Location: Old Jamaica Business Estate, 24 Old Jamaica Road
Opening hours [Bone Daddies]: Saturday 1130-2300
Other days [Bone Daddies]: Sunday-Thursday 1130-2200, Friday 1130-2300
Official site [Bone Daddies]: https://www.bonedaddies.com/restaurant/bermondsey/
Last updated: 15/11/2023
No, it's not an amusingly ironic name for a bar, it's an actual industrial estate. It used to have a bar in it [see uBrew], and it kind of has another one in it now, as you'll see. But the Old Jamaica Business Estate gets a page to itself here because it's located in what feels like the midpoint of the Mile, with the hotspots of Druid and Enid Streets in one direction and Almond Road in the other. And if you don't have something to eat soon, you're probably going to make yourself poorly. So, take a break for some lunch. You've got two options. Well, you used to, anyway.
Bone Daddies (arches 27-28 in the Estate) is a chain of ramen restaurants, with about half a dozen branches spread across London. The Bermondsey branch, in keeping with the artisanal nature of the Mile, is the chain's research and development kitchen - they play around with new recipes here and use diners as guinea pigs to see how they work. As such, the menus can be a little variable, but you're always guaranteed the usual Japanese bar snacks (edamame, fried chicken, soft shell crab) and multiple varieties of ramen, including vegan variants using mushroom stock rather than the traditional bones. If you absolutely must have another beer, they've got a mixture of craft (eg London Beer Factory) and industrial (eg Asahi) on offer. Though you might be better off with a nice green tea, as you've got a lot of walking coming up.
The option we don't have anymore, sadly, is Secret Goldmine (in arch 19). More of a cafe, and quite a cosy one at that, with a dedicated pie shop at the back. Plus, as they were Kiwis, their coffee was pretty splendid. All of this made Secret Goldmine a perfect choice for the non-beer interlude of this site, and then they decided that they'd become a taproom for their fellow countrymen Yeastie Boys. So along with everything else you had two taps of Yeastie beer on offer, plus a fridge full of cans covering others in the range. Sadly, though, the cafe closed down in May 2023, although their pop-up van can sometimes be seen lurking on Enid Street for beer milers needing snacks.
Now walk 260m to The Kernel ----->
<----- or go back 270m to Mash Paddle Brewery
How do the Japanese bar snacks complement the ramen experience at Bone Daddies?
Posted by: Sains Data | 15/06/2023 at 01:27 PM