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Rotating street food line-up heading to Islington shopping centre

Angel Central in Islington is set to kick off its revolving street food programme today (Friday) with the first two operators taking space at the North London retail centre.

Rolled duck specialists The Rolling Duck and paleo vendor Feed Me Primal, both stalwarts of the burgeoning street food scene in the capital, are to set up shop in the Islington shopping centre over the coming weeks, with further brands to be announced.

The Rolling Duck is to appear at Angel Central every Friday until 2 September, while Feed Me Primal, which is the UK’s only paleo street-food vendor, will trade on 12 August and 9 September.

Gemma Callander, the founder of Feed Me Primal, commented that the shopping centre is the ideal platform to share her range of healthy food, non-processed food options.

She said: “Angel Central is a fantastic retail and dining destination that benefits from the vibrancy, dynamism and distinctiveness of Islington.

“Its prime location on Upper Street, in one of the capital’s most stylish areas, makes it the perfect place for us to share our healthy, delicious and pioneering paleo street-food concept.”

The 150,000 sq ft Islington complex, which includes H&M and Gap in its tenant mix, recently appointed Queensberry Real Estate as development manager, and CBRE and BNP Paribas as leasing agents, to mastermind a rejuvenation programme at the shopping centre.

With the new street food programme forming a key part of Angel Central’s diversification efforts, Matthew Barratt of CBRE Global Investors expects the two vendors to add ‘vibrancy’ to its food offering.

He commented: “We look forward to welcoming to Angel Central two of the best street food operators in the business. They will add further diversity and quality to Angel Central’s industry leading offer and are indicative of the sense of vibrancy we are seeking to create in the centre.

“I am confident both operators will delight and entice customers, and bring fast, delicious food to the heart of Islington. We also anticipate announcing further brands in the coming weeks.”