Campania is an Italian restaurant off Columbia Road ideal for a romantic dinner, that’s equally lovely during the day.

The Barge House is an all-day spot on the canal in Haggerston with extensive outdoor and indoor seating.

Towpath Café is a seasonal café on the Regent’s Canal that has a strong case for being one of London’s most dopamine-inducing spots.

Sager and Wilde is a kind of serious but still fun wine bar on Hackney Road serving wine from a huge list, and cheese toasties.

The Haggerston branch of Chick ‘n’ Sours is the original, and still the best. Come here for cocktails and disco wings, and leave happy.

Hill & Szrok on Broadway Market is a butchers by day, but at night they fire up the grill to cook some pretty good steaks and chops.

Berber & Q is a Middle Eastern/North African restaurant where locals hang and eat things from the grill. You want those things.