London · Evenings
Former artisans' quarter with design studios, good restaurants and pubs. Best on weekday evenings, rather quiet at the weekend. 11 places in and around Clerkenwell.
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Mon–Sat 10 am–5 pm, Sun between services
Norman church of 1123 with a dark, atmospheric interior, well known as a film location.
There is an admission charge; the amount is unverified. On Sundays open only between services. You enter the church through a half-timbered gatehouse on Smithfield.
Mon 8 am–9.30 pm, Tue/Wed 8 am–10 pm, Thu/Fri 8 am–10.30 pm, Sat 9 am–10.30 pm, Sun 9 am–4 pm
All-day restaurant with its own roastery; brunch with creative egg dishes and good coffee.
Weekend brunch is popular, book online; outside, Exmouth Market tempts with street-food stalls.
Mon–Fri 7.30 am–4.30 pm, Sat 8 am–5 pm, Sun 9 am–5 pm
Pioneer of London's speciality coffee scene on Leather Lane; filter coffee or flat white.
From 7.30 am on weekdays; at lunchtime combine it with the street food of Leather Lane Market right outside the door.
Bar Mon–Sat 12 noon–11 pm, Sun 12 noon–5 pm; kitchen 12 noon–3 pm and Mon–Sat 6.30–10.30 pm
Regarded as London's first gastropub; daily menu on the blackboard, the classic is the steak sandwich.
Small tables cannot be booked, come early; kitchen at lunchtime 12 noon–3 pm, groups of 5 or more book by phone.
Mon–Fri roughly 10 am–4 pm (unverified), no market Sat/Sun
Weekday street market in Holborn with lots of cheap food stalls, from curry to burritos.
Mon–Fri only, busiest 12 noon–2 pm; nothing happens at the weekend. Eat outside, there is hardly any seating.
Kitchen: Mon dinner only 6–9.45 pm, Tue–Sat lunch and dinner until 9.45 pm, Sun lunch only 12 noon–3.30 pm
Working-class dining rooms of 1869 with the original wooden pews; chops and the famous confit potatoes.
For Fri/Sat book 1–2 weeks ahead; the kitchen only runs until 9.45 pm in the evening. Sun lunch only.
Lunch Mon–Sat 12 noon–3 pm, Sun 12 noon–4 pm; dinner Mon–Sat 6–10.30 pm
British nose-to-tail cooking in a former smokehouse; order the bone marrow and the madeleines.
The lunch menu goes online at 11 am; book a table, the bar at the front offers wine and small bites without booking.
Mon–Fri 11 am–11 pm, Sat 11 am–9 pm, closed Sun; food Mon–Fri until 9.30 pm
Tiny pub of 1546 in a hidden alley near Hatton Garden; real ale and a toastie.
Find the entrance via the narrow Ely Court. Closed Sun, Sat only until 9 pm. A cherry tree trunk stands in the corner.
daily, see website for hours
Victorian corner pub near the Regent's Canal, quieter than Upper Street.
Ideal after a walk along the canal.
According to the programme
Well-known techno club in a former cold store by Smithfield Market; three rooms, one with a vibrating dance floor.
Valid ID only (passport or ID card). Tickets online in advance, often sold out. Photography is frowned upon.
According to the programme
London's home of dance in Islington, from ballet to contemporary dance and flamenco.
The upper tiers are cheap and give a good view of the choreography.
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