Seven years ago, we got the keys to a banana warehouse 🍌

Before Seven Dials Market was full of London’s best independent street food, it was a very different kind of place.

Thomas Neal’s Warehouse had cast iron beams, brick arches and a long history of storing bananas and cucumbers. It was a brilliant building, just not one anyone would have called a market. Yet.

Then in 2019, we got our hands on it.

What followed was months of building, painting and problem-solving. We set up pop-up offices literally anywhere we could find a flat surface, and made more trips to the hardware shop than we’d care to count. Every corner needed work, and every small win felt huge.

The team was there for all of it, the build, the faces behind it and the first signs of what this place could become.

From warehouse to home for independents

Fast forward seven years and over 15 million of you have come through these doors. You’ve eaten countless dishes, sunk a fair few pints and helped turn this old warehouse into a proper home for independent food businesses.

Those traders are the heart of the place. Many started out with a single stall or a street food pitch, and Seven Dials Market gave them a permanent spot in the middle of Covent Garden. Their food, their stories and their regulars are what make this market what it is.

Bigger than we imagined

Seven Dials Market began as the first step indoors for KERB, after years of running street food in car parks, courtyards and open-air spots across London. It has grown into something much bigger than we ever imagined.

Thank you to every trader, team member, regular and first-timer who has been part of it.

Seven years.
15 million visitors.
One very special market.