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Port fans… we’ve been waiting to bring a port by the glass to our menu for some time, planning it in line with the chilliest days of the year. We are decidedly sacking off that idea because while the good things in life may be well-worth waiting for, we think waiting since 1985 is waiting long enough.

We’ve been lucky enough to get our hands on one bottle of Fonseca 1985 vintage. Whether you’re a connoisseur or just enjoy a glass as much as the next person, you’re in for a treat with this.

This sweet, rich, tantalising ol’ gal is older and wiser than every single member of the Rogues team and probably has a longer finish…

So while we’ll do our best not to let you down, she promises she never will.

The bottle is ready and waiting for your drinking pleasure, highly recommended alongside our cheeseboard over candle-light. Yeesh.

The second Gentrification FM x Rogues podcast episode is now available for your listening pleasure!

Stella of sat down with Zac and the highly anticipated next guest of our podcast collaboration, Mr Ben Marks, at his favourite Boozer in Newington Green; Army and Navy.

I won’t give away any spoilers but we thought it was about time you all got to know the man outside the comfort of his teeny weeny (BUT highly functioning..) Perilla kitchen.

The link is in our bio and on Spotify for you to listen to. Hope you enjoy it! Which fairly decent cook would you like to get to know next? Which of you pan-handlers has the minerals to sit in the hot seat?

Love, Stella and Rogues x

To continue the team introductions in order for you all get to know the people feeding and drinking you at Rogues, I introduce you to Daniel ‘Kadz’ Kadiata.

The man who knows the most about both the floor and the kitchen. Initially, Kadz joined us in the kitchen on pot-wash, but has since lent his hand to pretty much every role the restaurant has to offer.

Winning the title of both Chief plate-breaker and Ultimate Charmer of guests, Kadz and his many accolades can slip under the radar despite being an integral part of our weeny restaurant.

Thus, in walks his newest title: Employee of the Damn Month.
Big up the boy who does it all (including breaking things).

If there’s ever a shortage of the beloved Bovril Butter accompanying your bread course, look to Kadz and maybe check his cholesterol levels.

I leave you with some words from a review left on Google by a wonderful guest recently:

“And my thanks also to the server who brought over our freshly made madeleines with a glib ‘bibbity bobbity boo, chocolate madeleines for you”.

- Kadz.

Hi!

We’re celebrating Orange Wine Day on Friday 6th October. We did not make that up, it exists. No-doubt created by someone in the Hackney area, but alas not us. We’re in Hackney though, so we quite like orange wine. We think you do too based on Daniele’s depleting wine-stock.

The event will celebrate orange wine through a specially created sharing menu and orange wine pairing. Each course of the menu is inspired by the region that accompanying wine is from.

What’s the crack I hear you ask? A five course sharing menu with an accompanying orange wine pairing at £100 per person (excluding service charge).

We’re going old-school for this event. Bookings will open tomorrow at 12pm via email.

Please email [email protected] to park your behind on one of our seats.

The menu is below:

Bites:
Fried duck schnitzel, celeriac slaw.
Potato blini, cured sea trout, crème fraîche, lemon.
Spätzle, gruyère, parsley.

WINE: Mon Blanc Jurtschitsch, Kamptal, Austria.

Potato and thyme sourdough, Bovril butter, pickled walnut.
Coco bean and Toulouse sausage cassoulet.

WINE: Coste Rousse Thalia Orange, Languedoc, France.

Plates:

Whole baked mackerel, sour cream, cucumber.
Rattle potato and Alsace bacon salad.

WINE: Enderle and Moll Weiss ins Grau, Baden, Germany.

Duroc pork loin, romesco sauce, baby leeks.
BBQ hispi, pisto, confit egg yolk, aioli.

WINE: Ruiz Jimenez, Ingenium, Rioja, Spain.

Dessert:

Walnut and honey sponge, pear, lemon thyme ice cream.
Spiced madeleines.

Emails are open for any and all questions! Bombard me ! It’s my favourite thing! 😬

🧡🍊🍑☄️💥🔥🧡

This adorable couple is Chef Jake and Chef Zac.

They very much love each other and so it’s hard for them to grow their little family. But it’s time. Not only for the kitchen but the whole squad.

We are now hiring a full time chef, full time bartender and part/full time floor staff.

Benefits list included but not exhaustive:
-Staff meals
-Enough time to have a beer and actually sleep before your next shift
-Discounted meals if you choose to s**t where you eat
-Cost price wine
-Join the fam (we do actually get along… the above pic for serious reference.)

For the chef position please email [email protected]

For the front of house positions please email [email protected]

More info on request by email.

Come and get involved.

Rogues x

We have just got our hands on a fine piece of kit, the Coravin. Meaning, we are able to offer some of our most special wines by the glass without affecting the wine itself.

This Chateau Le Puy ‘Émilien’ 2020 is a classic Bordeaux blend produced from 50 year old vines. It’s well-balanced and has a subtle oak-finish.

