The Best Restaurants In Islington

The Best Restaurants In Islington

Here, we digest the driving factors behind Upper Street’s gastronomical resurgence and the re-imagination of the “neighbourhood restaurant” as we kiss goodbye to the dodgy local curry house..



There’s
never been a shortage of places to eat around Highbury
Corner and along Upper Street. Earning the moniker “Supper
Street” because of its bewilderingly high density of pubs and
restaurants, the chain-heavy stretch that runs down to Angel has
tended to value quality over quantity. But recently the area has
made room for ventures from chefs and restaurateurs with some real
clout in the culinary world – from the team behind The Wolseley to
former chef director of the Polpo Group. Here, we digest the
driving factors behind Upper Street’s gastronomical resurgence and
the re-imagination of the “neighbourhood restaurant” as we kiss
goodbye to the dodgy local curry house..


restaurant

Trullo

London, United Kingdom

It all began with Trullo. Ever since opening back in June 2010,
this Italian-inspired restaurant has made people sit up and take
Islington’s culinary scene seriously. Jordan Freida and chef Tim
Siadatan have created a “small menu showcasing what’s good right
now and what’s been made today” based primarily around a charcoal
grill and fresh pasta. The pappardelle with Italian sausage ragu is
a must – warming and deeply satisfying, full of aromatic herbs, red
wine and an intense pork flavour. Resembling a traditional
trattoria, with its net curtains and white paper tablecloths,
Trullo does inevitably draw comparisons with Freida’s alma mater,
The River Café, in Hammersmith. However, the backdrop of St Paul’s
Road brings with it a certain offhand sort of elegance that the
River Thames simply does not. Describing the area as “a very ‘real’
neighbourhood” with a “really unique energy, accessibility and
relevance in modern London,” Freida affirms that “we’re really
proud that you can come here and have a good meal and a bottle of
wine for £30 per head, and that will never change, so we get young
and old, lavish and modest – exactly what a good neighbourhood
restaurant should do!”

Address

300-302, St Paul’s Rd, N1 2LH

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