A Rough guide to

ShoreditchAnd surrounding areas

BeachBlanketbabylon

THis east london sister to the popular covent garden resturant offers dogey survice at a frightful price tag. on the plus side the cock-tails were good if your lucky enough to get served. The decor is attractive though and it does well to persuade the liverpool street suits that they are ‘egdy’ enough for the east end.

TheShoreditch

The shoreditch with very attractive signage attracted us with free entry and was ex-tremely busy even on a tuesday night. Anoth-er attractivly designed bar.

Trapeze

If you are one of those people who can’t decide between party mash ups and house music, this is the place to be. Tra-peze offers circus themed cocktail bar upstairs, meaning there are acrobatic equipment on the ceiling and clown pic-tures on the wall. The stairway leads to the ‘basement club’ where house music attracts a more alternative crowd.

plastic people

It is hard to find a club that would be all about the music, but that is exactly what Plastic People is. It offers techno, house, hip-hop, and other more experimental nights and shows. With that being said, there is not much for the eyes or for the whole body, for that mat-ter, as the venue is awfully small. That might explain why you need to get there super early or/and wait in the queue for at least an hour.

The masque haunt

A typical pub where it can be hard to find a table despite the fact it is actually vast. On Fridays they offer a pint and fish and chips for a bit more than a fiver which is a pretty good deal consid-ering a pint usually costs around four. I have yet to try how it actually tastes, but for now i always have a plan B.

Boxpark is shoreditch’s way of doing a mall, built out of shipping containers and hous-ing a wide range of trendy brands seeling all sorts of lifestyle products. Its quite a nice place to grab so food if the suns out; the falafel place has a really great salad bar.

Crownandshuttle

THe crown and shuttle in shoreditch was left derelict for 12 years before

being reopened in 2013 is now one of my favorite watering holes with a really big outside are with both heaters and

roof its a smokers paradise. seems to be busy whenever i go there

when asked...

‘Shoreditch is probably the only other area in London apart from Camden, that you can convey in a dress sense. I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve been told I look very Shoreditch.’‘Erica, 17, CSM Student

When asked...

‘It’s awesome here, if you don’t like it here, fuck yourself.’ Random drunk man on shoreditch high street

Shoreditch fact

THe first two theatres in london were both in shoreditch and were built in the 1570’2; this was be-cause the lord mayor of london wouldn’t allow them to be within the city of london walls.

Brick laneHome of vintage clothing

and curry houses

Blitz is a recent addition to bricklanes vintage scene. spread over two rather large floors they have plenty of stock. rated the 9th best shop in london by timeout this shop is set to be the top dog on brick lane. they also have an impressive website and blog which never hurts to attract costomers.

Top Vintage

Beyond retr0

Atlantis

Beyond retro is the biggest vintage clothes retailer with a warehouse feel and massive clearence section its worth a look; we spent ages in here hunting for halloween attire.

Atlantis is a massive art sup-plies shop which ive spent hours in looking for the right materi-als; they have a wide range of products but they seem to sell out of some things pretty fre-quently.

ymc

Atlantis

ymcI always enjoy looking at through the win-dows off the ymc store on my way out, this store feels more earthy than others by the brand. Also oppoiste there is the best grenson shoes shop with the most amazing variations on the traditional british brands shoes. lots in matalic crocodile which i hate to love.

Curries on brick lane

We’ve enjoyed many curries on brick lanes curry mile. you can get really good deals on sundays. But i was most taken with one restau-rants amazing graffitti syle art work of prince harry in unusual situations; james bond harry to the left and body building harry to

Curries on brick lane

‘’For me, Shoreditch just stands out from the rest of London, the fact that anywhere else, graffiti, old yellow bricks and rotting wood would have councils up in arms, but here, it’s precisely what makes Shoreditch beautiful.’

When asked ...

When asked ...

‘This is the only part of Lon-don which any door could lead to all sorts of trea-sure troves, art, vintage clothes, food, you name it and it’s here.’

When asked ...

Brick Lane coffeeWalking in after a year I was surprised that nothing has changed except for the poster in the bathroom. The place is nicely deco-rated and the barista can make a decent cup of cof-fee. However, they made a crack about a coffee per day keeping Ebola away on the chalkboard outside which lowers the whole im-pression significantly.

It is one of those coffee shops where you wish it was snowing when you sit inside, just because it would make the whole pic-ture perfect. I enjoyed a nice piece of cake and a good cup of coffee in a proper mug which delightfully wasn’t paper. All in all a good place for those who love Christmas and all things warm and cozy.

Hope you’ve enjoyed our rough guide.