Hospitality

The Lamb & Flag pub entrance at the end of Rose Street in Covent Garden

Covent Garden Pubs: Historic Rooms, Theatre Crowds and a Proper London Pint

Five very different Covent Garden pubs reveal the district through old alleyways, cask ale, theatre history, Piazza spectacle and an independent Irish bar.

Visitors walking through Covent Garden Piazza beneath the historic market colonnades in central London

Covent Garden Restaurants and Street Performers in London

Covent Garden street performer and audience beneath summer decorations in 2022

Covent Garden Burger and Busking: A London Afternoon in 2022

A June 2022 walk from Charing Cross to Covent Garden for a Five Guys burger, street performance beneath the decorations and an afternoon around the Piazza.

The Prospect of Whitby riverside frontage viewed from the Thames foreshore at low tide.

Prospect of Whitby: Wapping’s Historic Riverside Pub

Barry Roberts holding a freshly steamed Bun House bun in London’s Chinatown in June 2022.

London Chinatown Street Food: Korean Corn Dogs and Bun House

A Roberts London archive walk from Charing Cross to Chinatown in 2022, taking in the Korean corn-dog queue and pork and custard buns at Bun House.

Barry Roberts tasting cheese, wine and market produce at home in 2022

Borough Market Haul: A Cheese and Wine Tasting in 2022

A 2022 Borough Market haul becomes an at-home tasting of red wine, sourdough, whey butter, British cheeses and Ibérico ham.

Colourful fresh produce stalls inside Borough Market in 2022

Borough Market Food Tour: Coffee, Cheese and Sausage Rolls in 2022

Two pork belly steamed buns with pickled cucumber and sesame at Yum Bun in Seven Dials Market.

Seven Dials London: Monmouth Coffee, Yum Bun and The Crown

A Roberts London archive walk through Seven Dials in May 2022, from Monmouth Coffee and Neal’s Yard to pork bao at Seven Dials Market and a pint at The Crown.

Duck confit burger with crisp onions, blue cheese and salad in a brioche bun at Southbank Centre Food Market.

Southbank Centre Food Market: The Frenchie Duck Burger and Riverside London

A Roberts London archive walk from Charing Cross to Southbank Centre Food Market in May 2022, featuring The Frenchie’s duck confit burger and riverside London.

Coffee and a croissant served outside Maison Bertaux in Soho

Bar Italia and Maison Bertaux: A Soho Breakfast Walk