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Bar Italia, 22 Frith St, T 020-7437 4520. Daily 0600-0430. Football and coffee crazy and still as hip as ever, Bar Italia may be most famous for its long opening hours, but it’s the laid- back ambience that keeps people coming back for more.

The Garden Café, 4 Newburgh St, T 020-7494 0044. Mon-Sat 0900-1900, Sun 1100-1700. On the other side of Soho, this is a sweet little place that comes into its own when the sun shines, with its quirky little back garden, a fine place to enjoy something like chile con carne (£5.95), soup or a baked potato.

Maison Bertaux, 28 Greek St, T 020-7437 6007. Daily 0900-2100. Four of the best cafés in Soho have all been around a long time. The delicious French fancies of this little place have been keeping intellectuals, film-makers and idlers well- coffeed and caked upstairs and down for a while now.

Patisserie Valerie, 44 Old Compton St, T 020-7437 3466. Mon-Fri 0730-2000, Sat 0800-2000, Sun 0900-1800. More French delicacies and the original branch of the very successful mini-chain. A Soho institution and still a proper treat.

Star Café, 22 Great Chapel St, T 020-7437 8778. Mon-Fri 1200-1500. The indomitable Star presided over by the same family since 1933 still serves up on check tablecloths the likes of liver and bacon (£6.95) and egg and chips to appreciative regulars.

Neal’s Yard Bakery and Tearoom, 6 Neal’s Yard, T 020-7836 5199. Mon-Sat 0900-1700. Neal’s Yard is a good destination for a healthy lunch, especially if you’re vegetarian. The oldest and most satisfying venue is this place.

Poetry Society, 22 Betterton St, T 020-7420 9880. Mon-Fri 1030- 2300, Sat 1830-2300. The café here is an endearing little bar and vegetarian wholefood diner (unlicensed) run by reliable poem-promoters. Try the tomato and sesame bake.

World Food Café, Neal’s Yard Dining Room, 1st floor, 14 Neal’s Yard, T 020-7379 0298. Mon-Fri 1130-1630, Sat 1130-1700. A self-explanatory name and basic décor, this place is also vegetarian and non-smoking.

Sotheby’s Café, 34-35 New Bond St, T 020-7293 5077. Mon-Fri 0930-1645. The pick of the many coffee and sandwich shops in Mayfair is a fairly expensive but very English and genteel establishment for the taking of tea in the old auction house.

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