
E. Pellicci in Bethnal Green keeps a family café story going after 125 years
Bethnal Green's much-loved E. Pellicci has been feeding the East End since 1900, and a small upstairs museum now tells the story of the family behind it.
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Bethnal Green's much-loved E. Pellicci has been feeding the East End since 1900, and a small upstairs museum now tells the story of the family behind it.

Peckham's newest neighbourhood café, Bara, celebrates Welsh produce with focaccia sandwiches, a Swansea breakfast and a house bara brith, all a stone's throw from Rye Lane.

Family-run Goddards at Greenwich has been making pie, mash and liquor for more than 130 years, and its King William Walk shop still bakes fresh pies every day.

Still run by the Polledri family, Soho's Bar Italia marked its 75th birthday by opening a second outpost at Outernet, its first new site since 1949.

Ravneet Gill and Mattie Taiano's chophouse Gina, on Chingford's Station Road, has earned a Michelin Bib Gourmand in its first year after a five star Time Out review.

Former Galvin at Windows head chef Joo Won opened Cálong on Stoke Newington Church Street in 2025, and the Korean bistro has now earned a Michelin Bib Gourmand.

From a Hackney Bridge street food stall to a Michelin Bib Gourmand, Tamila on Clapham's Northcote Road is redefining the neighbourhood curry house with South Indian cooking.

Chef Oded Oren's Shacklewell Lane restaurant has been serving seasonal, Israeli-rooted small plates since 2019, and the 2026 Michelin Guide has now awarded it a Bib Gourmand.

Opened quietly in autumn 2024 by the team behind The Pelican, Notting Hill's Canteen has become a Michelin Bib Gourmand thanks to its daily changing Italian menu.

Founded by three brothers and a friend, Walthamstow's Pillars Brewery has grown from shed brewing to three venues and marks ten years since its first beer in October 2016.