Tue 22 April, 2013 HAWKER TO HAUTE The evolution of the pop up Remember when pop ups were a last minute, hokey takeover of a (usually) derelict – read "cool" – space? Well, they're gone. People are placing as much emphasis on the transitive as the permanent. The pop up is evolving. Case in point: street food. Gone are the days when standing with a Styrofoam cup and paper plate was the norm: now you're balancing your jamón board with a blown glass breakfast martini or jam jar Bloody Mary à la Little Bird Gin at Maltby Street Market. Carrying on the civilised trend, Street Feast is back for the summer season and you can now book tables, that's right – book tables – served by waiters armed with menus from all traders. Forget moving (and queuing) from cart to cart when someone can fetch you your Rainbo gyozas and Homeslice pizza in one go. Meanwhile, Ben Spalding's Stripped Back series has all the traits of a restaurant – a tight 45-minute slot, sit-down dinner with a few walk-ins on a terrace – but it's only there for another nine weeks. The same goes for Jonathan Downey's Gin Store that has bookable tables, jazz and ten specialist gins. Festival goers are also benefitting from the evolution. The food and drink migration has already happened – Redhook at Latitude, LA's Hudson at Coachella – but this summer we're psyched for Russell Norman's Venetian feast at Wilderness. Expect lashings of prosecco and an extended Polpo banquet. But what we're most excited about is Wilderness' sexiest attendant this year: The Box. Get ready for some after-dark, debauched disco in the Secret Valley. Then, there's the fully evolved jet set, who are still going strong and getting all-the-more fabulous. Papa of the highbrow pops, Pret A Diner, has just announced that it's setting up at Art Basel. There's a party schedule from Silencio and food from previous Pret all-stars in an Elizabethan church. Bungalow may have lost its home in London but it popped up at the Petit Ermitage Hotel in LA to throw a pre- Oscar soirée, and its reincarnation, No. 8, will be at the Venice Biennale in June. Now it's time for a pop up from our own fair town to follow suit – Disco Bistro is going on tour, taking its hawker-haute mash up to Ibiza, New York and beyond. Pop to it.   Info Street Feast, every Friday until June 28, Merchant Yard, 317-319 Kingsland Road, E8 4DL – table reservations for 8-12 people Ben Spalding Stripped Back, £27.50, walk-ins accepted between 5pm and 6pm Wilderness Festival, August 8 – 11, Cornbury Park, Oxfordshire, OX7 3DG, £146.50 Pret A Diner Basel, June 8 – 16, book here LINK TO THIS FEATURE: Lifestyle by JC SPOTLIGHT CAMPO VIEJO STREETS OF SPAIN Sponsored Listing As you may already know, during the May Bank holiday weekend, Campo Viejo wine is bringing the Streets of Spain to London's Southbank Centre in a flurry of authentic tapas, wine, colourful art and film for four days. The Campo Viejo pop up restaurant will serve traditional Catalan tapas during the day and, in the evening, a gourmet Catalan food and wine tasting experience by Michelin-starred chef Angel Pascuál whose Restaurant Punx is a firm favourite among Barca foodies. For more information about the festival and to book a table at the restaurant, visit the Streets of Spain tab on the Campo Viejo Facebook page. You must be logged in to view the page. Campo Viejo Streets of Spain Friday 3 May – Monday 6 May Market opens from 10.30am to 7pm Campo Viejo restaurant opens 12pm-5pm and 7pm-10.30pm Daytime tapas menu £5 per dish Evening tasting menu £65 (five courses with matching wine) Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, SE1 8XX Calendar Picks This Week’s Picks WATCH SEE EAT INTERNATIONAL Combine your love of food & film at Charlotte Street Hotel's latest series of events. From April 29. 15-17 Charlotte Street, W1T 1RJ Battle the elements at Talisker Storm Whisky's 25ft interactive storm installation. April 24. The Design Museum, 28 Shad Thames, SE1 2YD Enjoy a £30 Michelin-starred lunch with Nobu London's set menu. Now available. 19 Old Park lane, W1K 1LB Lanvin goes East, opening up shop on Hong Kong's Ice House Street. Now open. Shop 3, New Henry House, 10 Ice House Street, Hong Kong CLICK HERE FOR MORE LISTINGS LIKE SHARE FORWARD PREVIOUS EDITION (c) 2013 Urban Junkies. All rights reserved. Reproductions of any portion of this website only with our express permission. Urban Junkies is a free daily mailer. All listings and features are editorial: We do not receive any payment from venues, artists or promoters. Every effort has been made to ensure accuracy of information listed but we cannot accept responsibility for errors or omissions.