This little Italian caff has been around forever and it was one of Sebastian Horsley’s favourites, despite the fact he would say that the food looked like someone had already eaten it. The food is more or less what you would expect from a greasy spoon. However this one’s a beauty, wood paneled walls and [...]

It’s 10.15pm on Sunday night, my phone rings, a high pitched voice on the other end of the line, “Are you working this week? I need someone to cover, our receptionist has made it through to the final of Britain’s Next Top Model”, uh really, yes I suppose so. The life of a receptionist, I’ve [...]

Before I discoved the Chelsea bun, Cafe Picasso used to be my favourite. It was a Chelsea institution and a perfect place for celebrity spotting. Every walk of life went there from supermodels to actors and tourists, to rich locals and down and outs. It was a pretty standard London cafe, a bit dowdy but charming as it hadn’t changed [...]

Cafe Diana might seem ridiculous but it’s been here forever which shows it’s not a gimmick, they’re serious. Every inch of wall space is adorned with framed picture after framed picture of Princess Diana. For no obvious reason the proprietors of Cafe Diana are such huge fans of HRH as to dedicate their entire business [...]

Lets see, how did it go again… “Do you want that on a baguette or Ukrainian rye bread?” “Why rye today I think” “And how do you like your coffee?” “Black as a moonless night” “That’s pretty black” That was it. With walls lined with a collection of honey’s, marmalades and chutney’s as well as [...]

The place to come if you like burgers and chips or greasy fry-ups. It’s a one stop biker rock n’ roll heaven with a classic silver diner style bar, jukebox and a chequered theme throughout. It’s been here since 1938 and being located on the north circular road it’s still the real deal concerning a [...]

I love American diners. Nothing makes me happier than a piece of pie and a cup of coffee. It’s the main reason I love America, that and their no questions asked return policy (that reason alone would make me pledge alligance to the United States). Like with Cosco, you can literally take anything back to [...]

Workers Cafe is a great place, a wonderful, tabloid papers, eggs chips and beans respite from the usual try-hard shops and restaurants of Upper street, it’s so wonderfully out of place. Here you can get a great fried breakfast which costs practically nothing and a glass bottle of orange juice for £1.50. The clientele is [...]

I used to consider Putney sort of a home away from home. My best friend’s parents live here so when she was living at home I used to visit all the time to the point of just living there really. Staying at Jane’s meant homemade bread, home made ice cream and your laundry done when [...]

E Pellicci’s is the ‘Savoy’ of caffs. It’s where notorious London gangsters the Kray brothers used to call their local as they grew up right around the corner on Vallance road back in the 60′s. It’s a tiny little art deco place barely visible, situated halfway up the hellhole that is Bethnal Green Road. It’s [...]