"Dalston is a pretty useful area when it comes to restaurants that will please all hungry people. There are a tonne of brilliant Turkish options, a few Ethiopian spots, and there’s also Oren, a Greek and Israeli-influenced small plates restaurant doing all manner of delicious vegetables, fish, and meat straight from its charcoal grill. Be it an understated tomato salad, marinated artichokes with oregano and top-notch olive oil, or a velvety hummus—this place does the simple things very well. Come on a date. Come with friends. Come and order the grilled sweetbreads, if you’re allowed to." - heidi lauth beasley, jake missing, rianne shlebak