Here’s a fun bank holiday activity for fans of fancy homewares and even fancier wine. For the first time in its 13 years, Isaac McHale’s two Michelin-starred restaurant The Clove Club is hosting an archive sale. For one afternoon only, the restaurant in Shoreditch Town Hall will offer visitors a peek behind the scenes as they browse ceramics, glassware and other kitchen and pantry items accumulated by the restaurant over more than a decade of service.
As well as bespoke and hand-crafted pieces from covetable local craftspeople like Owen Hall and Rebecca Proctor, oenophiles will be able to take home some very special bottles of wine from the restaurant’s cellar, spanning rare and older vintages, long-held cellar favourites and producers that have shaped the restaurant’s stellar wine programme over the years. Visitors will be able to purchase pots of ice cream, pre-batched cocktails and glasses of Champagne to enjoy while browsing, with other pantry staples including homemade truffle purée, hot sauce, devilled spice powder and elderflower vinegar will also be on offer.
Crockery items will start from £10, while wine bottles range from £75 to £500, and visitors are can pop in any time from 11am to 3pm. Happy browsing!