Billingsgate Mural and Lunch Time Offers In Hatch End

Hatch End - restaurant capital of North West London. What's the latest. I noticed a mural of Billingsgate market inside Sea Pebbles which serves take away fish and chips as well as sit down meals. They are now open seven days a week and have a sign saying Gluten free Mondays.

From Costa, an offer of cake for £1 with certain drinks.

From Chuck, delivery from Deliveroo.

From Izgara, Turkish, and Mosfilo, Greek, more offers.

Finally, Fellini, open all day seven days a week.

And that's just one side of this section of The Broadway.

More restaurants further along the road past Grimsdyke Road towards the station. Cross over and more coming back on the other side of The Broadway.

Billingsgate Fish market
https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/business/wholesale-food-markets/billingsgate/Pages/default.aspx

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Halloween, Ice Skating, Santa Dash and Fireworks

What a busy time for restaurants and families worldwide in October and November.

*We've got Halloween celebrations on Saturday 29th. Chuck restaurant has had signs on the pavement (called sidewalk if you are reading in America) this week. As an added prompt, leaflets landed through the letterboxes to remind local residents on Friday.

*On the same shopping parade in Hatch End, The Broadway, the Party Shop has a window full costumes and flashing lights.

* Tesco and Morrisons supermarkets are full of outfits to wear; and paper plates; and decorations; and festive cakes.

*Diwali celebrated by our Hindu friends on Sunday 30th October this year.

*Fireworks have been heard in London this week, I presume for Diwali.

*Fireworks again: then in the UK we have November 5th, Guy Fawkes Night, and banners are up all over north London for the public firework displays. Harrow has a firework display. You have to go into the display grounds but I'm sure you'll see many fireworks from a distance.

*The Londoner newspaper reminded me that Ice skating has already started outside London's natural History Museum, where Christmas lights have been turned on.

*The Evening Standard, which is a free newspaper given out on stations and in shops, has a full page advertisement summons everybody to prepare to join in the annual Santa dash in aid of Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital.
Saturday 4th December 2016. Clapham Common.5 k or 10k festive run.
londonsantadash.co.uk

*Final Fireworks - Dec 31st - New Year's Eve at midnight in: central London; Edinburgh in Scotland; and worldwide; because of the time difference starting down under and in Asia and the Far East, for example in Singapore, then Europe.

Natural History Museum Ice Rink - information, pictures and booking tickets
http://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit/exhibitions/ice-rink.html

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Santa, lights and mulled wine in Hatch End

Hatch End was celebrating Christmas today.

The announcement was on the railings as you drove through Hatch End. Pulver Carr estate agents had the sign saying: Hatch End Broadway  Christmas Street Event  Friday 18th December  4pm-8 pm

Horse drawn carriage rides, Santas's Grotto and also in Pulver Carr come and meet our special guest Chewbacca from Star Wars.

Santa was in his grotto in Hearnden Funeral Directors but Santa was very much alive. Mincemeat pies and chocolates were at the door, the children could receive a wrapped gift and a collection box was being shaken. You could pose for a photo with Santa.

The sleigh rides (£3.50 per person) were in great demand and the tiny tots seemed to love it. I liked the red covering with the words Merry Christmas written in capital letters large on the side and back of the carriage. The two white horses tossed their heads and seemed very good-tempered considering they kept having to negotiate the turn at the edge of the road with traffic all around.

On the platform outside Chuck burgers restaurant two of the staff, Eleni and another, were in red hats and Eleni was serving passers by a small cup of mulled wine and a piece of chocolate brownie.

Pecan brownies served with the Lazy Sundae.

For menu see their website:

http://www.chuckburgerbar.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/CHUCK-A3-MENU-20151.pdf

Chuck Burger Bar, Uxbridge Road, Hatch End, HA5 4HR

If you missed the mulled wine given out on Friday 18th December you can find it in Chuck's Burger on their menu over Christmas.

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Halloween: Hatch End Shop Windows: Bella's, Chucks and more

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