This is a purely classic Bordeaux style showcasing the best that St Emilion had to offer yet is made by a pioneering producer who has been making organic wine since the 1600s and Biodynamic wine since 1988. As of 2021, only 1.4% of Bordeaux vines are cultivated using biodynamic methods so this is a rarety and testimony to how special this bottle is.

If you don’t lean towards ‘natural wine’, challenge accepted. This will blow your damn mind.

On the menu by the glass as of today, for an extremely limited time!

Hope this gets you goin’.

P.S. Freddie’s tasting notes from his wine tasting attached. Spittoon stayed clean, clearly. 10/10. 😉

Meet Daniele, our new Sommelier.

Dani brings his handcrafted Italian wooden shoe trees (I had to google the name) to work every day to protect his trainers after he changes into his smart polished black shoes for service and vice versa, while the rest of our shoes are kicked off in the corner, tangling themselves up.

Only a Roman can deliver that level of suave, and it is reflected in his quality of service. We’re lucky to have him, and your palette will be too.

Dani’s bringing some beautiful wines on to our menu and we can’t wait for you to try them. If you sign up to our newsletter, we’re going to feature a couple new bottles Daniele is excited about at the moment as well as some more suave facts about our ultimate favourite geezer.

Drink responsibly (?).

Lavinton lamb, green sauce, British peas. On tonight’s set menu.

Spring tings.

Happy Rogues Anniversary . Those who know him know the phrase, ‘There’s no one quite like you’ has never been more accurate. Piano playing extraordinaire. Entertainer like no other. When you next see him, ask for one of his Caipirinhas and thank us later. If you’re lucky, he’ll hold this level of eye contact as he hands you the drink you didn’t know you needed. 🧡

The sun comes up on the notorious Rogues party once again.

BANK HOLIDAY WEEKEND
SUNDAY 7TH MAY
TICKETS GO LIVE THIS SATURDAY AT 12:00.

You never thought you’d be thanking Charles for, well anything really, but while he spends the weekend being coronated, we’re going to celebrate because we CAN.

DJ’s all day til late, good food, good drink, LOTS of Estrella Galicia as the legends have agreed to sponsor this little shin dig since hearing you’re all quite thirsty.

For the sake of herding you crazy cats we’re doing our standard tickets to entry but after that it’s really rather rule-less, however the party is capped at 120 at any time so it’s a one in one out situation if flocks gather. Thus tickets and good time management secure your entry.

Five British pounds gains you access to the party and we’ll be cooking Big British Coronation Vibe Grub out of our beloved OG conservatory while the sun shines.

Seriously above-par DJs spinning outside in the day, moving inside at the strike of the antisocial hour but do not fear the night will go on until 1:30am.

Roll up roll up, bring your anyone and everyone. Here’s to you Queen Liz, your small but mighty cardboard cut out will have a place on our restaurant wall forever.

See you May 7th friends!

Shiitakes. Monk’s Beard. Crapaudines. The Ferrari of the beetroot world. Vroom. Vroom.

With fingers and toes crossed that we make it through the next seven days, we will be celebrating one whole year of Rogues at 460 Hackney Road next Thursday 16th March.

Occurrences, landmarks and happenings over the last 12 months include but are not limited to:

One bar falling down.
Multiple leaks.
A beautiful expansion.
A lot of DIY (pushed to the limits of what doing it yourself should really entail)
Many more tables.
A few soldiers down but most back up again, (Freddie not included at this moment in time).
Many a market trip.
Many a party.
The promise of more to come.

So to celebrate our anniversary next Thursday 16th March, Rogues is going el Classico.

As well as our usual a la carte dishes, we have created a throw-back set menu for the evening.

Some of ours and your favourites tried, tested, known and loved well, will return for one evening of nostalgic celebration of the highs, lows and everything in-betweens to get us to this point in time.

A big pat on the back to Zac and Fred, who need a little reminder at times, that they did the damn thing. Congrats to Mum and Dad and thank you to all of you. Let’s drink, eat, and be merry.

The kids x

Miss Kelly Cullen, what an absolute pleasure it has been to have you bustling about in our kitchen with us. We wish you were ours and us yours forever.
Buuut you will always be a Rogue gal.
you’re luck to have her. Talent unmatched!
Bring the heat Kel, bring yo’ vibes. Weeee love you.

Rogues gang x

WE’RE HIRING!

Looking for this guy or that guy circa 1988 except it’s 2023 (ouch) and it’s not the Caribbean, it’s Hackney.

And actually it might be you?

Seeking full-time drink slinger at Rogues with immediate onboarding into the family (think: less Godfather more We’re the Millers vibes).

Please send CVs to [email protected] and please share this post!

If you know these guys please send it their way too.

Rogues x

WE’VE GOT 12K FOLLOWERS. Specifically 12.1 at this point and we can’t really believe It. We also have our home-made in Hackney Limoncello bottled and ready to ship UK-wide just in time for Christmas. Those who have tasted it in the restaurant know what a punch it packs.

