Greenford Quay’s monthly summer market hits the spot!
From hand-stretched sourdough pizza and authentic Thai dishes, to craft beer and miniature sweet treats – our monthly Street Food Saturdays offered a mouth-watering selection of food and drink to satisfy any appetite.
Curated by Ealing’s leading market organisers Trash & Treasure, our locally-based street food vendors attracted people of all ages to sunny Greenford Quay London rental apartments. The open-air event, which was part of our summer series, was a chance to sample tastes from around the world, meet friends and enjoy the entertainment on offer.
But this was more than just a street food market. Our traders dished up tricks of the trade with interactive demonstrations and top tips – so visitors could go away and recreate their favourite dishes at home. Hamilton Desserts revealed the secret to making the perfect crème brûlée, while Sarv’s Slice gave customers the chance to make their own delicious pizza, before tasting the result.
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For those after more of a liquid lunch, London Craft rolled up in their fully licensed 1992 classic Rover Mini Cooper, serving the very best independent craft beers, London spirits and locally-produced wines. They also shared their much-loved espresso martini recipe with coffee cocktail lovers at the event.
The food market, held at Tillerman’s Square on the first Saturday of the month throughout the summer, brought together residents from West London’s canalside rental apartments and the wider community. With feel-good tunes playing all day and a host of family-friendly activities on offer – including giant Jenga, face painting, Connect Four, noughts & crosses and ring toss – there was plenty of entertainment on tap.
Brother and sister team Sarv and Disha from Sarv’s pizza said the events’ real sense of community made them unique. Disha said: “Family is really important to us because we’re a family run business. Sarv’s my little brother and we decided to set this up a couple of years ago, so being able to trade in a community which is so focused on family, bringing people together to enjoy a great time and eat great food, is just what we love about being here.”
Sarv added: “We love trading at Greenford Quay because we feel there’s a really nice family atmosphere here.”
Thanking all our West London food traders
We would like to thank all our Street Food Saturday vendors for making our summer events so special:
Fiesta Gozleme – filled Turkish flatbreads
Fulton & Thoroughgood – breakfast buns and burgers
Sarv’s Slice – Neapolitan sourdough pizza
9000bc – bubble tea, waffles and dumplings
Dope Birdz – fried chicken and rice bowls
The Last Piece Bakery – miniature bakes
Hamilton Dessert Co. – doughnuts and crème brûlée
London Craft – mobile bar
The Spice Shack – Indian street food
Pad Thai Box – Thai food and snacks
The Potjie Man – Cape Malay street food
Greenford Quay is West London’s premier waterfront neighbourhood, offering pet-friendly studios, one, two and three-bedroom flats to rent in Greenford, Ealing. Just 30 minutes from central London, Greenford Quay offers a wealth of enviable onsite amenities, set along the historic Grand Union Canal. Its year-round community events make it more than a place to live, it’s somewhere to call home.
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Apply for a Greenford Quay Community Grant with Spacehive
Spacehive is the home of community fundraising. Their mission is to make it easy for people to improve their local area. Through their intuitive crowdfunding platform and successful funding programmes they have helped crowdfund over 2,000 ideas and raised nearly £30 million to support local projects.
This year Greenford Quay partnered with Spacehive, in an exciting new initiative to fund locally led projects in the Greenford area that create a vibrant and engaged neighbourhood for its residents and the wider community.
Aligning with the Spring funding round of Ealing Council's Ealing Together crowd funding programme which began in March, this partnership will feature a bespoke programme of activity delivered by Spacehive.
Spacehive will reach into the community to find a range of important locally-led projects for crowdfunding that can secure funding from the the £14,500 Greenford Quay Fund, alongside other local funders including the Council (who have a £50k fund on Spacehive) as well as individuals.
So far we have had a fantastic response from the community and shall award funds by the end of the year. This funding round closes at the end of November, to check your eligibility and submit your application please visit the Spacehive website.
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