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East London's top five pop-ups

Restaurant – Lucky Chip at the Sebright Arms, Bethnal Green Meat-loving Londoners had already traipsed to a church in Kensal Rise and a Hackney car park in search of the Lucky Chip van and its gourmet burgers and hand-cut chips. So news of a semi-permanent home in east London's Sebright Arms is very welcome. We're most excited about the return of El Chapo, an aged beef patty with smoked bacon, blue cheese and jalapenos. • 31-35 Coate Street, E2, 07795 816355, facebook.com/Luckychip . Open Mon-Thurs 6pm-10pm, Fri, Sat 6pm-11pm, Sun 1pm-5pm Bar – Maddox Club, Poplar The best view of the Olympic Stadium without hiring a helicopter is from the HQ of London salmon smokers Forman & Son , now a bar, the Maddox Club. A short walk from the stadium, it's the setting for a slice of riviera life on the banks of the Lee. They've already held a few celebrity parties here; the palm trees, beach volleyball and cocktails makes it feel like you're living it up in St Tropez – until it starts hailing again. • Forman's Fish Island, Stour Road, E3, 020-8525 2390, formansfishisland.com/dining-experience/ffi_riviera.html , tickets £25 in advance, £35 on the door. Open daily until 12 August 11.30am-2am Film – Hot Tub Cinema, Hackney We've seen plenty of original cinematic pop-ups in London – in boats, in car parks, on a wall of discarded fridges – but for sheer chutzpah you've got to admire the people behind Netil House's Hot Tub Cinema. You might not think Londoners would be up for stripping off on a rooftop and sharing a bath with strangers while watching trashy movies, but the first few screenings were a sell-out. Film to be decided by a Facebook vote. • Netil House, 1 Westgate Street, E8, hottubcinema.com , from £22, 4 August Art – The Walls Have Ears, Hackney There was no shortage of graffiti here before the Olympics, but none was as classy as the new community project from local creative collective Bread . The Walls Have Ears is a 100-metre long mural celebrating Hackney Wick's industrial and commercial heritage with long-forgotten logos and company names. • White Post Lane, E9, the-walls-have-ears.tumblr.com Shop – Pomp, Hoxton Ellen Gregory McGrath's hand-painted illustrations and stationery – a quirky mix of Parisian elegance and Japanese subtlety – are wonderful. She's reverted to her London roots with Pomp, a pop-up emporium full of stationery and gifts by new designers and vintage finds that's a stylish antidote to the Union Jack souvenir tat clogging up London's markets. • 2 Hoxton Street, N1, 020-7729 6342, anzu.co.uk . Open 25 July-26 August, Mon-Sat 10am-6pm, Sun 11am-6pm Mat Osman and Chloe McCloskey, editors of hip guide Le Cool London ( lecool.com ) • This article was amended on 3 August 2012 to credit Bread Collective, the creators of the Walls Have Ears mural.

Source: The Guardian ↗

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