Blacklock City.
Somewhere, in an alternate universe, it’s literally the meat capital of the world.
In this one, however, we’ll just have to settle for it being the new meat capital of London. It’s the sophomore follow-up to Soho’s subterranean, cocktail trolley-equipped chop house, and you’ll find it very appropriately parked underneath the site of a former medieval meat market next to Monument. And it’s just gotten itself a nice new menu update.
The space itself has a low-lit industrial feel with vintage flourishes; the chunky, square-cut brass bar is offset by the ’20s-style cocktail trolley, while the exposed brick walls and bare concrete floor reflect the simplicity of the menu, upon which you’ll find:
THE CHOPS
There are all the Blacklock staples here (‘skinny’ pork rib/loin/belly, lamb cutlets, T-bone, etc.), as well as the huge porterhouses & bone-in sirloin. There’s a new summer menu, with fresh starters like luscious crayfish cocktails, and meat-free main courses of mushroom & baby leek kebab. And remember, if in doubt, plump for the classic ‘all-in’ option of all the skinny types of chop to share between two, with flatbreads and sides. And if you’re in the mood for something nightcap-y there’s…
THE COCKTAILS
As well as the aforementioned cocktail trolley, they now have the aforementioned bar too, from which they’re serving the likes of Summer Negronis, Ruby Rumhattans, and draught Blacklock beers (including a house-brew pineapple sour). And that’s all besides the eight wines they have on tap too, plucked from countries around the world.
It’s the kind of thing that’ll put them on the map.
NOTE: Blacklock City is open now. You can book a table, and find out more, right HERE.
Blacklock City | 13 Philpot Lane, EC3M 1DE
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