A Guide to Newham's Local Food

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  Rory enjoying a smoked Salmon bagel from the View Tube Cafe!

  The View Tube: Originally a temporary structure built for the Olympic park, it has been regenerated into a community hub and cafe. A must try here is their bagels, which remind us of East London's rich history with the Jewish community. Bagels were brought to the United Kingdom with the big migratory wave of Ashkenazi Jews in the 19th century, making the food a staple of East London's working class. The garden of the View Tube overlooks a very historic set of train tracks. Stratford station opened in 1839, linking Stratford (then in Essex) to London. The station became home to a depot and railway works which built locomotives, coaches, and goods wagons, and contributed to a population boom for which a new town was built and infrastructure improved. The railway link played a critical role in the industrialisation of the area, as new factories could transport their goods to the city, and Stratford became a hub for industries, like printing presses, that were banned from Londo

  
  
  
  
  
  

• Queen's Market: Queen's Market, also known as Queen's Road Market, and Green Street Market is a historic street market in the Newham area. The market is one of London’s most famous and diverse markets, which you can find right next to Upton Park underground station on vibrant Green Street with its thriving small shops, cafes and restaurants. Up to the turn of the 20th century, the market ran along Green Street. It moved to its present site in 1904. Queen’s market serves the very diverse local community so you will find African, African-Caribbean and South Asian fresh foodstuffs as well as jewellery, fabric and trimmings from the Indian sub-continent and household goods and kitchenware for all cultures. The market undoubtedly reflects the rich cultural diversity of the Newham area.

• Bruce's Jerk Chicken: Situated right outside Stratford Centre, Bruce, the owner of this small business, very kindly served us and gave us recommendations on what to order and their specials of the day. This van, serving Afro-Caribbean food is a must visit if you are a fan of Jerk Chicken and Curry Goat, and make sure to try their natural juices! This food stop gives us just a glimpse of the wonderful Afro-Caribbean community in the area.