Mason & Company, Hackney

What.../ Mason & Company, a new craft beer bar and kitchen is open at Canalside in Hackney Wick, part of the Here East creative hub in the Olympic Park. Behind the new opening is Ed Mason, (founder of Hackney's Five Points Brewing Company) and Rachel Jones (founder of popular street food stall Capiche). On the menu.../ Expect to find Capiche's signature American-Italian dishes, including the Meatball Hero (pork & beef balls, marinara, rocket, provolone cheese on a polenta-crusted sub); and the Capiche's famous Steak Braciole – a 45 day dry aged steak slow cooked in bone marrow and white wine and stuffed with garlic, parsley, chilli and Pecorino Romano, served in a buttermilk roll with melting Taleggio cheese. We went and here's why you should go…/ The chilled canal side location, endless supply of brews and stonking streetfood, as well as regular boozy events and launches makes Mason & Company a craft-beer lover's paradise! How much…/ £15 will get you a hearty meal, whilst beers are around £5 for something interesting. Where.../ 7 Canalside, Here East, Hackney Wick, E20 3BS www.masonandcompany.co.uk