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Save Gaby’s. Fight Clone London!
Gaby’s Deli on Charing Cross Road, home of the salt beef buttie, is facing closure. Do your bit to keep some London history alive!
Dishoom Covent Garden
There is an unusual range of dishes from the house porridge and bacon or sausage naan rolls to chocolate fondue
Bonda Café
It’s like finding a four-leaf clover in a haystack, but when you stumble upon Bonda Café you won’t be disappointed
Tapped and Packed Screening
There were little pockets of intelligent conversation going on in every corner and everybody was made to feel at home
Betty Blythe Food Pantry
Cake is plentiful. It could stop there and already be a success
Apostrophe’s Summer Saladerie
As a society, we are moving away from the Health Years.
Tennis Coats at Dalston’s Café Oto
The last time I went to Café Oto I was dumped. In the middle of the date. Feet pointing away (apparently a classic sign) the date suddenly stated: ‘You are not my girlfriend you know.’ Biting back the tears, I sought refuge in the loo.
Apostrophe’s Spring Menu
Grammatically the apostrophe is always a tough one, denoting plurality or possession. The boulangerie/patisserie/café chain Apostrophe is certainly plural, having branches all over London. Primarily a chic sandwich and coffee joint, they have added a daily special: a selection of soups and stews to their spring menu. I went there with Fat Les who knows [...]
Barny’s Place for City Sarnies
I was excited about Barny’s Place, a reasonably-priced, healthy fast-food restaurant managed by the eponymous Barny, who has been inspired by food stalls in Thailand and Mexico to bring fresh hot and cold foodstuffs to harried City folk at a pace usually reserved for processed cardboard marinated in grease.
Dining at The Guardian Canteen
A hack from a national newspaper recently lured me to lunch at his brand new HQ. All was not well within its wavy, gleaming glass walls. Apparently the canteen was in critical condition. An imported catering company ‘barely able to cope with the numbers’ was making meals a misery. I dutifully cancelled Claridges and made [...]
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