London, Monday 9 November 2026
The new London Museum in Smithfield opens on 28 November 2026, and it’s bringing a serious food and drink offering with it. Hospitality company Green & Fortune has revealed the opening menus for Clerk’s House, the museum’s restaurant, and Bartholomew’s, its bar, both of which draw on the city’s market traders, neighbourhoods and food traditions. Together with the café Temperance Cocoa Rooms, they’ll serve everything from morning coffee to late-night drinks inside the restored Victorian General Market. Reservations for both Clerk’s House and Bartholomew’s are now open.
1. Clerk’s House is billed as London’s Dining Table
Clerk’s House is a 140-cover restaurant set beneath the restored dome of the General Market, inside Our Time, the museum’s social hub. It has been conceived as London’s Dining Table, celebrating the foods, people and communities that shape the city. The menu has been created by Food Curator Robin Gill and Green & Fortune Chef Director Dan Rampat, and it’s served from an open kitchen. As Robin Gill puts it, “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.” The idea is for it to feel alive from morning right through to the evening.
2. Breakfast fit for a market trader
Breakfast is a highlight, with a nod to the early-morning workers of London’s historic markets. The star of the show is the Billingsgate Bap, filled with hand-dived scallop, crispy bacon and roe butter. It’s a contemporary take on the market trader’s breakfast sandwich and a tribute to the city’s fish-market history. If you prefer something more traditional, there are Ginger Pig sausage and bacon butties. Smoked trout on sourdough completes a morning line-up that makes a strong case for an early museum visit.
3. A menu that reads like a map of London
Beyond breakfast, the dishes take you on a tour of the capital, from Brick Lane Croquettes and Chelsea Bun Rarebit to 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 neighbourhood. Seafood lovers can tuck into oysters, cockles, mussels, whelks, potted brown shrimp and dressed Devon crab. There are British cheeses too, plus nostalgic puddings including Treacle Tart, Bread and Butter pudding with boozy custard and ice-cream-van soft serve. It’s comfort food with a real sense of place.
4. Bartholomew’s pours London stories by the glass
Opening onto Farringdon Street, Bartholomew’s is a neighbourhood bar for after-work pints, cocktails and evening get-togethers. Its drinks have been developed by Mr Lyan Studio and Green & Fortune Head of Beverage Joe Boxall, taking inspiration from the city’s food culture. The Mirinda Daiquiri draws on London’s chicken-shop culture, while the Nine Elms Beetroot Margarita references the city’s market heritage, and there’s a rotating signature shandy and a permanent London Made selection too. By day you can snack on sausage rolls, Scotch eggs and a Ploughman’s. In the evening, Morley’s fried oysters with Bossman sauce, micro hot dogs and changing drinking snacks take over.
5. Round-the-clock cocoa, museum lates and more to come
Temperance Cocoa Rooms revives a historic two-floor café uncovered during the restoration of the General Market. It opens daily from 7am and runs around the clock from Thursday to Sunday, offering an alcohol-free place to meet, eat and linger. The museum’s London Tastes programme, co-curated by Ruby Tandoh and Jonathan Nunn, will inspire an afternoon tea at Clerk’s House, with a Mango & Pistachio Scone and Chai Éclair among the planned treats. Friday and Saturday museum lates bring DJ sets, a Morley’s-inspired Bossman Sando and a fried chicken martini. Looking further ahead, The Roost, a platform for emerging London cooks, is set to follow in early 2027.
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Clerk’s House and Bartholomew’s at London Museum
London Museum, General Market, Smithfield, London (Bartholomew’s opens onto Farringdon Street)
Opening: 28 November 2026, alongside London Museum Smithfield and Temperance Cocoa Rooms
Temperance Cocoa Rooms: open daily from 7am, and around the clock Thursday to Sunday
The Roost: opening early 2027
Reservations for Clerk’s House and Bartholomew’s are now open.