7. Stroll over Camden Square and up to York Way for a new farmers’ market
If you ever needed an excuse to invite your mates over and dust off your apron, then Brecknock Market might just be it. Open every Sunday between 10am and 2pm, it’s set up shop in the playground of Brecknock Primary on York Way.
Things we liked? Fosse Meadows chickens, Ted’s Veg, down for the day from Lincolnshire, Wild Country Organics’ exciting selection of leaves. Beautifully delicate Greek extra virgin olive oil from Eliskos. Creamy, nutty Comte from Norbiton Fine Cheese, followed by meringues the size of snowballs from Comptoire Gourmand. Yup, it’s all pretty special.
But that’s not all. There’s street food too (natch). We started with a generous and meaty burger from Millie Moo’s BBQ, before a spicy, chicken Yakatori skewer from the boys at Kushiyaki. Being complete pigs, we finished off scoffing with a slice of Popina’s dense and spinachy spanakopita. That was when we thought we may have overdone it.
Finally, though we couldn’t resist a hefty John Dory from the selection of fresh ocean-dwellers on ice at the Handpicked Shellfish Company’s stall. Oh, and jams for the cupboard plus oozing, Portuguese doughnuts for tea. Cripes. We even popped by John Cullen’s Garden stall and walked out with a big bunch of his gorgeous tulips. So yes, a slow walk home, for sure. Georgia Grimond
And finally – teething problems in our shop are all resolved!
2 thoughts on “Pinboard: Films, rooftops, clubs – a bank holiday special. And an unexpectedly great market?”
When Dingwalls opened in 1973 the area round it was known as “Dingwalls” for a couple of years because Camden Market was so small then and the Lock considered nothing special, Dingwalls was the biggest thing there.
The shops around it were mostly junk shops then too (except Compendium book shop), a lot of shops flogged second hand TVs, I remember them because I bought one there.