"On a Wednesday night just three weeks after it opened, we snuck into Auguste at 6pm and the place was entirely mobbed. It was as if the old Papi crowd had simply carried on making pilgrimage here, like worker ants not quite realising that their queen's chamber had moved. That night, the arrosticini came in three varie"
Auguste is a new Italian restaurant in Hackney named after a clown, with an Edward Hopper painting of a masked figure in a cafe setting a tone of quiet tragedy beneath a calm surface. The 32-seat premises were previously Papi, an irreverent European small-plates and low-intervention wine spot that moved to a larger site. Auguste keeps the same general atmosphere but shifts the menu toward Abruzzo influences, especially arrosticini. These are grilled meat skewers made from 1cm cubes cooked over a furnacella, reflecting a live-fire trend. Shortly after opening, the restaurant was packed, with the former Papi crowd seemingly continuing their visits.
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