Take this for a concept, all you can eat toast. It’s a nifty idea and we all like a good gimmick. Each table has it’s own Dualit toaster and there is a selection of lots of different freshly baked bread and a variety of jams and spreads to choose from along with various side dishes. [...]
The Elk in the Woods has to be mentioned because it’s a beauty. Located on a great little backstreet behind Upper Street, home to lots of boutiques, cafes and antique shops, it’s a great place to come for any meal or just a drink although breakfast is my favourite, how can you beat pancakes with [...]
Now here’s a good one, Cafe Oto. Yes I’m embarrassed to say I’ve only just got around to coming here. It was only when Katie told me about it that I realised that another day couldn’t go by without me paying a visit. Katie has great taste, unpretentious but really good. I have a list [...]
So have I told you about my friend Ana? Ana’s hobby, at least at the moment anyway, is going on dates with people she meets on dating websites. The last date she went on was at Tina, We Salute You! He was a badger watcher apparently, he’d sit there watching badgers and taking note of [...]
I’m a huge fan of Sketch, it can do no wrong in my book despite the fact that people think it’s ridiculous and that the food is bad (but I say that’s just their insecurities talking) I love the food, it’s modern European and there aren’t many places where you can get a desert that [...]
This part of Clapham has fond memories for me. Memories of the time I was sitting in my friend’s living room having a cup of tea and some whacked out junkie kicked the front door down and chased us out of the house with a giant German Shepherd and a heavy roll of recycling bags [...]
There is one thing that London seriously seems to lack and that’s dive bars. New York has countless dive bars, that’s the only thing I would say New York had over London, dive bars. We have plenty of nice pubs just not enough dive bars. Dalston Superstore is not a dive bar as such but [...]
The Duke of York occupies a prime spot up a quiet side street in Bloomsbury avoiding the throngs of foot traffic in this busy area. I love the 1930’s décor, dusty pink walls, old mirrors, well worn furniture, pot plants and red lacquered piano. There is a lovely little dining room with wood paneled, dark [...]
I hate to admit it but I don’t buy books from bookshops anymore. Why bother when you can get them online for half the price. I know, I’m a contributor to the reason shops like John Sandoe go out of business. That all being said I do believe it’s better to recycle products and that [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
You can trust me when I say that J+A cafe is one of my more, shall we say conservative choices, suffice to say there is nothing ‘nostalgic’, ‘weird’ or ‘themed’ about it, it’s just a nice cafe with nice decoration in a nice building with nice food and cakes that make the fat girl inside [...]
You can truly find the best shops in the most random places and Howie and Bell is one. I’m not quite sure whether to put it in Antique Shops or Vintage clothes as it has probably the best and most nicely edited selection of pieces I’ve yet to see but then again it has even [...]
A tiny little place but with just wonderful food. It’s cliched to say, I know, but it’s like eating in someone’s kitchen, in a good way though, what I’m saying is that the food has been cooked with love. There is a plentiful selection of African masks and trinkets convincing arranged to help you forget [...]
St. John way surpasses any Gastropub I have been to so far. It looks gorgeous and the food is delectable. The cavernous dining room is romantically lit with a huge fireplace, grand chandeliers and a charming collection of peculiar portraits adorning the back wall, creating quite a resplendent effect. The menu is extensive and the [...]
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