Home » Posts tagged 'Portobello Road Market'
Tag Archives: Portobello Road Market
Portobello Road Street Food
The Portobello Market and the surrounding area offers a great variety of fresh produce, essential and specialist ingredients and hot food options. The Westway and Golborne Road are hotspots for Street food stalls but there are a number of eateries dotted throughout the area.
Following the tradition of many London markets, there are plenty of choice of fresh fruit and vegetables,
Over the weekend, there are many specialist food stalls Near Talbot Road, The Bread Stall has bread, cakes and pastries with more than 20 different kinds of bread. Une Normande a Londres outside the Electric Cinema offers French cheese, sausage and terrine. Vito has the finest olive oils and balsamic vinegars, and at The Olive Bar you can sample olives, feta and Mediterranean hot food .
Popina has all-vegetarian baked goods from fruit tarts to filo parcels, The Mushroom Man provides a wide selection of funghi and Piper’s Fresh Fish has fish and seafood.
Street food from all over the world is available on market days including a number of falafel stalls churros, bratwurst, paella , crepes and curry. Throughout the market you will find North African and Caribbean street food , including an award-winning Moroccan soup stand.
If you would like further information, visit the Portobello Road Market website here
London Visitors is the official blog for the Visiting London Guide .com website. The website was developed to bring practical advice and latest up to date news and reviews of events in London.
Since our launch in January 2014, we have attracted thousands of readers each month, the site is constantly updated.
We have sections on Museums and Art Galleries, Transport, Food and Drink, Places to Stay, Security, Music, Sport, Books and many more.
There are also hundreds of links to interesting articles on our blog.
To find out more visit the website here
Review : Portobello Road Market
The Portobello Road market with over 1,000 dealers selling all kinds of items is one of the largest markets in London and since the late 20th century had attracted a large number of visitors from London and overseas.
The market is situated in the trendy London district of Notting Hill and is surrounded by a large number of pubs, cafes and restaurants.
The area takes it name from the Porto Bello Farm which was built-in the area which was named after the town of Porto Bello in Panama, captured by the British from the Spanish in the 18th century. For much of the 18th and 19th century, Portobello Road was a country lane in a rural area.
Gradually in the 19th century, residential development began to take place in the Portobello Road area, with a number of terraces and crescents built for the increasing numbers of wealthy people attracted to the district.
Up until the 1940s, Portobello Road market was similar to many other London markets and mainly sold food and other essential items. However after the war, traders selling antiques and bric-a-brac and antiques began to sell their wares and gradually Portobello Road Market became known as a place to pick up antiques.
In the later half of the 20th century, Portobello Road was transformed from run-down district to being to one of most affluent, fashionable and desirable areas to live in the capital. The new residents spending power attracted young fashion designers who began to trade at the market selling designer and vintage clothing.
Each day attracts different traders, Saturday is the busiest day and attracts large crowds. In the market is a large number of street food stands and plenty of live music along the trail of the market.
Saturday- main day
Full street market plus;
Antiques Arcades open
Westbourne Grove – antiques stalls between Portobello Road and Kensington Park Road
Portobello Green – more new fashion and less vintage than Friday
The market is packed with stalls from Westbourne Grove all the way up to and along Golborne Road, and across under the Westway out to Ladbroke Grove.
Friday – second busiest day
Southern Portobello Road – antiques
Middle of the market – food, new fashion, accessories, household goods
Portobello Green, North Portobello – vintage clothing & accessories, collectables, bric-a-brac
Golborne Road – bric-a-brac, furniture, food
Sunday
Portobello Green has a market selling mostly vintage clothing and bric-a-brac -no street market in Portobello or Golborne Roads.
Most cafes/shops are open + some forecourt traders at the southern end of Portobello Road.
Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday
Portobello Road between Elgin Crescent and the Westway – fruit and veg, household goods, a few clothing stalls, sometimes casual stalls of vintage clothing or bric-a-brac
Golborne Road – fruit and veg, hot food
Thursday
Portobello market and Golborne market is half-day on Thursdays, with stalls closing by 1pm.
Travel
There’s a choice of two underground stations: Ladbroke Grove (Hammersmith & City Lines) or Notting Hill Gate, which is on the Central, Circle and District lines.
Visiting London Guide Rating – Highly Recommended
London Visitors is the official blog for the Visiting London Guide .com website. The website was developed to bring practical advice and latest up to date news and reviews of events in London.
Since our launch in 2014, we have attracted thousands of readers each month, the site is constantly updated.
We have sections on Museums and Art Galleries, Transport, Food and Drink, Places to Stay, Security, Music, Sport, Books and many more.
There are also hundreds of links to interesting articles on our blog.
To find out more visit the website here
London Visitors 