Mario's Café

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Mario's Cafe, 6 Kelly St London, NW1 8PH 020 7284 2066

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Mon Jul 12 2010

Star of song (Saint Etienne’s 1993 ‘Mario’s Café’) and screen (at the chrome coffee-counter you can buy a £3 DVD documentary about the caff), Mario’s relies on locals’ indefatigable appetite for cut-above breakfasts – scrambled egg and salmon, or poached egg and prosciutto, on ciabatta, a full English of sausage, egg, bacon and tomato, plus extras (bubble, hash browns, black pudding). But don’t ignore the Italian mains – Mario’s mum makes even a simple spicy Italian sausage penne delicious: decent ingredients, no fuss. Set among pretty pastel-painted cottages, the café is too narrow for comfort, but perfectly proportioned for bonhomie, which Mario dishes up as enthusiastically as the cappuccinos and nosh. It’s a community place, with guitar lessons, doulas and t’ai chi lessons advertised, local art on the walls, and a steady stream of dads-with-nippers and retirees greeted by name. A classic.

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Address:
Mario's Café 6 Kelly St
North London
London
NW1 8PH

Phone:
020 7284 2066
Opening hours:
Meals served noon-10.30pm Mon-Thur, Sun; noon-11pm Fri, Sat.
Transport:
Tube: Camden Town tube/Kentish Town tube/rail
Price:
Main courses £4.90-£13. Set lunch £5.90 bento box.
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1. Mario's Café
  - 6 Kelly St
    North London
    London
    NW1 8PH
  - 020 7284 2066
  - 51.545639,-0.142693

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Food and drink
Facilities:
Eating and drinking facilities. Café. Restaurant and bar facilities. Brunch
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(2 ratings)

This place is great - excellent coffee, arancini, excellent Italian food alongside English cafe grub. if you're in Kentish Town you must go...

Lex Records Thu Jun 30 2011
Rated as: 5/5
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