To say a huge thank you for the support and to celebrate the limoncello shop going live, we are giving away a cocktail masterclass to three people and a bottle of our finest limoncello, grapefruit-cello and blood orange-cello to pack you off home with afterwards.

In order to get your paws on all of the above, insta-rules apply. You know the drill.

1. Tag two people in the comments of this post that you wanna bring. Each comment counts as an entry so go ham.
2. Must follow rogues.
3. Repost this on your story and tag us so we can see.

We’ll pick at random, winner takes it all. The masterclass will be a voucher redeemable on a Sunday of your choice.

Said winners will be announced on Saturday. Go go go. Love yous and thank you.

Cheese, truffle and chanterelle tart.

Not quite new, but newly updated now we’ve got our hands on some undeniably sexy chanterelles mushrooms.

Cheddar cheese fondue, pickled walnut purée and baby gem on flaky puff pastry. British truffle spilling over from all angles. She’s beautifully messy and she’s sticking around for now.

DON’T WORRY we’ve got a beer tap installation happening imminently for YOUR VIEWING PLEASURE but feel free peruse the natural wines.

The low down:

Estrella Galicia on draft, big screen showing the England games and a menu of pub classics. 460 Hackney Road is providing those good good vibes this World Cup (obvs).

The menu will be a la carte with a set menu also available on the day. Food will be served for an hour before kick off, during half time and post-game.

Entry is a fiver, payable when booking.

Veggie options will be available but please do us a solid and let us know any dietary requirements when you book. (Book via link in bio).

Okay that’s that. Just come drink with us ok?

rogues_ldn updated their business hours.

We’re having a party!

SATURDAY 17 SEPTEMBER.

A few short weeks away marks our 6 month anniversary since opening our little restaurant on Hackney Road. We’d love to celebrate with you all and thank you for your support (and hungry bellies) over the last three years.

We’ll be serving up some banging burgers from 2pm, drinks will be flowing and sets from HydroLab plus special guests til late.

We’ve got pre-book tickets at the link in bio for a Rogue Meal including a burger and chips with a happy little discount. Otherwise bring your pocket money and you can buy a burger on the day. All that’s left to sayyyyy is rock up and drink, eat and play with us. We can’t wait to see ya.

All welcome (except your weird uncle. Leave him at home.)

See you then! 💋

https://www.exploretock.com/rogues/experience/347202/summer-closing-party-2022?date=2022-09-17&size=2&time=12%3A00

To those of you who have followed us for a while, you'll know that Rogues started as a series of pop ups.
Our industry friends who were fortunate enough to have their own restaurants would let us take over on days they were shut to showcase what we had to offer and start building something which we could one day roll into a permanent spot.
We always said from the start that if we were ever lucky enough to have a place to call our own we would jump at the opportunity to give others that same chance.
Well after almost 3 years of graft, a pandemic, countless pop ups, veg boxes, meal kits & near mental breakdowns, we are so excited to finally be in a position to start giving back to the scene we owe our small amount of success to...
Over the coming months we are going to be hosting pop ups at the restaurant featuring some of the most exciting culinary talent from around London.

So without further ado our first ever pop up at Rogues on the 14th August will be…

(Aka Michael Bagnall)
MokesJnr started his cooking career in Melbourne, before moving to London to pursue in his words 'the pizza dream'. Upon landing in London he burst onto the pop up scene, working along side pop up icon as his right hand man before gaining a cult following in his own right with his outrageously good pizzas and more recently branching out and creating beautifully well crafted plates packed with flavour & originality.

The menu for this Sunday is as follows..
MENU £40
Fried pizza, Cognac & chicken liver patè.
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Mackerel, sugar snaps & tigers milk.
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Agnolotti, brown crab soup, orange & fried shiso.
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Apricot & vodka jello.
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Burnt white chocolate tart.

Tickets will be available tonight from 6pm…
(50% of the tickets are already gone due to our mailing list getting first dibs)
((You can subscribe via our website for early chess to future pop ups))

Many more pop ups to come guys so stay tuned.
All the best,
Zac, Fred & team xx

New Sunday menu is now live !
Come and enjoy our tasteful new plates ! ❤️
1) Braised lamb shoulder , herb emulsion , black garlic purée and jus
2) Caesar salad, Boquerones, watermelon radish and cured egg yolk
3) Fries seasoned with wild garlic salt , Lamb ragù & parmesan
on heaven’s door🌻

17th July! Save the date ! Party, music , food and Cocktail Masterclasses! ❤️🍸 Reserve your spot and come celebrating with us ! BOOK HERE —> https://www.exploretock.com/rogues/experience/346853/cocktail-masterclass?date=2022-07-17&size=2&time=12%3A00

Golden hour meets golden brown.

Fresh baked madeleines, lightly spiced with cinnamon and clove.

Perfect way to round things off.
Here now and always.

Squid and mussel tagliatelle. Monk beard and tempura scraps seasoned with preserved lemon and toasted seaweed.

Swipe for some sauce action.
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