Hunt and Darton Cafe, Lower Clapton Road
Photo by Hunt and Darton Over in what was (or is?) Rileys is Hunt and Darton Cafe pop-up. Serving up Allpress Redchurch blend Open Sat & Sun 10am-5pm Tue-Thurs 8am-5pm Hunt & Darton is a live art collaboration between Jenny Hunt and Holly Darton. Having met at Central Saint Martin’s Hunt & Darton have been collaborating for the past five years. More over on http://huntanddartoncafe.com/“
GavinRedknap
Riley’s bar failed to get planning permission: http://apps.hackney.gov.uk/servapps/Northgate/PlanningExplorer/Generic/StdDetails.aspx?PT=Planning%20Application%20Refusal&TYPE=PL/RefusalsPK.xml&PARAM0=182760&PARAM1=No&XSLT=/servapps/Northgate/PlanningExplorer/SiteFiles/Skins/Hackney/xslt/PL/PLRefusals.xslt&DAURI=PLANNING&XMLSIDE=
benjamin
Riley’s are now operating from larger licensed premises across the road at 159;http://www.facebook.com/pages/Riley-of-Clapton/363192257030085?sk=info
ewebber
Has anyone tried out the new cafe yet?
marty21
Went there on Sunday – had a nice sandwich – a real doorstepper! Coffee was good, cost £13 for 2 of us – which is ok. I’m not sure where the live art collaboration comes in – it felt like a cafe, I had food and drink, I sat down,I paid , like I would in any other cafe!
ewebber
There is now a blog post on Hunt and Darton over here:http://www.yeahhackney.com/2013/03/hunt-and-darton-cafe/
benjamin
Hunt & Darton have now closed down but I noticed that there is work being done to the interior.Does anyone know who will be replacing them?
GavinRedknap
Its this: https://twitter.com/HaydenWylds “