Jones & Sons is a classic British café, bar and restaurant open all day with a good choice of carefully sourced and prepared food
Housed in an old Victorian textile factory in Dalston now home to Cell Studios, Jones & Sons is the latest addition to the local landscape and aims to offer a haven for the more discerning Dalston diner. Open from 9am for breakfast with dinner served through to 10/1
1pm, it’s a space to meet, eat, relax and also have the odd drink, where the speciality is quality, well-made British food, be that a sit down meal or a lunch grabbed from the deli counter at the bar. Coffee comes from Monmouth and is served by baristas trained by coffee maven Tim Williams (from a vintage Faema machine that has to be seen for its beauty to be truly appreciated). All meat comes from local Well Street Butchers and is cooked to perfection on the imposing char-grill, centrepiece of the open kitchen. Steaks are thick, veggies are well catered for and the bar snacks are classic. All ales, bar the black stuff, are London brewed and include Meantime, uber-local Beavertown Brews from Duke’s Brew & Que and The Kernel. Whilst the owners have handpicked the wine menu, adding to the personal touches you’ll find throughout. Jones & Sons –
A potted history
A blank canvas when they took over the keys, the brains behind Jones & Sons locked horns to push interior directions around the table. Remaining sympathetic to the buildings industrial heritage, but plucking influences from post war Danish design, commercial maritime salvage, and even classic Italian deli counter to take the form of a 12 foot high white and stainless steel pitched roofed kitchen that dominates the space; a cooking lodge housed within the white brick walls. The oak clad bar supports 5.2 metres of Cararra marble top and perfectly compliments the hand sourced mid-century Scandinavian style seating, whilst a leather banquette runs the length of the entire right hand wall. The attention to detail is everywhere with lights having been sourced from a marine salvage specialist in Exeter, a hand poured concrete / resin mix floor and a chef’s table for those wanting to get close to the action – the upshot being a very personal reflection of the vision of the people behind the place and the 200 artists and designers working inside the rest of the building
With space for 50 covers and offering a full table service, Jones & Sons is a break from the clamour of the vibrant late-night Kingsland Road institutions. Jones & Sons is open daily from 9am-3pm for breakfast, brunch, lunch and takeaways from the deli. Drinks, snacks and chat are available all day. Andy Jones is the Managing Director of the restaurant and co-owner with business partners Priestley and Muritu, founders and directors of Cell Project Space and Studios, who are responsible for setting up and running artists’ studios in the same building and others in Arcola Street, and across east London since 2001, as a funding stream for their exhibitions programme at their Bethnal Green based Project Space. Transport – Dalston Kingsland Overground station
