It’s been a while since I’ve had the chance to indulge in some of London’s fine dining but Wednesday night saw me out on the town for dinner with a friend, the two of us eating al fresco style at Yard Restaurant and Bar in the heart of trendy London Shoreditch.
Yard is known for its famously yard-long pizzas which come in a variety of unique flavours. The house special seems to be the crispy duck pizza with Hoi Sin sauce, cucumber, spring onion and mozzarella. Although their specialty was tempting, I was won over by the Hot Americana and it’s promise of sliced chilies while my mealmate opted for the goats cheese.
Fortunately for our figures, the restaurant offers individual, double and four-person portion pizzas, only the largest pizza measuring the full yard in length. The personal pizzas still proved a challenge to finish despite their reasonable price tag.
Our meal at Yard was simple, fresh, tasty and cheap, the perfect pick-me-up halfway through the week. The fact that the weather cooperated enough to allow outdoor seating on their patio (which admittedly wasn’t the most picturesque of settings, only metres away from the busy Old Street roundabout but perfectly comfortable if you’re not looking for the perfect ambiance) simply improved the evening.
Yard Restaurant and Bar
140 Tabernacle Street
Shoreditch
London, EC2A 4SD
Meal for two with drinks <£30
Meaghan Fitzgerald is a marketer and entrepreneur building and growing consumer and gaming products and experiences. A Silicon Valley native, she started her first company, DormWise, in 2006 which she later sold in 2009. Meaghan spent 7 years in London in early stage consumer startups, two years at Xbox as a product marketer for Minecraft, and is currently the head of product marketing for VR experiences at Facebook and Oculus. Meaghan writes here about business, technology, gaming, and marketing. She has been named a top