Out & About — Poplar LDN

New Beijing Chinese restaurant in Limehouse. Image by Robert Postings.

New Beijing restaurant serves up authentic Chinese Food in Limehouse

16 November 202316 November 2023 Robert Postings

Authentic Chinese fare, especially spicy mala xiang guo, is served up at New Beijing restaurant on East India Docks Road

Owners of Cafe La Chi sitting outside their cake and coffee shop in Poplar.

Image by Robert Postings © Social Streets CIC

Eating & drinking Local Out & About

Poplar’s new “cake shop with coffee” La Chi opens in Pennyfields

29 September 20232 October 2023 Robert Postings

With its elegant style, you’d be mistaken for thinking La Chi is more Paris than Poplar. But its secret is

Brick Lane FC celebrate with trophy after winning the Mayor's Cup football tournament.

Image courtesy of Tower Hamlets Council.

Local Sports & Activities

FC Brick Lane win Tower Hamlets Mayor’s Cup in thrilling football match

15 September 20233 November 2023 Robert Postings

In an electrifying final last Sunday Football Club Brick Lane beat Vallance Football Club 1-0 to win Tower Hamlets Mayor’s

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Limehouse Basin: pockets of peace in the heart of Tower Hamlets

15 March 202324 March 2023 Jasdev Bhakar

Discover overlooked corners of Limehouse Basin that offer rejuvenating retreats in a city that never sits still. The rain has

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Executions: Museum of London Docklands exhibition explores 700 years of public executions in London

2 March 20232 March 2023 Jasdev Bhakar

The Museum of London Docklands’ special exhibition, Executions, tells the story of the publicly executed, the Londoners who witnessed their

Poplar DLR Station: How Poplar's Docklands Light Rail station has long been the divide between two worlds in Tower Hamlets.

Local Out & About Places to visit

Poplar DLR Station: A bridge between two worlds in Tower Hamlets [photoessay]

7 February 202324 March 2023 Jasdev Bhakar

Poplar Docklands Light Railway Station has long since marked the dividing line between two halves of our borough, but this

Bun and Sum selling L.A style smash burgers at Unit 4 of the Bow Business Centre in Bromley-by-Bow, on the border of Poplar, East London.

Photography by Bun & Sum

Eating & drinking Local Out & About

Let’s talk burgers: how Poplar’s Bun & Sum is worth the search to find it

31 January 20233 April 2023 Valmira Gkioni

Adapting L.A.’s smashburger sensation, Bun & Sum creates the ultimate meaty crust making fat patties a thing of the past.

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More Life Home: the recycled furniture store fighting the cost of living crisis

10 July 202210 July 2022 Zachary Sweeney-Lynch

As the cost of living crisis hits, More Life Home is helping local people furnish their homes on a budget

The Orange Room, Lebanese restaurant Mile End

Eating & drinking Local Out & About

The Orange Room restaurant review: the best kofta this side of Beirut?

9 June 20229 June 2022 Zachary Sweeney-Lynch

Tucked away on the unassuming Burdett Street, The Orange Room is a taste of Lebanon in the heart of Mile

The Waterman's Arms, one of the best pubs Isle of Dogs, East London.

Eating & drinking Local

Our guide to the Isle of Dogs’ best pubs

27 May 20229 June 2022 Zachary Sweeney-Lynch

From a bar in a church vestry to Lord Nelson’s favourite boozer, the Isle of Dogs is home to a

View of the River Thames and central London from Westferry Circus, Isle of Dogs, East London.

Local Out & About Places to visit

Discover a world of contrasts on the Isle of Dogs Thames Path

18 May 202224 March 2023 Zachary Sweeney-Lynch

Among the glass towers and shopping malls, the Isle of Dogs hides a fascinating history. Take a walk down the

Eating & drinking Local

Meet Alan, the 23-year-old at the helm of Poplar’s family-run Vietnamese supermarket

11 February 202227 April 2022 Helen Brown

Why Alan Nguyen left his career as an accountant to run the family shop set up by his parents 23

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