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Grind returns to East London with new Clerkenwell venue

Hip London restaurant and cafe brand Grind is plotting its ‘most ambitious’ venue yet with the new Clerkenwell Grind restaurant and bar.

The new site marks a return to East London for the five year old brand, which started off with its first restaurant at Shoreditch Grind set up by co-founders David Abrahamovitch and Kaz James.

Situated at 2-4 Old Street in a Grade II listed building, the new Grind encompasses over 3,000 sq ft across two floors, with velvet booths and marble floor interiors that are described as a ‘step up’ for the brand.

Open from 7am every day, the bar has sealed a late-night license which will see it serving up cocktails until 2am in its club-bar downstairs while Chef Mauro will be serving up breakfast, lunch and evening meals in the restaurant.

Co-Founder David Abrahamovitch said: “When Kaz and I first opened Shoreditch Grind five years ago we wanted somewhere to drink coffee and cocktails all day, and we put in a recording studio upstairs so we’d never have to leave.

“You’ll still find us there most days, but along with the Grind we’ve also grown up a little and Clerkenwell Grind is our new perfect night out.

“Properly good cocktails in the bar upstairs, dinner with friends in the dining room next door, and then downstairs to carry on in one of the few spaces left in London that has a great sound system and a late license, but no one makes you pay to get in or buy anything with a sparkler in it.”

Clerkenwell Grind is scheduled to open this November and will become the brand’s sixth London venue.