Although grungy and easily ignored, 12 Bar is a great little spot located at the heart of the legendary Tin Pan Alley. With a history that can stake claim to being the place where NME started, the Rolling Stones and Cat Stevens created their first album and where Elton John had his first job, not [...]

I’m not sure I really want to tell anyone about Railroad, the reason being that it’s just so perfect (and near my house). It’s a small and unassuming little place, where they make perfect coffee, Antipodean style coffee, in small cups, thick and creamy and their hot chocolate is the best I have ever had. [...]

A home away from home with big comfy chairs, Candid Arts Cafe is hidden in the Candid Arts Trust and you wouldn’t know it was there unless you knew it was there, which is its main attraction. It’s fairly hippy-looking with some hilariously hideous paintings but still a great place to go by yourself to [...]

I feel like I should include Café 1001, mainly because I used to love it before it became a massive tourist trap. It used to be relatively small and full of trendy Spanish hippy types smoking weed (it wasn’t legal exactly, they just turned a blind eye).  Now it’s four times the size with a [...]

This is probably my favourite café in London (and like many others, I use as an office) due to the fact that it’s black and white and it’s rare that you see anyone in there who is not either consciously or subconsciously dressed in black or white. It’s great that they don’t care if you [...]