What To Do This Weekend 14.08.24

BBQ street-food sensation From The Ashes is now one of London’s most anticipated pop-ups in the foodie calendar. For 2024, after many requests from fans, From The Ashes is launching a series of butchery masterclasses at east London’s The Five Points Brew Co. The first – on 15th August – will focus on beef, demonstrating all the different prime cuts you can take from the roasting joint, the different textures and flavours from each cut, and the preferred cooking method for each piece. Also included in the experience is a brewery tour with beer tastings, finishing up with a steak supper, tasting all the different cuts featured in the demo. 

Five Points Courtyard, 61 Mare Street, Hackney, E8 4RG

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Team GB’s Nathan Hales brought home the gold medal for men’s trap shooting from Paris recently. If you're looking to channel some of that Olympics fever, Clays is a competitive experience bar centred on the sport. Transporting players to quintessential British shooting grounds, it offers six immersive digitised games, including its very own Olympic Skeet game. At its two spots in the capital – Canary Wharf and Moorgate – there are semi-private pegs as well as bookable private rooms, plus cocktail bars for refreshment.

One Cabot Square, Canary Wharf, E14 4QJ & 55 Moorgate, City, EC2R 6LL

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Notting Hill favourite Secret Sandwich Shop has been hosting a series of monthly collaborations this year. For August it’s teaming up with Dr Sting, known for its sweet and fiery hot honey. Together, they’ve come up with a sandwich piled high with layers of smoked pork pastrami, Kewpie mayo, tomatoes, lettuce, homemade coleslaw, pickled apples and lashings of Dr Sting’s Hot Honey between two slices of fluffy Shokupan (Tokyo-style ‘milk bread’). See you in the queue. 

103 Talbot Road, Notting Hill, W11 2AT

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Copenhagen's cult-favourite smash burger restaurant Gasoline Grill has popped up at The Standard. Deemed to be making 'the best burger in Europe' by social media foodies, this is the Gasoline Grill’s first international residency, having started out in 2016 inside an operational gas station on a side street in Denmark’s capital. Staying true to those humble origins, the menu features a selection of unpretentious smash burgers as well as a new limited-edition surf and turf burger. And to drink? The pop-up has teamed up with local brewery Two Tribes to create a frozen peach slushy with an IPA top, as well as a strawberry and jalapeño michelada – a beer-based cocktail.

Ground Floor, The Standard, 10 Argyle Street, Kings Cross, WC1H 8EG; until 15th September

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Every Friday throughout August, Searcys at Horizon 22 will be hosting a month of Sunset Lates. Guests can sip Searcys champagne while enjoying the panoramic views usually reserved for private events. There are bookable time slots at 7pm, 7:30pm and 8pm – tickets are £29.50 each, including a complimentary glass of bubbly or non-alcoholic sparkling wine.

22 Bishopsgate, The City, EC2N 4BQ; until 30th August

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Combining two great British loves – Indian cuisine and the pub – The Tamil Prince has become a much-loved staple for north Londoners in just two years. Now, the team has expanded its repertoire to include a weekend morning service – available 9-11am every Saturday and Sunday. Recreating some South Indian breakfast dishes, the all-vegetarian menu includes madhu vadai, a soft, fried doughnut served with sambar and coconut chutney; poori masala, a dish of curried potatoes and fresh coconut chutney served with poori, an Indian fried bread; and pan-fried dumplings made with fermented idli batter, jaggery, raw coconut and cardamom powder. To wash it down, there’s fresh orange juice, South Indian coffee and masala tea. 

115 Hemingford Road, Islington, N1 1BZ

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With all the court action at Wimbledon and the Olympic Games done and dusted, you might be looking to continue working on your own serve. Luckily, there is a pop-up padel court directly in front of the city's Marble Arch available for group bookings for £40. Available 7am to 8pm, the installation is running until 26th August. Slots are going fast, so book in to play this fast-growing game while you can.

Marble Arch, W2 2UH

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Fans of the Alien franchise will be happy to know that its seventh instalment is out this Friday. Set between the events of the original Alien (1979) and Aliens (1986), Alien: Romulus is a standalone film. This time, the plot focuses on a group of young space colonists who, while scavenging a derelict space station, come face to face with a terrifying life form.

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The George in Fitzrovia is bringing live music to your weekends with its Summer Sessions, in partnership with Tidal Rum. Every Friday from 5pm and Saturday from 8pm, guests can enjoy a different live act each week while tucking into bar snacks and drinks. Post-performance, head to the main dining room to enjoy larger dishes from the main menu. We recommend a selection of classic pub starters, before tucking into fish and chips, sirloin steak with peppercorn sauce, or a fried chicken sandwich. All events are free to attend, so don’t delay getting your pals involved. 

55 Great Portland Street, Fitzrovia, W1W 7LQ

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