Time Out No. #53 | Thursday 8 April 2021

From Monday you can ‘do’ pubs and food again. You already know this. We’ve been banging on about it since lockdown easing was announced in February. Imagine: sat, with your pals (remember them?) in the sun, a frosty Cold Boy in your hand, trying desperately to not break down in tears like in the dinner scene at the end of Deliverance. Anyway, you’ll want to know all of London’s decent beer gardens. So this is that. And here’s a list of just some really massive ones.

Time Out asks:

Anyone do any good picnicking over Easter?

Pictures please!

'We took some some roast duck with couscous, spiced chickpeas & houmous to the park 😋'


@CookedPodcast

‘Brockwell Park 🌞 + a spritz as orange as my hair 🧡 = Easter picnic dream come true ’


@RoFloJohnstone

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A lot of our favourite London’s restaurants these days have ‘cool mascots’. Little dogs and whatnot. You know? You must have noticed? On the packaging? Cool little dogs and the like? Anyway we decided it was time to put all of them in order of toughness. So please, give it up for the inaugural Time Out Restaurant Mascot Power Rankings.

Fingers on buzzers

What is the oldest restaurant in London?


The answer you seek is at the end of this email!

This is where it gets good again! Now! Fun is slowly, steadily creeping back through the streets of London. We’re still a way off ‘normality’ (whatever that means now) but there are more than a few decent ways to entertain, stimulate and distract yourself now that lockdown is gradually easing.

Overheard something weird and wonderful? Tweet us and you might see it next time!

London news you can use

Everything you should book now for an ideal summer

The Cinnamon Club head honcho reveals the inside of his cupboard

Is Saddiq Khan going to legalise the ol’ devil’s cabbage in London?

Yam Carnival is coming and it sounds worth your time

The world looks a bit different this year, and so does our annual survey of city-dwellers around the globe. As cities everywhere start to emerge from the pandemic, we want to know how you feel about life right now. Answer our fun quiz (it takes less than 10 minutes) and at the end, we’ll tell you exactly how much you love your city. All answers are completely anonymous, so don’t hold back! Ready?

Feelgood links to ease the pain

Amazing illustrations from the official London Airport Guide (1956)

A Soviet version of Lord Of The Rings, just like you’ve always wanted 

One truly fantastic compilation of people who are really, really good at their jobs

Well, that’s one way of approaching the stresses and strains of quarantine

Type jazz! And then send said jazz to a friend 

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We won’t keep you in suspense any longer…

Click here for the quiz answer!

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