Quilombero: Team behind Rita’s to launch Italian-Argentine restaurant

Italy meets Argentina at the new Docklands venture from the team behind Rita’s in Hackney
Quilombero: Italy meets Argentina
Ben Norum29 September 2016

The duo behind Rita’s in Hackney, Missy Flynn and Gabriel Pryce, will launch a canteen-style restaurant in the Docklands next month.

Quilombero will open in the workspace campus Republic and serve a menu that merges Argentine and Italian food, incorporating both an outdoor grill and a wood-fired oven.

It takes its name from a phrase meaning ‘trouble maker’ or ‘rowdy’ which is commonly used in the Lunfardo dialect created as a result of migration from Italy to Argentina in the 1800s.

The space will run as a café, coffee and juice bar by day, with fresh breads and focaccia, and pastries for breakfast. Of an evening, it will be transformed into a fully-fledged restaurant, with grilled meats and fish central to the food offering along with homemade pasta, empanada and tostada.

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Among the signature dishes there will be burrata with salsa nero, made in a similar way to salsa verde but with roasted aubergine, squid ink and black salt.

A list of predominantly natural Italian wines will be joined by a short, juice-heavy cocktail list while the setting will be bright and colourful with communal tables and large windows overlooking the water.

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