Stella’s

A small herd, whole-carcass butcher shop on the corner of Newington Green, Stella’s is known for its excellent quality produce, eye-catching neon signs and the fact that on Thursday and Friday evenings it turns into a very trendy listening bar called System, which serves up natural wine and craft beers while a rotation of local DJs playing their favourite vinyl on a Tannoy speaker system from 1976. Conceptually it probably shouldn’t work – a subtle whiff of meat still lingers in the air as you sip your low-intervention Cabernet Franc – but Hackney audiophiles go mad for it. They also do a banging selection of meaty merch; reckon you could rock a butchery-themed footie scarf? This is the place to cop it.