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Whitecross Street Market
Street Food Gathering and Farmers Market
Islington, London
"Both hog roast and salad bar are excellent."(5 Tips)
"I love the Buddha bowl and Brazilian flatbread!"(4 Tips)
"sunny olive tree stall an get a salad box"(4 Tips)
"Try the burritos and venison burger (cheese) falafel wraps yummy too"(4 Tips)
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Twice a week, every Thursday and Friday there is a Buddha Balls van. Definitely worth to try!
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David SulitzerAugust 6, 2014Go to the far north end of the road and you'll see a delicious stand with Duck Confit burgers!!! Best burgers I've ever eaten! (They're served with melted cheese)
The Citroën van at the top of the street is great for vegetarians. They do the Buddha bowl: delicious vegan curry with optional halloumi.
Chris HainesFebruary 25, 2015Plenty of street food options available here. The food smells wonderful walking through here. A lot of stalls will have queues because of the popularity. Very filling burritos at the pulled pork place
Iestyn WilliamsAugust 11, 2014Try the chicken tikka wrap down the Dufferin street end. Always a big queue but it moves fast.Best wrap on the market!
A lot options. Brazilian is good and the cheese bread (Pão de Queijo) is really good. Trying the Turkish Gozleme today.
LucasDecember 2, 2016Go to Carnevale and have a great salad for 5.50 (including hummus) that fills you up the whole day!
Queue for Sunny's Olive Tree (salads stand) is always huge but moves fast! It's also much cheaper than other vendors - £3.40/4.40for a box of nice and filling salad:)
Daniel WFebruary 20, 2019Try to get here around 12ish l to avoid the queues super busy from 12:30-1:30 and then things start closing at 2:00! But at 2:00 some stalls can give good deals to get rid of what they have left.
Burrito queue looks long but moves fast, so dont be put off. Pork, chorizo and guacamole burrito is one of the best in London. Falafel stall, salad and the veg curry place are all good options too
Plenty of places to grab a quick bite before going back to whatever you were doing. Most places accept cards. Pick your choice! :)
London Symphony OrchestraSeptember 16, 2011On a weekday 11am-3pm Whitecross Street is taken over by dozens of food stalls. Everything from cakes and sweets to burgers, pasta, wraps, burritos and curries. Support a local trader!
Thursday and Friday, lunch. There are no late-night DJs or fancy cocktail bars here, just street food in the truest and tastiest sense.
DAZED AND CONFUSEDNovember 19, 2010Right on Dazed HQs doorstep- our favourite place to lunch, a street of market food from thai, Mexican, falafels and the best burritos. Also don’t walk past the guy selling brownies without trying one!
Two Boots and a FarwaAugust 17, 2017Delicious burritos, and there's a turkish stall that makes a monster of a shawerma.
- Jetset BartMarch 17, 2013In addition to its daily general market, the weekly specialist food market, which runs every Thursday and Friday, has been key to reviving Whitecross Street.
Mark AshworthFebruary 20, 2016The Thai stall is pretty good. Lots of Turkish and Indian food here too. Slightly more expensive than Leather Lane.
NicolagypsicolaJanuary 6, 2016Small market that provide a wide range of food… treat yourself with different dishes! Amazingly affordable
This is one of the best street market around here! You can find lots of different stalls: food from everywhere!
Take cash, can be very busy but there's a large variety of meals.
All tastes represented. Amazing for lunch and a coffee... enjoy in the Fortune Street Park nearby!- I love the Buddha bowl and Brazilian flatbread! Perfect for gluten free 🌈❤️
The spicy hot pizza at the blue panini stand is easily one of the best new items for only £5.50.
Love the chorizo & halloumi sandwich! If you're feeling healthy try a salad box from the falafel stand.
Amazing selection of street food stalls - the Vietnamese rice bowls are an office fav
Adrian CroneySeptember 16, 2013Turkish wraps towards the south end are great. Swerve the onion salad though to remain popular with your nearest and dearest!
Anthony HuaMarch 1, 2014Awesome curries here. Mixed lamb and chicken curry with rice for £5 and big portions.
Shuvani BurtFebruary 17, 2017Really good variety of food stalls - gets very busy at lunch time so be prepared to queue.
PeteSeptember 24, 2013The jerk chicken is nice (off the bone is pretty healthy too) and there's never a queue. And a fiver to boot
Cyndie Da RochaFebruary 20, 2018Small and less crowded market. Brazilian, Carribbean and Korean food stalls are the highlights of this market.
Butchers stall does truly great Pie & Mash, Ravello's amazing Italian, Turkish place is great and you can even take any of it into The Two Brewers
Peter GastonOctober 31, 2016Amazing street food for lunch. Come before 1 to make sure nothing's sold out.- Anything from here is amazing! Prices are around £5 now, and don't forget to pick up a dessert for later.
- James PartonApril 16, 2013Turkish spicy beef flat bread with salad, pickles, and halloumi was epic but beware leakage through paper. Tee Shirt covered in major sauce #fail
That first turkish stand is absolutely vile! Avoid at all costs. Go to the second one further in, which is lovely and they do proper turkish pizza wraps!
Go for lunch and try to decide between a burrito, falafel wrap, Italian meatball lasagne, halloumi burger, Indian or Thai curry, salad bar and so on... at £3-4. Additional stalls on Friday!
highlights include the chicken katsu curry, bulgogi boxes, pie and mash
Amazing choice of streetfood from different kitchens of the world
Favourite food market, since it's super close to the office. Plenty of healthy options!
David BarrieAugust 22, 2014Barbican express chicken tikka wrap, the frenchie duck confit sandwich amongst others
Kieren BeltrameFebruary 7, 2014Manic on sunny days, but a brilliant food selection. Bring your appetite!
Buddha bowls from the whole food truck near the top. Nothing else is as amazing as this!
James GlazebrookMarch 30, 2010Ignore all the fancy-looking stalls and head up to the white van selling Thai on the corner of Old St. Get half green curry, half pri king for just £3.50. Mmmmmmm...
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Whitecross Street Market is one of the oldest markets in London. Located between Old St and Fortune St in the south of the borough, this is a highly acclaimed haven of street foods with a variety of other commodities in between and is very popular at lunchtimes.
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- Mon–Fri
- 10:00 AM–2:00 PM
+44 20 7527 3830
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- 8.9
"Best burritos in London. By far. Great staff too."
Ed Hallifax - 8.6
"Really fresh, big and delicious salad. I walk 30mins most lunchtimes to get this salad. Best in the neighbourhood by far! Get the chicken - so succulent and shredded"
Hen Pritchard-Barrett - 8.2
"One of the best healthy option in the area. The owners are really lovely and polite."
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