About this Venue
Rake’s, a place to escape the city, is a day to night eating and drinking destination located next to Liverpool Street station and on the cusp of East London.
Made up of three distinct areas; The Front Room – home to varying DJs from Thursday to Saturday nights. The Parlour – our lounge area co read moreRake’s, a place to escape the city, is a day to night eating and drinking destination located next to Liverpool Street station and on the cusp of East London.
Made up of three distinct areas; The Front Room – home to varying DJs from Thursday to Saturday nights. The Parlour – our lounge area complete with sofas, a place to relax and escape the city and No.3 – our secret room, perfect for private parties. You will be hosted by our team of individual characters, all with a love of wine, food and cocktails – there is no formality, no rules.
What is a Rake?
By Oxford English definition, “a fashionable or wealthy man of immoral or promiscuous habits.” A mid-17th century abbreviation of the archaic 'rakehell.'
Promiscuous? Immoral?
So three hundred years ago.
Meet the contemporary Rake. Wealthy? Possibly. A man? No, not necessarily. Fashionable? Most definitely. But - on the Rake's Own Terms.
Everyone has a code they live by. Call today's Rake a 'raisehell' – with convention, expectation, 'the rules.' Never let 'right' or 'proper' sit or rest for a minute.
The Rake has a Take: on Style, Love, Friendship, Confidence, Success. Unembarrassed, unabashed. Negotiable, but only just ... The put-into-practice epitome of his or her own well-won experience: individualistic in outlook, and encyclopaedic in taste.
Rakes are never afraid to tell you what they think, or show you how it's done. Culled, observed and collected from some of Modern Times' most indubitable, estimable, and acknowledged Rakes are the Rake's Takes: a template for a new 'Rake's Progress.'
