Diddy's

We are open from midday today and tomorrow for mulled wine, last minute biscuit stock ups, wrapping paper and the most bonkers Xmas dex in town.

Diddy’s wrapping paper has arrived💥💥 in collaboration with two of the best. Clara Potaito & Eve Shillingford have both made a Christmassy concoction to envelop your Badedas Bath Set for Aunty Noreen. Available online and in store - worth buying presents for. I couldn’t love these anymore and hope you do too.

Diddy's updated their business hours.

🔶DIDDY’S IS DIFFERENT🔶
Some of you may have noticed us softly launching over the last couple of weeks. There are some changes to proceedings here so I’ve been trying to get all in order (here’s hoping) before welcoming you all properly. For small places like us social distancing makes business - especially one where we operate on very tight margins and have always tried to be as affordable as possible - incredibly difficult. This has led to some big decisions. Number one - we are no longer doing food apart from pastries etc., yes I know you’ll miss the toasties, yes I’m sorry, if you would like a boring detailed explanation of why please write a letter of complaint to 69 Mare Street, E8 4RG and I will get back to you. Number two - we now have expanded our shop from a few items, to a full Diddymart! I’ve been working incredibly hard on this and have tried to get things you won’t find in lots of other places - if any, ethical things, fun things, small suppliers - all the blurb you usually hear, but I really really mean it. I look forward to introducing people to all the great suppliers I’ve found and in the meantime come on by for a marg, a coffee, or a shoppy. Our webshop is also now open with all products up if you want to have a butch. My mission was always to be a changeable space and I think through exhibitions, events, the bar, the cafe Diddy’s has shown itself to be as adaptable as I’d hoped - this is the biggest change yet but I can’t wait for the next phase.
Last but not least a massive thank you to and her incredible collection of power tools, without whom I wouldn’t have got these double doors back open.

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We are also delivering beer, wine etc tomorrow N16, E2, E5, E8, E9. Free delivery over £20

If you live in N16, E2, E5, E8, E9 we are doing drinks deliveries every Thursday - free delivery for orders over £20. Orders in 11.59pm Wednesday. Prices from £1.70. Delivered safely to your door. Just order online via our website. While you're there sign up to our newsletter if you fancy some jolliness through to your inbox.

Alongside all hospitality businesses I’m currently trying to work out what to do in our current weird persona non grata limbo the government have left us in. When massive corporations say that this is not survivable it makes it all feel insurmountable. But for the last 3 years I’ve tried to bring something positive to my corner of the city, whether that’s still possible will be seen over the next hours or days, temporary closure - if not enforced - may be the only option looking out onto the incorrigible Mare Street looking so quiet. For now we’re open and will try and bring you a bit of joy IRL and online. I feel lucky to be a happy and healthy person with a strong support system, it’s hard to feel too sorry for yourself knowing that there are so many much more vulnerable people out there. So... if we’re all going to be stuck indoors with our stinky housemates/siblings/goldfish then with ‘stenders & Graham shutting up shop the lols are all we have, because we definitely can’t hold a tune like those Italians, what would we even sing, Three Lions..?

will be open from 10-6 today. Come and see some incredible work by our friends and neighbours and visit our visitor centre and gift shop with items made in collaboration with exhibiting artists .

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Next week we’re excited to be a part of Mare Street South Family Day - if you’re running the hackney half tell your f&f to come and cheer here alongside the music and games and we can entertain them while they wait for you to fly past! 🏃🏻‍♂️ 🏃🏼‍♀️ 🏃🏿‍♀️🏃🏽‍♂️🏃🏽‍♀️🏃🏿‍♂️
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We in Vogue! 💅💄👠🛍📖
Swipe for Minnie’s mini review 😊.
Thanks

n.b. They don’t love us this week they loved us a few weeks back but we didn’t see 😳 @ Diddy's

Running the bar a couple of weeks back at the launch of our wonderful friends and neighbour’s store relaunch thanks for having us and congratulations you wonderful lot. @ Aro Archive

PRIZE EVERY TIME
Dream bar and dream bar staff 💚💙💛🧡

Dream projections by
The brief: no pineapples no flamingoes, MORE MORE MORE RUBBER DUCKSIES!! 🐥

Dream teams @ Hoxton Docks

Party essentials: punch handouts to ease the queue, bonkers balloons🎈,🍹🍻🍷, dream djs not forgetting JRude @ Hoxton Docks

We’re on our summer holidays. We’ll be back open on 20th 🌵🌞 full of 🐙&🍹

We loved having .net_ & our dream husband & wife team shooting here and can’t wait for their upcoming exhibition here all shot...here 👀
📸by lovely Louie

We are looking for people to work at Diddy’s day and night-time shifts available. If you are interested or know someone who might be please spread the word and get in touch for further info: [email protected]

CP cuts all the enamels out by hand and adds the colours/layers together with painstaking precision 🔪
Banana - 🍌's model was Jeremiah our strelitzia who had to go home because he was too big, now he's being too big in our sitting room.
All our beautiful product shots are by 📸
Available to buy on the website now!

BLOCK PARTY - A CELEBRATION
Private view THIS Thursday tunes by the original block party don dada 🔊🔊🔊
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Presents:
BLOCK PARTY - A CELEBRATION

opening party 29.06.17 6-9pm
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In celebration of the annual Wilton Way Block Party, Diddy's presents a collection of photographs that beautifully chronicle a day that encompasses all that Hackney can be. A vision of children trampolining, people dancing, a behemoth of a barbecue and unbridled joy on the faces of everyone involved young and old.
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Photographs by Jaime Ackroyd and Lizzie King
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Punch by Diddy's 🍹
Music by Rubycon 🔊

Exhibition runs 30.06.17 - 30-07-17
All prints will be available to buy on the night. 📸

Please all say hello and welcome to my new co-d and the only woman who wears babywear better than myself 👶🏼💅 maddeeeee in the sunneeeee! 🤗☺️

New opening hours: we have got some exciting plans for Tuesday nights but are closing in the meantime so we can plan them! 🤓📉📕📆📌✂️

We had our first write up yesterday by the nice people at Dojo and are pretty chuffed that they had a nice time and understood our vybz kartels 💛💚💙💜