The Shoreditch barbecue joint Smokestak will celebrate its tenth anniversary in August with a “festival” of fire-cooked meat and music.
Founder David Carter and team will, on Saturday August 19, take over the car park opposite the Shoreditch restaurant to host DJs, guest chefs, and an al fresco party afternoon to night.
The restaurant, which started as a street food concept in 2013, will serve classics from the early days, including bricket buns, pork rib burnt ends, grilled greens, and soft serve ice cream.
Guest chefs will be cooking on-off dishes, with Joshua Moroney of the British-Afghan restaurant Cue Point serving pork rib sandwiches with herb slaw and hot crackling.
Elliot Cunningham, of Lagom and Eld Pizza, will be cooking birch-smoked chicken with white barbecue sauce, and Ben Dargue, the creator of Smokestak’s first cocktail list, will be on the drinks, with a special nod to frozen margaritas.
The team said a double-stacked, 40ft shipping container is being put in to operate as a bar, four wood-burning stoves are being imported from “all corners of the UK” for the cooking, and the car park will be covered in festoon lighting.
“The last decade has been surreal, from our early days at Street Feast in Dalston Yard to opening our Shoreditch restaurant in 2016,” said Carter.
“When Smokestak was conceived, reaching our tenth birthday was an unfathomable milestone. While there are too many good people to thank, this mini-festival is a special toast to all those past and present who have helped build Smokestak to what it is today.
“It will be a proper celebration to remember, taking us back to all the madness and excitement of our street food days while looking ahead to what the next ten years have in store for us. Dare to dream.”
The party will start at midday and tickets, for two-hour sessions, will start at £6.50.
