What’s New

Support Local

Doors to many of our local Fulham restaurants, pubs and watering holes as you know re open on 4 July. We can only begin to imagine the hard work and preparation that has gone into getting businesses COVID secure, on line booking systems functioning and new ways of ordering up and running. So as lockdown lifts again and the stay at home mantra changes we hope the Fulham community continues to support local, including all our independent retailers that opened up last month, and those suppliers we found a god send during lockdown.

We fear that many businesses will continue to struggle, especially hospitality with reduced capacity, covers etc, and we are already hearing that some local endeavours won’t make it out of lockdown such as Slice Fitness/Cupcake Family Club who won’t be reopening (although they retain an on line presence with Slice Fitness) and Re Centre in Hammersmith.

We will keep updating the web-site, as we evolved in the early stages of the pandemic and during lockdown so we too will pick our way out of it and continue to adapt. We are providing free listings and continue to utilise our on line space as a free resource for users and businesses. If you’d like to recommend a business/service, local restaurant or retailer get in touch urbanvillageldn@gmail.com and tell us why? We like our listings to be tried and tested!

Although we hear we have competition incoming we hope you continue to support our endeavours and spread the word about Urban Village LDN; after all we are still the only Fulham dedicated web-site/on line magazine and we were the first!

Gluten Free Granola

Early subscribers may remember we featured Fulham Resident Jeremy Jaffe, aka The Food Agent, in “Made in Fulham” last year. For many years The Food Agent have been supplying gluten free oats and producing granola for a host of restaurants, high end hotels, members clubs and coffee shops and now they’re bringing these products direct to consumers via their on line shop.

Jeremy told Urban Village LDN “working with respected British farmers, we source only the finest certified gluten free oats which we use to create the highest quality granola for the best value. We work directly with the farmers to get the freshest product at the keenest price. So now we can pass that on to you”. 

We didn’t know that oats are naturally gluten free, you learn something new every day, but are often cross contaminated with other crops such as wheat and barley during the farming process. The Food Agent work with specialists in gluten free production and their on line shop is currently selling luxury fruit and nut and no nut vegan granola. There are plans to introduce new products and Jeremy told us to expect different flavours and keto/protein options soon. Lucky us - we’ve already taste tested the luxury fruit and nut (gifted) - and although we find some granola to be a bit of a tough chomp, that was not the case here. The Food Agent granola is a delicious combination of sunflower seeds, coconut flakes, sultanas, raisins, almonds, cashew, pecan and hazel nuts with just the right amount of sweet with the addition of demerara sugar and maple syrup. The on line shop is now open and you can order x 6 bags of 500 g granola for £29.94 - the no nuts version is £25.50

Palace Gardens re-open

In case you haven’t heard, the Fulham Palace gardens re-opened on Monday 29 June

The gardens are open seven days a week from dawn until 6 pm and, as always, entrance to the grounds is free of charge. The walled garden will be open from 10.15 am to 4.15 pm with entrance FREE for all “Friends and Patrons”. Sounds like the perfect opportunity to sign up as a Friend of Fulham Palace which means you receive a Membership card and are allowed free access over the next couple of months. The Fulham Palace Trust will be asking for a voluntary donation from all other visitors, this is to help manage numbers in this more enclosed space and as a contribution towards additional opening costs.

The café will also re-open from 9.30 to 17.00 but for takeaway only, at least initially. We can’t wait to find a shady spot on the lawn in what is one of our favourite places in Fulham or to share a socially distanced tea on the terrace.

To become a Friend you can either sign up online (hit link below) or go to the walled garden where staff manning the Entrance can give you a Membership Form to complete and take payment (credit cards, cheque or cash all accepted).

Parson’s Nose launch ultimate burger kit

How do the team at Parson’s Nose do it - always adapting and bringing something new to the table! After experimenting, developing with top chefs, crafting and no doubt perfecting, they’ve now launched their ultimate burger kit.

For £25 the kit for four includes: Parson’s Nose 150 g seasoned British prime aged beef patties, demi brioche buns from Bridge Baker, rashers of their own Parson's Nose smoked streaky bacon, slices of Red Leicester from The Cheese Merchant, crispy fried onion, sliced gherkin and a range of their own brand artisan garnishes including Chipolte Mayo and their award winning Canchelo's chimichurri; the only thing you might want to add is a few slices of tomato and some lettuce leaves.

We’re told there are limited supplies for online delivery but if you order before 12 noon you can hopefully get the kit on the same day (dependent on stocks and excluding Saturday and Sunday). Click and collect has also just been reinstated in store and Parsons Nose’s updated opening hours are Mon to Sat (10 - 5)/Sunday (10 - 4). Whilst you’re on line ordering why not add a 5 kg bag of their of eco friendly charcoal from the Oxford Charcoal Company?

Bubblelicious

We let you know about Drink of Fulham when they first opened. No sooner had Fulham residents Zara & Callum opened, after all their hard work whilst juggling life with their first baby, they had to shut up shop on Fulham Palace Road due to lockdown. Since reopening after the easing of lockdown they have added some delicious new items to their summer offer. Why not head over say hello, particularly if the Alphabet streets are your Fulham patch, and check out their range of artisanal gelatos (served in a cup or cone) with flavours including Kinder Pingui, Full on Chocolate and Banoffee pie, mango and raspberry sorbets and their amazing bubble waffles.

Could they be the only place in Fulham serving bubble waffles? Drink of Fulham’s combinations include Nutella lover (vanilla latte ice cream, strawberries, smarties and nutella), Honey I’m home (chocolate, honeycomb gelato and crushed honeycomb) and Matcha Madness (matcha base, vanilla ice cream, raspberries and granola sprinkles).

If you’re looking to stock up they have an incredible selection of craft beers and fine wines for sale. They’ve recently started a free same day delivery to SW6, SW3, SW5 & SW10 for £30 min orders. They endeavour to deliver your drinks cold and within an hour of you placing your order, if you order before 5 pm. Orders placed after 5 pm will be delivered the following day. Perfect service for small gatherings, socially distanced at home drinks, last minute BBQs, dinners, picnics in the park or special occasions.

Opening hours have now been extended: Thursday & Friday 11 am - 4 pm/Saturday 9 am - 7pm/Sunday 10 am - 4 pm)