london trip advice - decent cafes and gig recomendations?

[Kaka Tim]

So - off for a little break in that their london. We're staying in a B&B in cricklewood - any dencent cafes in the vincinity? And are there any gigs or pubs that do live music in easy tube reach. Also - any decent but not overpriced cafes near tate modern?

Thanks in advance!

 

[yield]

The North London Tavern on Kilburn High Road is nearby. Food is good but very pricey. Used to have live music upstairs before the pandemic. The North London Tavern

For a cafe, I like Salt & Pepper by the British Museum. Popular with students & tourists so you may struggle to get a table.

Salt and Pepper a local British restaurant in Holborn, London.

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[marty21]

So - off for a little break in that their london. We're staying in a B&B in cricklewood - any dencent cafes in the vincinity? And are there any gigs or pubs that do live music in easy tube reach. Also - any decent but not overpriced cafes near tate modern?

Thanks in advance!

You're not that far from Camden which has a few live gig places , the Dublin Castle comes to mind

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I go to Cricklewood occasionally, don't know any pubs other than The Crown , a legendary Irish pub , now a pub with a hotel attached (my mum & dad always stayed there when they came to London for weddings / funerals.)

Cafes ? No idea tbf.

 

[Puddy_Tat]

any decent but not overpriced cafes near tate modern?

I think anywhere close or on the borough market patch is probably in the 'overpriced' category now

if you mean a caff there's bankside cafe on hatfields, off the cut (behind southwark underground) map here - a while since i've been in there but used to do a decent breakfast.

or if you carry on down the cut, possibly crossing in to lower marsh, there's quite a variety of eateries. nowhere in inner london is going to be cheap any more.

(hells bells, it's almost 35 years since i worked near borough market - definitely before the idea of it all getting trendy round there happened)

 

[wtfftw]

well til that franks cafe is permanently closed.

 

[Kaka Tim]

I think anywhere close or on the borough market patch is probably in the 'overpriced' category now

if you mean a caff there's bankside cafe on hatfields, off the cut (behind southwark underground) map here - a while since i've been in there but used to do a decent breakfast.

or if you carry on down the cut, possibly crossing in to lower marsh, there's quite a variety of eateries. nowhere in inner london is going to be cheap any more.

(hells bells, it's almost 35 years since i worked near borough market - definitely before the idea of it all getting trendy round there happened)

bankside cafe is exactly the sort of thing im looking for - cheers!

 

[DJWrongspeed]

So - off for a little break in that their london. We're staying in a B&B in cricklewood - any dencent cafes in the vincinity? And are there any gigs or pubs that do live music in easy tube reach. Also - any decent but not overpriced cafes near tate modern?

Thanks in advance!

I was at the Lexington on Pentonville Rd on Friday. If I was showing visitors a night out I'd probably take them there. gig upstairs , grand old boozer downstairs. It's 10mins (uphill) from Kings Cross tube.

 

[angusmcfangus]

Pretty sure Sheila's cafe is still open on Cricklewood Broadway.
Used to be a great cafe back in the day.
Whether you were having a big fry up or a can of special in the warm.

 

[rutabowa]

if you are near borough at some point visit the pauper burial ground

Crossbones Graveyard & Garden of Remembrance
020 7403 3393

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As puddy says, Tate Modern area is not cheap. When going to the Tate Modern eaten here once or twice The Table Café; Restaurant and Bar | Small, Independent Restaurant & Bar in Southwark by Bankside, London

 

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Maria's cafe is probably as close as you will come to a traditional caff. Can't remember what prices are like but be prepared for crowds, especially Friday, Saturday and Sunday. They will do a straight cuppa, bacon roll etc.

 

[Puddy_Tat]

Maria's cafe is probably as close as you will come to a traditional caff. Can't remember what prices are like but be prepared for crowds, especially Friday, Saturday and Sunday. They will do a straight cuppa, bacon roll etc.

I had thought of Maria's Cafe in Borough Market - but it seems that Maria has retired and it's changed hands - they now do things that involve avocado and / or rocket but it may still be reasonable-ish by local standards.



Maria was part of the old Borough Market, was somewhere round here in Park Street but got priced out, and moved in to the market hall instead.