Just opened: cafe-cum-shop Crimson Heart

January 23, 2012 | Lena Weber

Fusion shops, a mixture of  vintage store and tea room – just think of King’s Cross’ Drink Shop & Do or Hanbury Street’s Blitz Department Store – have been popping up all around London in the last few years. The … Read More

For a British take on a 50s shake bar head to Issy’s Milky Way

January 10, 2012 | Lena Weber 3

While there are plenty of good American-style Fifties diners in London, there has been a real lack of a more British take on the decade. Enter Issy’s Milky Way, a shake bar and cafe on Angel’s Camden Passage.

The … Read More

Get your cake on at Vintage Heaven

November 18, 2011 | Lena Weber

If you fancy escaping the weekend crowds on Columbia Road then there’s no better place than Vintage Heaven. What looks like a fab vintage  shop from the outside is actually also a brilliant little cafe serving delicious cakes and hot … Read More

The retro chippie: Poppies of Spitalfields

August 24, 2011 | Lena Weber 3

Right across the road of Old Spitalfields Market is fish and chip shop Poppies, run by Eastender Pat Newland. With its juke box, retro-styled waitresses and World War Two ephemera, Poppies is definitely harking back to Forties and Fifties … Read More

Cafe-cum-shop: Finsbury Park’s Cafe Vintage

June 24, 2011 | Lena Weber 1

Finsbury Park’s  Cafe Vintage has fast become a neighbourhood hot spot for local residents and passers-by alike. With its vintage-inspired interior and delicious food and drinks – think home-made cakes, artisan breads,  freshly made pies and sandwiches, fantastic coffees … Read More

Retro eats: Mikes Cafe

May 1, 2011 | Lena Weber

This bustling café just off Portobello Road is a great place to be the morning after the night before. The cosy red booths are a good place to sign up for what this long-standing establishment, open since 1962, calls the … Read More