Finsbury Park, British, Modern Restaurant Guide

Firmly on the map for East End hipsters – from the same stable as Westerns Laundry – this very stylish, post-industrial, all-day café/bakery in Newington Green comes complete with metal-topped tables, painted brick walls and concrete floor. It provides “a tempting menu that changes daily. Sometimes daring, often unusual and always delicious. The ambience is warm and the staff are welcoming. Love it!”

“Heaving footie pub” near the old Highbury stadium in Finsbury Park – now an “excellent all-rounder for food, service and fun atmosphere... if you can get a table”. Chefs Jamie Allen & Ed McIlroy (aka Four Legs, the duo behind Tollington’s, see also) provide a steady flow of “tasty and interesting small plates, including a good selection of seafood” – but it’s impossible to ignore their Dexter burger, which “oozes cheese and fat and flavour”.