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Blame it on the heat but we’re in the mood to P.A.R.T.Y. So we’ve adopted ‘merica’s 4th of July celebrations, but are doing it the London way. This means an all night Fabric stint, followed by a boozy DJ fuelled brunch. We’re also checking out two new restaurants one meatball, one egg and doing what we do best, a rooftop hop. Plus, we’re checking out some other planets, in the buff – because, why not. Happy weekend!
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| • FRI Naked Boys Reading Club • SAT Egg Break • SUN 4th of July at Balthazar |
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1. Want a huge astro-turfed rooftop, with sweeping views? Head to Netil360
2. Or if small and intimate is more your vibe, try Dalston Roof Park
3. But if drinking and dining on a rooftop car park is more your thing, try Frank’s Café
4. Want something new? Playground & Proof has just opened.
5. Something central? Head up to RoofNic |
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FRIDAY |
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EAT:
Balls & Company |
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PARTY:
Naked Boys Reading Club |
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| We do love a good meatball. So of course we love the news that Soho’s first gourmet meatball restaurant has opened. But banish thoughts of the Ikea food hall – and instead cast your mind to Wagyu beef, confit salmon and quinoa beetroot varieties. Plus, there’ll be a range of sliders and sides and a short but sweet dessert menu. Roll up, roll up! |
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Readings, cocktails, astronomy, nudity… just your usual Friday night. Creative science posse Super/Collider have teamed up with Naked Boys Reading to bring a little cosmic realness to the Ace rooftop. Aside from checking out Jupiter, Venus and Saturn through the hotel’s new in-house telescope, naked readers will be deliberating celestial bodies and their influence on poetry and literature. |
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All day
Prices vary
58 Greek Street,
W1D 3DY |
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8pm-12am
RSVP only
100 Shoreditch High Street,
E1 6JQ
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The roots of the Kopparberg
Urban Forest reawaken |
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| The heat is on! Aside from doing a rooftop hop, you’ll find us, ciders in hand at the Kopparberg Urban Forest, for the next few days. Thursday and Friday it’s all about eating, drinking and dancing from food stands, cider bars and live bands. Come Saturday, we’re getting inked (temporarily) in the pop up tattoo parlour to the sounds of So Fresh So Clean, Tuckshop and Soundwave Festival. And Sunday is all about hip-hop legend Miss Dynamite. Get in the mood here. |
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The Kopparberg Urban Forest. June 10 – July 12, free entry. Open every Wednesday to Sunday. Wednesday – Friday: 4pm-11.00pm, Saturday – Sunday: 12pm-11.00pm
37 – 41 Whitepost Lane, Hackney Wick, E9 5EN. Next to Hackney Wick Overground station. |
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SATURDAY |
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EAT:
Egg Break |
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PARTY:
4th of July at Fabric
with Jamie Jones |
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| Another ‘niche’ restaurant – but now we’re cracking eggs. Egg Break by Soho House has opened in Notting Hill. Egg baps (with pork belly, sausage, fried chicken and bacon), avocado with chilli on toast, broken eggs with chorizo… these are eggs done all ways, all day long. Egg-cellent. |
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Tonight, we’re taking to Fabric for its 4th of July party. In room one, Jamie Jones will be on decks with tech-house maestro DJ Craig Richards and producer The Revenge; in room two, the Secretsundaze kids will be giving it their all; and in room three, 10 years of Kubicle and Death on the Balcony will be fueling the party ‘till early morn. |
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8am – 6pm
Prices vary
30 Uxbridge Street, Kensington,
W8 7TA |
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11pm-8am
From £21
77a Charterhouse Street,
EC1M 6HJ |
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Veuve Clicquot Maison |
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| Bubble connoisseurs, head to Claridge’s Bar now. Maison Veuve Clicquot has unveiled a new vintage, La Grande Dame 2006. Exclusively available at the well-heeled bar, to celebrate Claridge’s as the newest destination on the Click for Clicquot App. From 2 glasses of Yellow Label (£45) to a secret "off menu" experience for 2 including a bottle of La Grande Dame 2006 served alongside a decadent pairing of Aquitaine Caviar and jumbo tempura prawns (£340), with the latter exclusive to Click for Clicquot. Download it now. |
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La Grande Dame 2006 is available exclusively at Claridge’s Bar for the month of July. For more information on the Click for Clicquot App, click here |
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SUNDAY |
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DO:
Thierry Noir: Jazz |
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CELEBRATE:
American Independence Day at Balthazar |
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| Infamous Berlin Wall artist Thierry Noir (he was the first to graffiti the Wall) is yet again splashing Shoreditch with his signature bright colours. His second exhibition at the Howard Griffin Gallery, entitled Jazz, will be, unsurprisingly, focused on music and cover every inch of the gallery space with colour – the walls, floor and ceiling, plus a few custom made Noir instruments and sculptures. Head in for some hypercolour history. |
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If a canon of an electro party at Fabric isn’t your style, try a civilised brunch at Balthazar. And being a New York institution, they’ve gone the extra mile. Bloody Mary pitchers, fancy hot dogs, “le sandwich Américain”, stars and stripes cookies, union macaroons, New York yellow cabs outside and DJ Amber Le Bon on the decks. What else do you need? |
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12pm-8pm
Free entry
189 Shoreditch High Street,
E1 6HU |
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From 10am to 4pm
Prices vary
4-6 Russell Street,
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| WEEKEND GUIDE BY CS |
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