Plekken in Dalston & Hackney

Remy Savage's Bauhaus-precise cocktail room on Kingsland Road

The Dirik family ocakbaşı since 1994, the canonical Turkish address the audience takes London-Turks to

P. Franco's successor at 107 Lower Clapton, a 25-cover wine shop with a hot plate at the back, chef residencies kept

Ed Wilson's Columbia Road natural-wine bistro, the East End's most consistent neighbourhood kitchen

The original Ali Dirik ocakbaşı on Arcola Street since 1990, BYOB, walk-in only, untouched

Michael and Charlotte Sager-Wildeve's Hackney Road wine bar, the East London natural-wine reference since 2013