The Truman Brewery — Attraction in London

I've never been to this particular festival before but it was fun! I think having been to Taste of London + Taste of Christmas etc may have dampened the effect of this festival though! It's just on a smaller scale and in what looks like a car park building and I have been spoiled by the sparkles and glitter of the other events!

Good points to note: As it's a smaller scale to the other big commercial food festivals that have been going for a while, there are less people and you could actually move around! More independent traders than ever! So many cakes that I wanted to eat! You can always find a seat at the demonstration shows (for Sunday anyway!) I SAW NADIYA who won the Great British Bakeoff 2015!!! I SAW NADIYA!! She was like 2 feet away from me! And she is one tiny lady but HOW COOL IS THAT???? VIP tickets meant you get one glass of free prosecco, free goody bag filled with food and tea bags and drinks, a VIP wristband and access to VIP seating area, and also tickets to the wine and kids chocolate shows The 3 singing ladies were AMAZING!!!!

Things to improve: The decor could do with more uplifting You get slightly confused where to go but they do label areas with T1, T2, T3 etc all the way to T5 There were a lot of alcohol. Wait, that's a good thing! The place was really hard to find.

I had an interesting experience. Some journalist lady came up to me and said she needed to have a photo taken of someone buying a Yum Dum donut. I was it. So I wandered over, got my pic taken and got a free zebra donut. YAY. I'm going to be famous! Let me know when you see me in some sort of promotion/publication/wanted list!

Whether to come or not: You should definitely come here if you like a lot of independent trader stalls, or if you like cakes, or if you like alcohol. You must come here and experience it at least once, and they take place all over the UK,...

The most special place to be in weekends at Truman Brewery on my streetHanbury. Not only food market and vintage market nut Adrian Boswell atelier, vinil shop and Brick Lane shops qnd food stalls, next Spitalfields, it's a really something upbeat to be in my area in weekends. Not forgetting Van Gogh Gallery and Wosley church, and Attic vintage and of course my tiny feminist library A book for second home, amazing place. As well, always queue, ha ha ha at famous shop for old camera film, nice young artists, it's hope on this planet. And the community hub food Canvas, vegan of course 😋, nice people eating and working there, make me feel home. Street art everywhere, of course there is tours for street art and I need to go through them on pavement when I'm cominghome, ha ha ha, because they block traffic. And don't forget Jack The Ripper and crimes and you have 10 Bells pub n the corner. And nice shops, All Saints, the most hip Adidas shop, YMC, big brands outlet in the yard at Truman Brewery and the most special public WC in town, ha ha ha, Humphrey Bogart guard it. Come here and you'll discover true art spirit of London and a pleasant place to hanging out for all, children, young people and adults. Age it doesn't matter here all you will feel ageless and a whole human being. It's like humanity still have a hope. And all people here deserve and are proud to be part of it. Of course, all of us here we want to save the planet earth 🌏. Is not planet B. And all of us trying our best we are involving in sustainable communities and economy. Come here and I guarantee that, you will have the best time out...

Founded here in the 17th century, Truman's Black Eagle Brewery was, by the 1850s, the largest brewery in the world. Spread over a series of brick buildings and yards straddling both sides of Brick Lane, the complex is now completely given over to edgy markets, pop-up fashion stores, vintage clothes shops, indie record hunters, cafes, bars and live-music venues. Beer may not be brewed here any more, but it certainly is consumed. After decades of decline, Truman's Brewery finally shut up shop in 1989 – temporarily as it turned out, with the brand subsequently resurrected in 2010 in new premises in Hackney Wick. In the 1990s the abandoned brewery premises found new purpose as a deadly cool hub for boozy Britpoppers and while it may not have quite the same cachet today, it's still plenty popular. Several of the buildings are heritage listed, including the Director's House at 91 Brick Lane (built in the 1740s); the old Vat House directly opposite, with its hexagonal bell tower (c 1800); and the Engineer’s House right next to it (at 150 Brick Lane), dating...