their ‘bold magenta lips and alluring eyes’
Read MoreJoiners Arms: community meetings announced as plans for new LGBTQI+ pub/hub take shape
Campaign group Friends of the Joiners Arms will solicit ideas for the dormant Hackney Road institution at two get-togethers in March
Read MoreJoiners Arms campaigners celebrate ‘landmark’ ruling for iconic LGBT pub
‘Important victory for LGBT community’ as Tower Hamlets Council grants 25-year lease for replacement venue
Read MoreTeen arrested after five acid attacks in 90 minutes
Sixteen-year-old in custody after spate of attacks last night which have left one victim with ‘life-changing injuries’
Read MoreLegendary gay pub The Joiners Arms “back in business” with events on Hackney Road
Parties to be held at Ye Olde Ax club, opposite the original Joiners building, as campaigners fight for an LGBT+ hub in the derelict space that closed in 2015
Read MoreResidents ‘relieved’ after derelict Mecca Bingo hall wins council reprieve
“We are glad that the decision to permit this damaging scheme has been deferred”
Read More‘Boris’ building: future on hold with owner and council in deadlock
Historic site in a state of flux despite council granting permission for development back in 2009
Read MoreProtesters to hold ‘Big Gay Kiss-in’ at Sainsbury’s in Hackney
Demonstration scheduled for this Saturday after gay couple were confronted by security for holding hands in the store
Read MoreOutrage after Sainsbury’s warns gay couple for holding hands in shop
‘It felt like 1960s Britain’ says Thomas Rees of ordeal in supermarket’s Hackney Road branch
Read MoreMorito, Hackney Road, restaurant review: tapas with North African twist
The founders of Moro have branched out with a new restaurant on Hackney Road
Read MorePetition launched against plan to turn Mecca Bingo Hackney Road into high-rise flats
‘What is being proposed to replace it not only would be unaffordable to the local community but a visual eyesore to the area’
Read MoreShoreditch strip club seeks licence renewal under tough policy
One of few ‘sex establishments’ left has had licence renewal approved in previous years
Read MoreShoreditch gay pub the George and Dragon slain by rent hikes
Owners say ‘dramatic’ rent increase has forced closure as another gay venue shuts on Hackney Road
Read MoreHackney City Farm needs pounds for its piggy bank
The borough’s favourite farmyard needs help to feed its chickens, goats and donkeys
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