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The Breakfast Club, Angel

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Brilliant Kids Café
The sprogless are also welcome here, and the fried breakfast is so good you’ll forget about any pesky ankle-biters under the table. The sausages and thick bacon rashers are from Devon Rose, and the scrambled eggs are excellently buttery. The remaining plate is filled with fried tomatoes, beans and mushrooms. Toast is fresh and thick, there are also croissants and muffins, pancakes, yoghurt, fruit and granola. The coffee is superb, and a cup or two is a good way for the adults to kick-start their day after a sleep-deprived night.
Brilliant Kids Café, 8 Station Terrace, NW10 5RT (020 8964 4120/www.brilliantkids.co.uk) Kensal Green tube or Kensal Rise rail. Breakfast served all day Mon-Fri from 8am, Sat 9am, Sun 10am. Breakfast for one with service: around £10. Feature continues

Ottolenghi
Breakfast time at this stylish, flagship Islington restaurant looks like something out of a Stanley Kubrick movie. The long white room, spliced by two white tables running down the middle, simply radiates chic modernity, but with large curly wires snaking from the ceiling to power the Dualit toasters, it’s transformed into something more sci-fi. The vivid yellow scrambled eggs and smoked salmon come in such generous portions you’re tempted to go straight back to bed to sleep it off. Breads and pastries are all exemplary.
Ottolenghi, 287 Upper St, N1 2TZ (020 7288 1454/www.ottolenghi.co.uk) Angel tube or Highbury & Islington tube/rail. Breakfast served Mon-Sat 8am-12noon; Sun 9am-1pm. Breakfast for one with service: around £13.

Best for... eggs
The Breakfast Club Angel
From the huevos rancheros (eggs, tortilla, and guacamole) or the eggs Benedict with own-made sausages, this characterful set-up has made us fans.
The Breakfast Club Angel, 31 Camden Passage, N1 8EA (020 7226 5454). Angel tube. Breakfast served Mon-Fri 8am-6pm; Sat 9.30am-5pm. Breakfast for one with service: around £12.

The Brew House
Well-trained staff serve fresh curdy scrambled eggs served with meat-packed sausages, thick-cut bacon, grilled mushrooms and tomatoes.
The Brew House, Kenwood House, Hampstead Lane, NW3 7JR (020 8341 5384/www.companyofcooks.com) Archway or Golders Green tube then 210 bus. Breakfast served daily 9-11.30am. Breakfast for one with service: around £8.

Best for... brekkie on the go
Flavours
At this delightful deli baskets overflow with grainy breads and a fabulous assortment of croissants to kick-start your day.
Flavours, 10 Campdale Rd, N7 0EA (020 7281 6565). Tufnell Park tube. Breakfast served Mon, Sat 10am-6pm, Tue-Fri 9.30am-6pm, Sun 10am-2pm. Breakfast for one: around £4.

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