London Eats Itself
“If Orwell’s vision of the future was a boot stamping on a human face forever, then I have an even more chilling one: a Five Guys opening in your neighbourhood, soon.”
Jonathan Nunn, London Feeds Itself (second edition)
In a city of rising rents, of gentrification and of displacement, food is a flashpoint. A new restaurant opening can be the spear tip of wholescale regeneration – an urban intervention carefully curated to pump up property prices. But a restaurant can also be a bulwark of resistance – a bastion of reassurance amid dizzying change.
With the constant opening and closing of restaurants across the borough and a tidal wave of regeneration sloshing through Whitechapel fuelled by property speculation and rising rents, exploring the intersection between architecture and food culture has never been more timely.
For this Open City Accelerate Debate, Jonathan Nunn, editor of the food newsletter Vittles and London Feeds Itself is joined by special guests to explore the challenges facing food cultures in the capital with a particular focus on Whitechapel, Brick Lane and the area surrounding RichMix.
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Time and Location
Wednesday 29th May
7.00pm – 9.00pm (doors: 6.30pm)
Rich Mix, Shoreditch
Tickets
Standard: £12.00
Concessions: £8.00
Image: Southall Gurdwara - Langar - by Hark1karan, 2022