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Tooting Bec Lido - SW16
Even though I have lived in sarf London for 9 years I had never made it to Tooting Bec Lido until a few weeks ago. Then the next thing I hear is that Ian "Thorpedo" Thorpe, my fellow countrymen, is...
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Honest Burgers - Meard St W1
It's always cool when two previous blog posts come together. I have written before about the absolute kick-ass burger deliciousness of Honest Burgers in Brixton Village Market and I have also waxed...
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Elms Lesters Painting Rooms - WC2
Given my propensity for wandering down alleyways and my love for the Phoenix Garden (which I think would make it into my list of all time favourite central London spots), plus the fact it is pretty...
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Ceviche - Frith St W1
I was (as I often am these days) late to the party with Ceviche but had been aware of the buzz and was really keen to check it out. Another common failing of mine (wow I'm really beating myself up...
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Lamb & Flag - Rose St WC2
Today's post continues my recent alleway theme (I used to write mainly about coffee and Bloomsbury, now it seems to be alleyways...). If you are sashaying down Floral St (one of Covent Garden's better...
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Caravan - Kings Cross N1
I love love love Caravan in Exmouth Market - amazing coffee (with beans roasted on site), great food, lovely staff, cool space, great street - what's not to like? So I was super excited to learn that...
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Hampstead Ponds - N6
Oh what a lovely weekend it was in London - as often seems to be the case these days, September is shaping up to be the best month of all weather wise and I am putting my money on the weekend of the...
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Artisan - Upper Richmond Rd SW15
You know the London coffee revolution is spreading when leafy SW15 has not one but two places to go for a decent flat white. If you are Putney river side (perhaps having just downed your oar and...
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Blewcoat School - Brewers Green/Caxton St SW1
One of the (many) things I love about London is when you stumble across a "survivor" building - a relic of times past. Of course I love it when whole streets or neighbourhoods are preserved but there...
View ArticleNESWFLASH - Hewett St Block Party 22/09 EC2
If you are a fan of East London, if you are a fan of Banh Mi 11, Big Apple Hot Dogs, Elliot's burgers or Dunne Frankowski's coffee then head down to the Hewett St Block Party on Saturday 22 September...
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Dirty Burger - NW5
Burgers - what a year it's been for burgers in London eh? Seems like every corner you walk around there is either a food truck selling a burger (a la Mother Flipper), a cool diner style eatery selling...
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Duck & Waffle - Heron Tower EC2
Before I get on to the food at Duck & Waffle, let me start with the journey to get there - the lift up to the 40th floor of Heron Tower in the City was amazing. Speeding up the outside of the...
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Protein by DunneFrankowski - EC2
I first encountered Rob Dune & Vic Frankowski and their mastery of all things caffeine-related at Tapped & Packed in Rathbone Place. I used to work just round the corner from T&P and when...
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91-101 Worship St - EC2
The area around Liverpool St station, heading north-east towards Shoreditch/Bethnal Green, whilst somewhat encroached on by steel and glass towers and the City, still has some gems to remind us of the...
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Soif - Battersea Rise SW11
I have been to Soif twice now - the first time I left it too long to write about it and it has been several weeks since my second visit. I'm not sure why the delay - because both times I have loved it...
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Tried & True - SW15
It's always a mistake to make rash generalisations and wouldn't you know it, the minute I "break" the news that there are now two great places to get coffee in Putney, I am informed (via a faithful...
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TAP Coffee - Wardour St W1
Firstly dear readers (if any of you are left), apologies for the woeful lack of blog posts over the last month. Life, as it does, has been taking me in other directions lately and I have not been able...
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Lower Robert St - WC2
If you haven't stumbled across the rather excellent blog "View From the Mirror" - written by a London black cabbie - then head there right now and book-mark it. It's an absolute winner and a fount of...
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Brasserie Zedel - Sherwood St W1
I am a massive fan of everything Chris Corbin and Jeremy King do - if I could eat breakfast at the Wolseley every day I would (I dream of having my own table there - "your usual table Sir..." etc) and...
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Patty & Bun - James St W1
A few months ago myself and a disreputable trio of blokes from work had a delicious burger at the Patty & Bun pop-up at the Endurance pub in Berwick St in Soho (and a few beers of course). So it...
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