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Within the short stroll along Church Street, from Albion Road to
the High Street, are to be found twenty restaurants, offering menus from India, Malayasia,
Turkey, France, Spain, America, Thailand, China and the Pacific Rim. Not bad for a little
North London street. Their details are as follows.
Welcome Inn. Unpretentious Chinese. 6pm -11.30pm daily. Visa, Mastercard.
No cheques. 179 Church Street, 020 7254 4891. (Now closed)
The Fox Reformed. Elegant wine bar with excellent cooking and first-rate
wine list. Walled heated garden.Best backgammon club in UK. Most major credit cards. 176
Church Street, 020 7254 5975.
Sweet Georgia Brown. ‘Authentic American Soul Food’,
Louisiana-influenced cooking. Tues - Sat, 7pm - 12pm. Closed Sun, Mon. Access, Mastercard.
155A Church Street, 020 7241 3555. (Now closed)
Vortex Jazz Cafe. Homemade snacks and meals. 10am -7pm daily. 141 Church
Street, 020 7254 6516.
Barracuda. ‘Pacific Rim’ inclination, jazz downstairs on
weekend evenings. Tues - Fri, 12am - 3pm and 6.30pm - 11.30pm. Sat and Sun, 12.30am to
11.30pm. 125 Church Street, 020 7923 7488.
Anglo Anatolian. Tiny, good-value Turkish restaurant, usually crowded. Diners Club,
Access, MasterCard. Mon - Fri 6pm - 12pm. Sat and Sun 1pm - 1am. 123 Church Street, 020
7923 4349.
Shamsudeen’s. An old timer on the street, serving Malayasian,
Singaporean and South Indian food. Unlicensed (byob). Cheques or cash only. Daily 6pm -
12pm. 119 Church Street, 020 7254 5696.
The Blue Legume. ‘Cafe / Patisserie / Juice Bar’. Good
vegetarian and non-vegetarian food. Traditional breakfast. 9.30am - 6.30pm daily. 101
Church Street, 020 7923 1303.
Parks Bar and Brasserie. Lunch/ brunch menu, specials change daily, good
view of street. Children welcome. Most major credit cards. No Amex. Mon - Fri 11am - 3pm
and 6pm to 11pm. Sat 10am - 5pm and 6pm - 11pm. Sun 10am - 4pm. 97 Church Street, 020 7254
1025. (Now closed)
Booth’s Pizzeria. Pleasant pizza and pasta served in bright,
spacious upstairs room. Mon - Fri 6pm onwards, Sat - Sun 11am onwards. 71 Church Street,
020 7923 9332.
Il Bacio. Cosy Italian pizzeria and restaurant, run by Sardinian family.
Good Corsican wines. Mon - Fri 6pm - 11.15pm, Sat - Sun 12.30pm - 11.15pm. Access,
MasterCard. 61 Church Street, 020 7249 3833.
Rasa. Celebrated vegetarian restaurant featuring spicy cooking from South
Indian state of Kerala. All major credit cards. No smoking policy. Mon - Fri 6pm - 11pm.
Sat and Sun 12am - 2.30pm and 6pm - 12pm. 55 Church Street, 020 7249 0344.
A Drinker’s Guide To Church Street
Rose & Crown, 199 Church Street (020 7254 7497) A
popular pub, with arguably the best Sunday roast lunches in Stoke Newington, if not North
London. Original 1930s wood and glass fittings. Good selection of wines, lagers and beers
(Pedigree, Adnam’s). Home-cooked food served every lunchtime, except Saturday.
The Fox Reformed, 176 Church Street (020 7254 5975) The wine bar /
restaurant which led the Church Street renaissance. Presided over by Robbie and Carol
since the early 1980s, offers excellent food for lunch or dinner and the best wine cellar
in the area. No real ale. Draught Stella.
Ryan’s, 181 Church Street On two floors opposite the Town Hall,
Ryan’s has a large beer garden, particularly busy during the Festival. Offers good
filling lunch every day. Decent Guinness and London Pride. Pool table and darts
downstairs. Sky TV and jukebox.
Stoke Newington Tup, 132 Church Street (020 7249 1318) Pleasant, trendy
pub, busy, particularly in the evenings. 6X, Courage Best, good lager selection and wine
range. No food. Upstairs pool room. Beer garden.
The Auld Shillelagh, 105 Church Street (020 7275 9306) Tiny, friendly,
local bar run by brothers Angus and Thomas. No food nor real ale, but plenty of Guinness
and good ‘craic’. Popular table outside on street.
Parks, 97 Church Street (020 7254 1025) Again, strictly speaking not a
bar, more of a restaurant / brasserie, but a place you can drop into for a drink. A
relative newcomer to the Street. Bottled Italian beer and wine and spirits. (Now closed)
Steptoes, 102 Church Street (020 7254 2906), (See review, page 16)
Booth’s, 71 Church Street (020 7923 9332) Owned by Hassan, this
comfortable, modern basement bar is opposite the entrance to the Cemetery. No real ale but
draught Budvar, spectacular and sparkling cocktails and food at all times, with recent new
pizza menu.
Bar Lorca, 175 High Street (020 7254 5326) A Spanish establishment which
serves excellent wine, good Guinness and lager, plus bottled lagers and some interesting
spirits and cocktails. No real ale. Happy Hour, 6-9 pm, Monday - Friday. Air-conditioned
and recently redecorated.
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