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Arkansas Café, Unit 12, Old Spitalfields Market, T 020-7377 6999. Mon-Fri 1200-1430, Sun 1200-1600. Inimitable, excellent value American barbecue shack in Spitalfields Market. £ Gram Bangla, 68 Brick Lane, T 020-7377 6116. Daily 1200-2400. Very typical of Brick Lane, this is a clean, basic, inexpensive café specializing in fish and curries from Sylhet. BYOB. £ Café 1001, Dray Walk, 91 Brick Lane, T 020-7247 9679. A funky sandwich bar in fashionable Dray Walk, serving especially excellent coffee. £ Louis Patisserie, 32 Heath St, Hampstead, T 020-7435 9908. A distinctly Hampstead atmosphere prevails at these Hungarian tea rooms where delicious cakes and patisseries are served in a genteel olde worlde style in elegant surroundings. Lisboa, 57 Golborne Rd, T 020-8968 5242. Rough and ready, it does the best “galao” and immediately whisks you back to Lisbon (the locals gossiping inside and out help the dream). Tom’s, 226 Westbourne Gr, T 020-7221 8818. Mon-Fri 0800-2000, Sat 0800-1800, Sun 1000-1700. Terence Conran’s son’s fashionable hit. The café and front shop are the place to sip and take out. A little over the top in price but delicious in stock. George’s Portobello Fish Bar, 329 Portobello Rd, T 020-8969 7895. Mon-Fri 1100-1145, Sat 1100-2100, Sun 1200-2130. Established in 1961 by George and Eve and remains the cleanest and most fun takeaway chippie in the locale. Has a few tables outside.
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