Food
Why it Matters: in praise of Maggie’s in Lewisham, the ultimate greasy spoon
The greasy, prodigious breakfast leaves you full for days, but memories of the characters you meet will never depart Bank holiday hangover? What better balm …
Who’s tastier? Dirty Burger Vauxhall vs Honest Burgers Brixton
It’s a tough one but there’s one clear winner
Pinboard: Kentish Town’s Dirty Burger opens down south
Brixton has its spruced-up chicken shop, Wishbone, and Borough’s new boozer The Miller has swanky chef duo Street Kitchen serving up posh hotdogs. Now the paired-down …
Pinboard 8 August: Help flooded Herne Hill, dress-making in Bermondsey and roof-top dining in Peckham
1. Herne Hill: Cash mob to help affected shops! We all gawped in horror as the burst water main swamped parts of Herne Hill in …
Southsayer: James Brown, executive chef at Clapham’s Jam Tree restaurant
My worst south London memory? Having to go to school in the aftermath of the Brixton riots in 1985 Old-school south Londoner James Browne was …
Review: Lunch at the Lido, Brockwell Park
It’s been a few months since I’ve eaten at the Lido Cafe, and we forgetfully arrive just too late (at around 12.33pm) for the poolside restaurant’s …
Pinboard 18 July: a tour of south London’s vanishing prefabs, Italian afternoon cocktails in the market and – ta-da! – our very own art exhibition (well… kinda)
Brixton (and Catford): Palaces for the People – last chance to see and guided estate tour There are still two or so weeks to see …
Recipe: Jamaican Braised Oxtail and Butterbeans, by the Jam Tree’s James Browne
Brixton-born James Browne is executive chef at The Jam Tree restaurant in Clapham. Next month, his restaurant is hosting Jamaica Jamaica – a fortnight of food …
Launch Night Review: Dolcezza, Clapham Road
They are proud sellers of exclusive Milanese 7Gr coffee: sublime with a deep dense flavour and perfectly velvety crema Dolcezza is a brand new café and pasticceria (that’s …
Free Weekend: Have a French holiday (without leaving south London)
With more French people living in here than in Bordeaux, Nantes and Strasbourg, London is technically France’s sixth biggest city. No surprise, then, that south …
