Breaking news
October 2022: Citing “unforeseen circumstances” Adejoké Bakare noted a need to close her Brixton Restaurants. This had always been on the cards as she looks for a bigger site, but her message noted that she “needs all her strength” to navigate the current period in the restaurant's evolution.
Harden's says
Open in mid 2023 - Adejoké Bakare has found a new, larger site near Oxford Circus. Good news for her long term fans who have followed her since she won the Brixton Kitchen competition in 2019, and the year after when Adejoké ‘Joké’ Bakare's supperclub Chishuru became a permanent restaurant, featuring West African flavours using British produce.
Harden's survey result
Summary
“Wow! Wasn’t sure what to expect of the African food, but it was mind-blowing” – Adejoke Bakara’s “bold and beautiful” dishes win many converts to her “simple, warm and inviting” two-year-old in Brixton, where she channels her Nigerian heritage into contemporary West African cooking washed down with cocktails and funky wines. But does it risk over-exposure? A couple of diners this year judged it “overpriced for food that’s good but not exceptional”.
Summary
“Wow! What amazing, punchy and exciting food” – ‘contemporary West African cuisine with a foundation of age-old recipes and techniques’, using British ingredients, is the promise at Nigerian-born Adejoké ‘Joké’ Bakare’s August 2020 newcomer in Brixton’s Market Row. It’s the new forever home of her supperclub, which won the Brixton Kitchen competition in 2019. Early feedback says it’s “highly recommended: the tiny room is very basic, but that means nothing gets in the way of enjoying the wonderful hospitality of the owner and her team!”.
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Unit 9 Market Row, London, SW9 8LB
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