Clerk’s House and Bartholomew’s unveil their opening dishes and drinks, alongside Temperance Cocoa Rooms, ahead of 28 November. The Roost is set to follow in early 2027.
Green & Fortune has revealed the opening menus for Clerk’s House and Bartholomew’s, the restaurant and bar at the new London Museum in Smithfield. Both open with the museum on 28 November, drawing on the city’s market traders, neighbourhoods and food traditions. Reservations are now open for both venues.
At Clerk’s House, a Billingsgate Bap brings scallops, bacon and roe butter to the breakfast table, while the Smithfield Chop celebrates the area’s market heritage. At Bartholomew’s, the Mirinda Daiquiri and Nine Elms Beetroot Margarita turn familiar London food stories into cocktails, alongside playful bar snacks made with Morley’s and Big Apple Hot Dogs.
Together with Temperance Cocoa Rooms, a café open around the clock Thursday to Sunday, the restaurant and bar will offer everything from morning coffee and breakfast to dinner and late-night drinks inside the restored Victorian General Market. The Roost, a platform for emerging London cooks, is set to follow in early 2027.
CLERK’S HOUSE | LONDON’S DINING TABLE
Set beneath the restored dome of the General Market, the 140-cover Clerk’s House sits within Our Time, the museum’s social hub. Conceived as London’s Dining Table, the restaurant celebrates the foods, people and communities that shape the city. Food Curator Robin Gill and Green & Fortune Chef Director Dan Rampat have created a menu rooted in London’s culinary traditions, served from an open kitchen.
Breakfast includes Ginger Pig sausage and bacon butties, smoked trout on sourdough and the Billingsgate Bap: hand-dived scallop, crispy bacon and roe butter, a contemporary take on the market trader’s breakfast sandwich and a nod to London’s fish-market history.
Clerk’s House seafood selection
Other dishes include Brick Lane Croquettes, Chelsea Bun Rarebit, Beef & Oyster Pie, Devilled Kidneys and Spiced Fishmonger’s Stew. The Smithfield Chop pairs Tamworth pork with Bramley apple cider-braised kraut, linking the plate directly to the meat trade that shaped the surrounding neighbourhood.
Seafood is also a focus, with oysters, cockles, mussels, whelks, potted brown shrimp and dressed Devon crab. British cheeses and nostalgic desserts, including Treacle Tart, Bread and Butter pudding with boozy custard, and ice-cream-van soft serve, complete the offering.
Clerk’s House Billingsgate Bap
The museum’s London Tastes programme, co-curated by Ruby Tandoh and Jonathan Nunn, will also inspire an afternoon tea, with a Mango & Pistachio Scone and Chai Éclair among the planned dishes. Friday and Saturday museum lates bring DJ sets, a Morley’s-inspired Bossman Sando and a fried chicken martini.
Robin Gill, Food Curator, says: “Clerk’s House is really about celebrating the way London eats – taking dishes, ingredients and traditions that feel familiar and looking at them again through a contemporary lens. Sitting at the centre of the museum, we want it to feel alive throughout the day and into the evening; somewhere that reflects the energy, diversity and constant evolution of the city around it.”
BARTHOLOMEW’S | LONDON STORIES BY THE GLASS
Bartholomew’s bar snacks and cocktails
Opening onto Farringdon Street, Bartholomew’s is a neighbourhood bar for after-work pints, cocktails and evening gatherings. Mr Lyan Studio and Green & Fortune Head of Beverage Joe Boxall have developed drinks that take their cues from the city’s food culture and the museum’s London Tastes programme.
The Mirinda Daiquiri draws on London’s chicken-shop culture, while the Nine Elms Beetroot Margarita references the city’s market heritage. A rotating signature shandy and a permanent London Made selection sit alongside the cocktail list.
Food includes sausage rolls, Scotch eggs and a Ploughman’s by day; in the evening, Morley’s fried oysters with Bossman sauce, micro hot dogs and changing drinking snacks take over.
Ryan Chetiyawardana, founder of Mr Lyan Studio, says: “London Museum is one of the most exciting new things to join the city’s cultural landscapes, and given the brilliance of the food scene here, we wanted to create a space within the museum that complements this landscape and delves into the stories and rich history that are part of Smithfield, and the museum itself.”
FOUR SPACES, ONE LONDON MUSEUM
Alongside Clerk’s House and Bartholomew’s, Temperance Cocoa Rooms revives a historic two-floor café uncovered during restoration of the General Market. Open daily from 7am and around the clock Thursday to Sunday, it offers an alcohol-free place to meet, eat and linger in Smithfield.
The Roost, a platform for emerging London cooks supported by mentoring from Green & Fortune CEO John Nugent and Food Curator Robin Gill, is now planned to open in early 2027. Further details of its first chef residency and the programme to find future residents will be announced separately.
John Nugent, Chief Executive of Green & Fortune, says: “When we first announced the food and drink offerings at London Museum, we talked about the ambition of making these offerings a reason to come to Smithfield. The menus now show what that means in practice. They are relevant, London centric, fun and the beginning of a long term take on all that sits around London’s food and drink scene.”
OPENING & RESERVATIONS
Clerk’s House, Bartholomew’s and Temperance Cocoa Rooms open alongside London Museum Smithfield on 28 November 2026, with The Roost to follow in early 2027. Reservations for Clerk’s House and Bartholomew’s are now open.
www.clerkshouse.co.uk | www.bartholomewsbar.co.uk
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London Tastes runs from November 2026 to August 2027, co-curated by Ruby Tandoh and Jonathan Nunn. The programme explores London’s food culture through exhibitions, events and experiences, with its themes reflected in the restaurant and bar menus.
