Hello weekend, you may be cold and wet, but we’re ready for you. From an audio-visual party and drug-induced exhibition to a couple of dive bars – one tropical, the other Kung Fu – we’re battling the elements and heading out. And if we do need some comfort food we have fried chicken and waffles and a croque monsieur doughnut on standby. So rain, hail or shine, we’ve got it covered. Have fun! This Weekend’s Picks • FRI PimpShuei • SAT Klub Trop • SUN Foxlow FRIDAY DO: AXON Live DRINK: PimpShuei Start the weekend with some immersive art via Robert Bell and his latest exhibition AXON - think paintings, projections and installations, all designed to mirror the electrical impulses in the brain. And because it’s Friday night, head there from 7pm as Joe Goddard (Hot Chip member and one half of The 2 Bears) takes to the decks for an audio-visual arty party. Best bit, it’s all free! PimpShuei is no ordinary dive bar. First, it’s London’s first "chopsocky" bar: think Kung Fu movies, game consoles, and vintage arcade games. Second, all drinks (Tsingtao beers and Wong Island Iced Teas…) are served with fortune cookies and the décor is classic Chinatown – golden waving cats, lanterns made out of takeaway cartons and dragons. Oh, and let’s not forget about the soundtrack: hip hop throwbacks. In short, we can’t get enough. 7pm – 10pm Free Block 336, Brixton Road, SW9 7AA 5pm – 11.30pm Prices vary 59 Mount Pleasant, WC1X 0AY Slightly Fat Features in VARIETYSOUP Win tickets for you and your friends to see SLIGHTLY FAT FEATURES IN VARIETYSOUP! Sponsored listing “Inspired silliness…a perfect pick me up” (The Times) “Comedy magic” (The Independent) This Christmas, Slightly Fat Features will take the West End by storm with their riotous comedy cabaret for all ages, VARIETYSOUP. Single-handedly rescuing the genre and crash landing into the Leicester Square Theatre December 15 2014 – January 4th 2015, VarietySoup is a show unashamedly stuffed with wondrous antics, performed by a stupefying septuplet of world-class entertainers who will leave your belly aching and demanding seconds! Enter here for a chance to win tickets for you and 7 friends to see the hilarious Variety Soup! Terms and Conditions apply. Prize is valid until 4 January 2015. Subject to availability. Prize is as stated and cannot be transferred or exchanged. FOLLOW US! Facebook | Twitter | Instagram See what we've been snapping this week on Instagram ! SATURDAY SEE: Schizophrenogenesis PARTY: Klub Trop Love or loath Damien Hirst and his big-bill artworks (he did just sell a £4million piece at Frieze), the latest exhibition at the Paul Stolper Gallery, Schizophrenogenesis, is set to be his biggest yet, literally. Hirst has taken his usual muse – pharmaceuticals – to make sculptures of lozenges, pills, bottles, and syringes. And in typical Hirst fashion, all the limited edition drugs are for sale… Flamingos, swim up-style cocktails and disco balls aplenty…welcome Klub Trop. The latest bar to hit the Stokey strip is leaving no tropical stone unturned. Fill up on teriyaki skewers, down some cheap and cheerful caipirinhas and tropical sours (£6), bust a move on the multi-coloured chequered dancefloor (Saturday Night Fever, anyone?), and let the sunshine vibes live on! 10pm - 6pm Free 31 Museum Street, WC1A 1LH 6pm - 2am Prices vary 182 Stoke Newington Road N16 7UY The All Star Lanes Monster Mash Sponsored listing It’s just over one week ‘til Halloween! For those who haven’t made up their mind on what to do yet, here’s one to throw into the mix. All Star Lanes is throwing a Monster Mash on October 31. Staff will be dressed to look their worst and there’s a prize of FREE BOWLING FOR LIFE for the guest in the best costume on the night, plus all guests in costume will receive a free treat courtesy of Krispy Kreme, and there’ll be a chance to win more American candy if you manage to bowl a strike. And then there are the special Halloween cocktails, free entry, and DJs playing retro party bangers all night… All Star Lanes, Monster Mash, October 31, Free entry. Holborn, Bayswater, Brick Lane and Stratford SUNDAY Brunch: Foxlow SHOP: Nixon LONDON Brunch is officially on the menu at Foxlow and it goes like this: breakfast burgers, fried chicken and waffles, sweet potato and kale hash, avo on toast… you get the picture. But the pièce de resistance that has us salivating? The Montecristo Cronut, a “croque monsieur doughnut covered in icing sugar and maple syrup”. Drinks wise, experiment with some bottled brunch cocktails courtesy of Mr Lyan before moving on to a trendy aperol spritzer slushie, or simply stick to the traditional bottomless Bloody Marys. Another addition to the return of skate culture (re-launch of Stussy, The Board Room at Selfridges, The House of Vans…) is Nixon London, the street wear accessories label doing something a bit different with its watches. From the ready-made section in the shop to the vintage workshop and bespoke service, this is more classic timepiece than sk8er watch. We love. 12pm – 4pm Prices vary 69-73 St John Street, EC1M 4AN 12pm – 5pm Prices vary 6 Newburgh Street, W1F 7RQ PSSSSST: UJ RUMOUR MILL Golborne Road Golborne Road. Always had so much potential – local village vibe that’s a bit rough around the edges, with amazing people watching and good footfall – but never really delivered. New openings are never quite up to scratch, and current offerings leave much to be desired. But after a stop at the recently launched John Doe (bar, window dining, best salt baked sea bass we’ve had this side of Formentera), we think this could be the start of things to come. We hear this little corner of West London is on its way to building a bit of restaurant row. There is a Japanese and a Nordic restaurant en route, and Beach Blanket Babylon (eek) is opening a ‘pub’ (double eek) in the space that’s eternally under construction at the top of Golborne Road (ex-Earl of Portobello). With two huge apartment buildings going up too, is it time to buy here, or time to hit the road? Only time will tell. For now, we’re just happy there’s a bit of a restaurant revolution going on in a much loved pocket of London. Let’s hope they keep it one part rough though. WEEKEND GUIDE BY CS LIKE SHARE FORWARD PREVIOUS EDITION (c) 2014 Urban Junkies. All rights reserved. Reproductions of any portion of this website only with our express permission. Urban Junkies is a free daily mailer. 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