From great sporting arenas to select shoe shops, intriguing small museums to the kinkiest spanking emporiums, the Time Out team has distilled the very best that the capital has to offer
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Inn the Park
Perhaps inspired by his starring role on BBC2’s ‘Great British Menu’ last year, Oliver Peyton has trawled the UK for superb artisan-produced bacon, sausages, duck eggs and black pudding to feature on the new morning menu at his smart café-restaurant in St James’s Park.
Inn the Park, St James’s Park SW1 (020 7451 9999/www.innthepark.com) Green Park or St James’s Park tube or Charing Cross tube/rail.
The Providores & Tapa Room
Whether you fancy a fry-up, Turkish eggs, toast and jam or a macrobiotic brown rice porridge with apple and miso, the menu of this restaurant and bar will hit the spot. Mornings are also the most serene time to enjoy the antipodean vibe of this Marylebone fixture.
The Providores & Tapa Room, 109 Marylebone High St, W1 (020 7935 6175/ www.theprovidores.co.uk) Baker St tube
Roast
With views over Borough Market, Roast’s breakfast menu appropriately name-checks leading producers (Ramsay of Carluke smoked Ayrshire bacon, Inverawe Smoked Loch Etive trout, Marmite) and offers rarely seen treats such as baked grapefruit with brown sugar and sherry, tattie scones, buck rarebit, and slow-roast tomatoes with Worcestershire sauce and celery salt. There is also a fine selection of teas.
Roast, The Floral Hall, Stoney St, SE1 (020 7940 1300/www.roast-restaurant.com) London Bridge tube/rail.
Smith’s of Smithfield
Unlike a lot of other TV cooks, John Torode is an experienced chef with a popular restaurant – this four-storey set-up opposite the famous meat market. It’s open from 7am for hot sandwiches, a choice of five ‘all-day big breakfasts’, porridge, French toast, waffles and pancakes.
Smiths of Smithfield, 67-77 Charterhouse St, EC1 (020 7251 7950/www.smithsofsmithfield.co.uk) Farringdon tube/rail.
The Wolseley
Although it only opened in late 2003, The Wolseley’s breakfast menu has become so legendary that a book is being produced on it. The superb omelette Arnold Bennett may even outclass that of The Savoy, where it was invented.
The Wolseley, 160 Piccadilly, W1 (020 7499 6996/www.thewolseley.com) Green Park tube.
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6 comments
what about pall mall barbers,27 whitcomb st
www.pallmallbarbers.com
Best bookshops eh? I feel Biblion, the Antiquarian bookshop at Grays Antique Market should of been included! Its a treasure trove. Truly helpful staff, amazing diversity of books and in an Antiques Market! Its full of character and in a great location!
What about
Best Sunday Afternoons in spring/ summer/ autumn/ winter
once again - using the 'print' feature of this feature results in text obliterated by fotos in the layout.......
I would add St. John's Bread & Wine (in Commercial St.) to 'Best Breakfasts'. Brioche, porridge with prunes, delicious fresh rhubarb - it's all amazing. In fact, I think I'm gonna go tomorrow...!
Best barbers? Ya... They are also for women? (!!??) Please, let me know about the best hairdresser! I'm new in town (I'm portuguese), and really dont know where to cut my hair. With style, of course!