Last few days of Italian food and drink pop-up in Brick Lane. There are few places as warm and welcoming as an Italian family home, which is why you’re likely to find pleasure in grabbing a drink and a bite to eat at the House of Peroni before its ‘Vita all’interno’ (‘a life lived inside’) residency is up. Among the set of themed rooms and spaces is a bar featuring a stunning autumnal paper installation by artist Francesca Signori and a large laundry-come-dining room complete with stacks of washing machines and overhanging clothes lines full of billowing clean sheets. It is here where you can enjoy the comforting Sicilian-inspired aperitivo menu created by Michelin-starred chef Accursio Craparo and Peroni Nastro Azzurro-infused cocktails dreamed up by the Langham Hotel’s mixologist Simone Caporale. The food is made for sharing so small plates (£4 each) are in order. The beef meatballs with potato puree is a beautifully simple dish – there’s no sauce to mask the flavour, just pure, quality meat. The Sicilian pizza is just as unfussy, …

The team behind street food market Night Tales opens new Tokyo-inspired pop-up. Just off the Old Street roundabout is a buzzy new set-up that recreates scenes straight from the streets of Tokyo. With flickering neon street signs, Japanese lanterns and scripts engraved in wood throughout the space, you won’t forget there’s an overarching theme any time soon. Another thing you’re guaranteed not to do is go hungry. Or thirsty for that matter. The four bars and many more food stalls will see to that. Among those stalls are the likes of Patty & Bun, who have gone to town creating signage especially for the pop-up and serving up burgers with bacon dashi and Asian vegetables alongside their signature Ari Gold favourites, and Bubbledogs who are topping their hot dogs with Asian salads and good old Sriracha sauce. Dorshi Dumplings offers a popular selection of steamed and fried dumplings, and Nanny Bill’s has Teppanyaki short rib beef buns you need to check out, whilst Walter and Monty are smoking all sorts of meat over charcoal to …

FOOD FEST Needing somewhere to laze about whilst indulging in restaurant-quality food and drink? You’ll be spoilt for choice at this pop-up which also features a dance floor and open terrace complete with hammocks and swing chairs. The job of ensuring that guests have plenty to feast on falls to the likes of Burger & Lobster who will be serving up a new “Baby Burger” made using three cuts of steak, street food favourites Pizza Pilgrims and newcomer Nanny Bill’s who will be delighting hordes with meatballs in tomato and ragu sauce in a roll. Four bars come pre-loaded with cocktails, frozen punch, coconut juice and fine wine. With so much to enjoy under one roof, you’ll never want to leave. Summer Tales, Red Market, 288 Old Street, London EC1V 9DP. nighttales.co.uk

G&T fan? You’re in luck as this summer, the Green Room at the National Theatre plays host to a pop-up Fever-Tree Gin & Tonic Garden. As far as garden parties go, this one might just be the most well-stocked gin and tonic one in London. Open daily, the Fever-Tree Gin & Tonic Garden is an ideal place for your post-work summer hangouts. Just grab a deck chair and lounge about in the garden or bring a group and clamber around the picnic benches instead. Either way, you’ll do just fine where drinks are concerned. Those wanting to experiment with flavours can create their own gin and tonics from a selection of gins that include Sipsmith, Hendrick’s and Jensen’s Bermondsey Dry as well as Fever-Tree’s collection of tonic waters that include low-calorie and elderflower-infused varieties. Cocktails are available too from the Ultimate Vodka and Tonic (Black Cow vodka, Fever- Tree Mediterranean tonic, pink grapefruit) to The Perfect Storm (Diplomatico Anejo rum, Fever-Tree ginger beer, lime). And where there’s a garden, barbequed meat can’t be far away …