This weekend, we’re taking you from breakfast cocktails all the way to 5am tapas. In between the start and finish, we have a Mediterranean restaurant, new cocktail spot and prawn cocktails to try. Plus, we have wine to stock up on and a garage sale to shop. Enjoy. This Weekend’s Picks • FRI The Gibson • SAT La Cabina • SUN The Pound Shop TOP 5 Breakfast Cocktails 'Tis the season 1. Start your day the Breakfast Sour way at Jackson and Rye 2. Or, sip on that Cucumber Flip at Bistrotheque 3. Forget toast, try the Hawksmoor English Marmalade Cocktail 4. Head to Dean Street Townhouse for a refreshing Celery Fizz 5. But, for us, it has to be the Black Margarita at the Ham Yard Hotel to kick start the day Gift GuIDE T2 Tea: The Perfect Cuppa Sponsored listing Creating teas that take you on a journey is at the heart of T2 Tea. With over 200 tea varieties and counting, their brews are sipped the world over. Always of the highest quality and sourced from right around the globe, be it black, green, herbal, floral, white, yellow, oolong or fruit & you can expect a tea for every single taste! Need some inspiration for your Xmas sips? Try the Cool as a cucumber, Raspberry Lickylegs and Chilli Berry Boom brews! T2 Tea. Shop the collection online or in stores (Windsor, Bath, Tottenham Court Walk, Bentall Centre, Kings Road, Chelsea, Richmond, Shepherd's Bush, Shoreditch, Regent Street, Cheltenham) FRIDAY EAT: 8 Mount Street DRINK: The Gibson Out with Le Chabanais, in with 8 Mount Street. The new restaurant taking the place of the short-lived Parisian bistro will channel the vibe of the Mediterranean into Mayfair. Enjoy a simple, seasonal menu such as beetroot and goat cheese salad, grilled veal chops, and lobster linguini. As for the drinks, there’s a good wine list and we suggest paying special attention to the extensive selection of natural wine and grower Champagne. Now to Old Street to a new Edwardian-style cocktail bar, The Gibson. With a bar team formed of Nightjar head bartender, Marian Beke, and The Connaught’s Senior Mixologist, Rusty Červen, expect an original menu of seasonal cocktails, served alongside the bar’s signature mix, The Gibson cocktail (vermouth and gin garnished with a pickled onion). 12pm -10.30pm Prices vary 8 Mount St, Mayfair, W1K 3NF 5pm - 2am Prices vary 44 Old Street EC1V 9AQ FOLLOW US! Facebook | Twitter | Instagram See what we've been snapping this week on Instagram! Stocking fillers Tiffany x DSM Edgy meets classic in a collaboration that’s as chalk and cheese as they come: Dover Street Market x Tiffany & Co. The ‘Out of Retirement’ collection features 17 bygone Tiffany classics recreated for a new market – from the 50s all the way to the noughties. Xmas shopping starts now. Tiffany x DSM ‘Out Of Retirement’, collection. Available at Dover Street Market, 17-18 Dover Street, W1S 4LT SATURDAY EAT: La Cabina DRINK: Coin Laundry Carrying on the late night dining trend comes la Cabina, the new tapas and cocktail bar that promises to serve its full tapas menu until 5am, Thursday to Saturday. This means forget soggy kebabs and think roasted octopus, grilled, sherry-marinated mackerel and slow-cooked pork belly with, of course, flowing cocktails. Or, try some retro classics: chicken Kievs, prawn cocktails, black forest trifles and SodaStream drinks at Coin Laundry. The 70s-inspired, all-day restaurant promises to hark back to family favourites but with modern twists (seasonal, local artisanal ingredients… you know the drill). Matching the menu, expect kitsch tableware, pinball machines and board games. It's office friendly too: freelancers, take note. 6pm - 5am Prices vary 232 Kingsland Road, E2 8AX 8am to 2am Prices vary 70 Exmouth Market, EC1R 4QP Relentless House Party presents SHIFT K3Y Sponsored listing Here at UJ, we love a good house party – especially when it’s not at ours! So this Saturday, we’re rounding up the troops for Relentless House Party presents SHIFT K3Y at Hoxton Docks. Promising house party vibes, UK producer and DJ SHIFT K3Y, TCTS, Jacob Plant, Fono, b2b Woz, Royal T, Catchment, Luke Hassan are on the line up but, like many a party these days, expect a few surprises along the way. Tickets are only £5, be quick. Relentless House Party presents SHIFT K3Y, Saturday December 12, Hoxton Docks, 55 Laburnum Street, E2 8BD. Tickets are £5 Twitter | Facebook | Youtube SUNDAY DO: The New Zealand Cellar Garage Sale SHOP: The Pound Shop It’s happening at POP Brixton… for one day only you can try and buy from The New Zealand Cellar. With 40 producers on show, pairing workshops, and a try-before-you-buy mentality, it’s the place to stock up that wine rack in time for the festive season. And, POP Brixton neighbours, Made of Dough, will be serving up breakfast pizzas all morning to help soak up the booze. Head to Somerset House for the last day of The Pound Shop, a garage sale of designer interiors, fashion and furniture ranging from past seasons and prototypes to works in progress and samples. Expect a curated space of over 50 designers, including Arnold Circus stools by Martino Gamper, one-off scarves by Malika Favre, prints by HelloVon, illustrated cards and mugs by Lisa Jones Studio and sunglasses by Craig&Karl. The best bit? Items start at £1. 8am – 1pm £5 Pop Brixton, 49 Brixton Station Road, SW9 8PQ 10am - 4pm £3 Strand, WC2R 1LA WATCH THIS SPACE London’s unusual venues Photo: Blixen Toilet Installation: 'Vacant Cabinets' We’ve seen everything from crazy golf in the Waterloo vaults and public toilets turned cocktail bar to bars modelled after tube carriages. And it continues… Click here to read more WEEKEND GUIDE BY CS & SK LIKE SHARE FORWARD PREVIOUS EDITION (c) 2015 Urban Junkies. All rights reserved. Reproductions of any portion of this website only with our express permission. Urban Junkies is a free weekly mailer. All listings and features are editorial: We do not receive any payment from venues, artists or promoters. Every effort has been made to ensure accuracy of information listed but we cannot accept responsibility for errors or omissions.