A new food market, an outdoor gig, some new restaurants and a bit of partying… so our usual weekend buzz. Aside from that, we’ve been noticing some new activity happening in Covent Garden, we have a few things for the diary (including a rooftop water party and a kebab cook off) and a bit of Scientology. ‘Tis the freakin’ weekend. This Weekend’s Picks • FRI Kwabs at Summer Series at Somerset House • SAT Paradise Garage • SUN Larry Levan Birthday Bash TOP 5 Covent Garden Openings 1. Our Korean favourite On the Bab now has two outposts, including Covent Garden 2. Angela Hartnett’s Italian Café Murano has just opened on Tavistock Street 3. A third outpost for Barrafina opens this weekend on Drury Lane 4. For a slice of Parisian life, head to the new (but old) Les Deux Salons 5. In case you haven’t heard, The Ivy is back BAREFOOT REFRESH SUMMER COOL DOWN Adults just want to have fun! Sponsored listing DJs, fizzy wine, giant foam pits, coloured water shooters, cooling Co2 jets and glitter body art… a little fizz, a lot of fun. That’s the plan for next Sunday, July 26, at Dalston Roof Park – all thanks to Barefoot Wine celebrating their Refresh range of lightly fizzy wines. Want in on the rooftop water party of the year? Good news, we’re giving away ten pairs of tickets. Simply enter here. The Barefoot Refresh Summer Cool Down, Sunday July 26, Dalston Roof Park, E8 3DL. FRIDAY EAT: Breakfast at JosÉ Pizarro SEE: Kwabs at Summer Series at Somerset House Joy to our ears! José Pizarro has introduced a breakfast menu. This means grilled chorizo or jamon Iberico with fried eggs and patatas fritas, toasted sourdough with sobrasada, melted mahon cheese, oranges torrijas (French toast with orange sauce)… the only bad news: it’s only for the Broadgate bunch. If you haven’t yet checked out the Summer Series at Somerset House, this is its last weekend. We say, go for live soul act Kwabs. The south London-born breakout star has toured with Kendrick Lamar, a top 40 single, released three EPs and an album out this summer. Enough said. 7am – 11am Prices vary 36 Broadgate Circle, EC2M 2QS 7.30pm From £29.50 Somerset House, Strand, WC2R 1LA FOLLOW US! Facebook | Twitter | Instagram See what we've been snapping this week on Instagram! BOOK NOW ABRA KEBABRA For the kebab cook-off of the year, book in for Abra Kebabra. Held at MC Motors, on Saturday, August 1, expect an all day celebration of our favourite late-night snack by London’s top chefs/restaurants, including Neil Rankin, Berber & Q, Carl Clark, Lucky Chip, and Mangal 1. £25 includes 5 kebabies (half sized kebabs, so you can fill up on all). Plus, there’ll be Turkish-themed cocktails by Ruby’s, Camden Town Brewery on top of the beers and a wine bar matching your Burgundy with your beef and your chicken with your Chenin Blanc. Fancy. Abra Kebabra, £25, Saturday August 1, 3pm-11pm. MC Motors, 18 Manor Road, N16 5SA. The 39 Steps comeS to an end Win a pair of tickets! Sponsored listing After nine years in the West End, Alfred Hitchcock’s classic spy thriller, The 39 Steps, comes to an end on September 5. Brilliantly and hilariously recreated as the smash hit Olivier Award-winning show. Don’t miss it at the Criterion Theatre. Four actors, 139 roles in 100 minutes. Think stiff upper lip, British gung-ho at its best. The 39 Steps is a must see! For a chance to win a pair of tickets, enter here. The 39 Steps, Criterion Theatre, 218-223 Piccadilly, Piccadilly Circus, W1V 9LB. SATURDAY DO: Druid St Market EAT: Paradise Garage There’s a new market in Bermondsey for you foodies out there. Around the corner from Maltby and Borough Markets is where you’ll find the tightly curated Druid St Market. From the homemade drinking vinegars at Raw Duck and chinotto at Lardo to the famed Fat by Freddie toasties and po’ boys from Decatur London, you won’t leave hungry, thirsty or empty-handed. Go if only for the ice cream sandwiches from Blu Top (pictured above). We love The Manor, we love The Dairy, so we’re excited for Paradise Garage, the new Bethnal Green restaurant by Robin Gill and co. Dine on mains such as barbequed sardines or lamb rump with sweetbreads or share a feasting “picnic” for the table, centred on rabbit (think roasted confit leg, turnover and offal). Pre or post drinks at neighbours Mission or Peg + Patriot are a must. Bethnal Green has officially stepped up. 9am-4pm Free entry Druid St Market, SE1 12pm-10pm Prices vary 254 Paradise Row, E2 9LE HEALTH WATCH Core Collective Not to be compared with Skinny Bitch Collective (#strongnotskinny), this shiny new Kensington gym may not be that central, but is definitely worth travelling to. Highlights include the industrial vibe, great breakfasts, no member’s fee and overall decor. We love that you don’t have to wear the biking cleats, too. Classes are divided into three categories: velocity (interval training), resistance (TRX- ouch), and accelerate (spinning, they have bongos) and they’re still not rammed, which is nice. Core Collective, 5 Phillimore Walk, Holland Park, W8 7RZ. SUNDAY SEE: Going Clear: Scientology and The Prison of Belief PARTY: Larry Levan Birthday Bash Tom Cruise, brainwashing, Scientology, Katie Holmes… this is a documentary about Scientology (and a direct challenge to Tom Cruise) worthy of blockbuster status. See it this weekend at the newly opened Picturehouse Central. The art house cinema wins on all scores, including its upstairs restaurant and bar, designed by Martin Brudnizki (Soho House, The Ivy, The Holborn Dining Room…). Vue no more. What a line-up! Farley and Heller, Francois Kevorkian, The 2 Bears, Justin Berkmann and many more play to celebrate the life of departed disco don Levan. One for the house and disco heads – and for newcomers looking for that original Studio 54 feeling – on a Sunday, of course. We wouldn’t expect anything less. 12.55pm From £13 20-24 Shaftesbury Avenue, W1D 7DH 2pm-12am From £20 Ministry of Sound, 103 Gaunt Street, Elephant & Castle, SE1 6DP WEEKEND GUIDE BY CS LIKE SHARE FORWARD PREVIOUS EDITION (c) 2015 Urban Junkies. All rights reserved. Reproductions of any portion of this website only with our express permission. Urban Junkies is a free weekly 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.