A bagel joint in Hendon.

Opened in 2013 as Tower 47, this Camden café has gone Big Apple on us, with its shiny new bagel oven. Choose from Brooklyn-style rye, poppy seed or pumpernickel stuffed with pastrami, salt beef or cream cheese. Don’t fret over the transition – the Camden soul has survived. There’s music memorabilia on the walls and musicians can still hire Studio 2 for band practice. And when you’re done jamming? Well, there’s jam or Marmite on your bagels, of course. Locals still come here for the friendly service (it’s the same owners despite the name change) and the relaxed vibe. It was nicely busy when we dropped by at 3pm on a weekday, though weekends get more hectic as tourists flock to the market. Get your caffeine fix with beans from Soho’s Algerian Coffee Stores, or the range of soft drinks includes root beer if you’re more Americana than Americano.

What with it being bright orange, you'll find it hard to miss Bagel Delight Bakery. There are also an array of fancy cakes decorating the windows that ought to catch your eye too, and there's more of where that came from inside. Eclairs, sticky buns, croissants, freshly baked bread, doughnuts, cakes and more are on offer for pocket frinedly prices. Sit in or take-away.

A bagel vendor in Spitalfields Market sourcings its bagels from Brick Lane.