Green & Fortune has unveiled the opening menus for Clerk’s House and Bartholomew’s, the restaurant and bar at the new London Museum in Smithfield, with reservations now open ahead of 28 November.
A museum café that serves a hand-dived scallop with crispy bacon and roe butter is already telling you something about its priorities. Green & Fortune has now shared the opening menus for Clerk’s House and Bartholomew’s, the restaurant and bar inside the new London Museum in Smithfield. Both open with the museum on 28 November 2026, and both draw on the city’s market traders, neighbourhoods and food traditions.
Clerk’s House: London’s Dining Table
Set beneath the restored dome of the General Market, the 140-cover Clerk’s House sits within Our Time, the museum’s social hub. Food Curator Robin Gill and Green & Fortune Chef Director Dan Rampat have built the menu around London’s culinary traditions, served from an open kitchen.
Breakfast brings Ginger Pig sausage and bacon butties, smoked trout on sourdough and the Billingsgate Bap, a contemporary take on the market trader’s breakfast sandwich and a nod to the fish-market past. Elsewhere you’ll find Brick Lane Croquettes, Chelsea Bun Rarebit, Beef & Oyster Pie, Devilled Kidneys and Spiced Fishmonger’s Stew. The Smithfield Chop pairs Tamworth pork with Bramley apple cider-braised kraut, a direct link to the meat trade that shaped the area.
Seafood gets its own spotlight: oysters, cockles, mussels, whelks, potted brown shrimp and dressed Devon crab. Puddings lean nostalgic, with Treacle Tart, Bread and Butter pudding with boozy custard and ice-cream-van soft serve. An afternoon tea inspired by the museum’s London Tastes programme, co-curated by Ruby Tandoh and Jonathan Nunn, is planned too, with a Mango & Pistachio Scone and Chai Éclair among the dishes. On Friday and Saturday museum lates, expect DJ sets, a Morley’s-inspired Bossman Sando and a fried chicken martini.
Bartholomew’s: London stories by the glass
Opening onto Farringdon Street, Bartholomew’s is pitched as a neighbourhood bar for after-work pints, cocktails and evening gatherings. Mr Lyan Studio and Green & Fortune Head of Beverage Joe Boxall have created drinks inspired by the city’s food culture. The Mirinda Daiquiri riffs on chicken-shop culture, while the Nine Elms Beetroot Margarita points to market heritage. A rotating signature shandy and a permanent London Made selection sit alongside.
By day, the food runs to sausage rolls, Scotch eggs and a Ploughman’s. In the evening, Morley’s fried oysters with Bossman sauce, micro hot dogs and changing drinking snacks take over. Big Apple Hot Dogs also feature in the bar snacks.
Four spaces, one museum
Temperance Cocoa Rooms revives a historic two-floor café uncovered during restoration of the General Market. It opens daily from 7am and runs around the clock Thursday to Sunday, as an alcohol-free spot to meet and linger. Then there’s The Roost, a platform for emerging London cooks, supported by mentoring from Green & Fortune CEO John Nugent and Robin Gill. It is now planned for early 2027, with details of its first chef residency to be announced separately.
London Tastes runs from November 2026 to August 2027 and explores the city’s food culture through exhibitions, events and experiences. Want to know more about the site’s history? The museum has pieces on Smithfield Market and five things you might not know about it.
Reservations for Clerk’s House and Bartholomew’s are open now, so if a Billingsgate Bap or a chicken-shop daiquiri is calling, book through Clerk’s House or Bartholomew’s before the doors open on 28 November.
