South east Londoners will soon have to cross the river for their Dough Hands fix, as chef-owner Hannah Drye has announced that her residency at The Old Nun’s Head will end after Wednesday April 25. Thankfully, Dough Hands – which began as a market stall in Brixton in 2020 – will remain at Hackney pub The Spurstowe Arms seven days a week.
“The year wouldn’t have been possible without the team behind it all, so the biggest of big ups to the talent Dough Hands Nunhead team,” Drye wrote on Instagram. “Thank you to everyone who has been through for a slice in south.”
For the past year, Dough Hands has served up Drye’s signature crispy New York-style pizzas from the always-buzzing Nunhead boozer. The flavour-packed Jode – with its salty-sweet tomato base, rich blobs of stracciatella, spicy kick of ‘nduja and hot honey, and Dough Hands’s signature sprinkling of grana padano on top – had many south east Londoners in a chokehold. No doubt locals will still flock to the queer-run pub for its raucous weekend parties, community events, welcoming atmosphere and Britney Spears shrine – but they’ll have to source their pizza elsewhere.
That said, it looks like the Dough Hands team is working on a new chapter. “We have a new project to announce v soon which the [Dough Hands] Nunhead team will be getting involved with, so keep ya eyes peeled for that,” Drye wrote in her Instagram post. More on this to come.
The Dough Hands residency at The Old Nun’s Head will finish after Wednesday April 25.
