Quirky North London Nigerian tapas bar Chuku’s has won an £8,000 grant and – possibly more valuable in the long term – endorsement from the world’s biggest name in entertainment, Beyoncé. The Tottenham restaurant was one of 10 London businesses chosen to receive a grant from the singer’s BeyGOOD foundation, which has pledged to donate $1 million […]
Spurred on by Tottenham’s dearth of good local restaurants, former Quality Chop House staffer Genevieve Sparrow (left in picture), who has lived in the North London area for several years, is opening a new neighbourhood spot on West Green Road next week. Pasero, which started out as a supper club, will launch on Thursday (27 […]
Brother and sister duo Emeka and Ifeyinwa Frederick opened their Nigerian tapas restaurant Chuku’s on Thursday. The permanent site follows several successful pop-ups around east London, all of which sold Nigerian food in sites immersed in the country’s culture, with classically bold colours and traditional artwork. Dishes at the restaurant include rice pancakes with pumpkin […]
A new twist on London’s ubiquitous chicken shop (there are now over 8,000 of these grungy fast food joints) opened in the badlands of Tottenham on 9 November. Chicken Town by Create is a new, part crowd-funded, food and community project that claims it will ‘tackle child obesity at its source’. It’s a problem that is particularly […]
