A market with the “fuschia” of our planet in mind 🌍 {ad – press sample}
Buck Street Market is the newest addition to Camden 📍 While I have mixed feelings about it replacing the long-standing market, I’m pleased to see an eco-friendly operation supporting 80+ small businesses in an area of high tourism. I’m told they will also feature community stalls held on rotation by local community businesses & groups 👏🏼
Here’s how the eco-friendly market is doing its bit:
♻️They compost their food & drink waste to generate energy & produce electricity for the site
♻️Zero single-use plastic policy
♻️Multiple recycling points
♻️Strong vegan offering (would’ve liked to see less steak / beef options though)
♻️One fine dining restaurant based solely on foraged foods (@wildflowerrestaurantuk)
♻️A rooftop screen which will showcase info on climate change (wasn’t on when we visited)
♻️Outdoor space will provide activities & events including workshops and film screenings
I visited each stall and made a note of whether or not they had vegan options:
Here are the stalls with vegan options:
- Arepa – Arepas without the cheese
- Asador – Argentinian owned
- Camden fish and chips – fish and chip wrap, onion wings, salads wrap, chip wrap
- Churros London – Dark choc churros
- Elia – Souvlaki wraps, boxes
- Ethika – Italian style grilled flatbread sandwiches (kimchi, marinated tofu, slaw & cucumber)
- Fire flatbreads – Breakfast gozelme, flatbread, meze boxes
- Glass – coffee
- Juice junkies – 100% vegan
- Killa Waffles – falafel waffle
- Magic falafel – 100% vegan
- NUSA Kitchen – Noodles, soups
- Quinoa Arepa – Wraps, plates, arepas, salads
- Prtzl – All vegan
- Rico Burrito – Smoky tofu wrap
- Siam Noodle – Sadly closed when I visited but their website indicates vegan options
- Sunshine hummus – Bowls and pita pockets
- Tea Garden – Closed when I visited but their website indicates vegan options
- Wildflower
- Yaki Box – Vegan Katsu and sushi
Here’s what we ate:
🌱 Vegan Katsu curry
📍 @yakibox_camden
🌱 Breakfast gozleme with potatoes
📍 @fireflatbreadscamdenmarket
🌱 Hummus bowl w/ tahini, chickpeas, lemon juice, zhoug, garlic, paprika, cumin, olive oil, parsley with pitta bread and aubergine – This was my favourite dish!
📍 @sunshinehummus_uk
🌱 Waffle cone w/ crispy fried falafel, fresh salad & sriracha
📍 @killa_waffles
🌱 Churros w/ dark choc & fresh strawberries
📍 @churroslondon
🍽Name: @buckstreetmarket
📍Location: Camden
🌾GF Options: Yes
🌱100% Vegan? No
🍽 Cuisine: Various
📦Leftovers: Yes, took lots home
🌍Sustainability: As mentioned above
🖤 Diversity statement: “We’re heavily invested and taking steps to improve diversity and address the current issues in society. We have an anti-racism policy which outlines everything we have and will be doing. For this campaign, there’s a 50/50 split with 50 being BAME influencers.” – My feedback is that while there’s a wide range of cultures represented, I didn’t see any Black-owned businesses