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Please note, Berite & Boo has now closed. Time Out Food editors, June 2019.
While it's not the coffee aficionado's choice, this independently-owned neighbourhood café is nonetheless hugely popular with locals. Not only does it have an overtly child-friendly policy (its second site, just down the road at 205 Balham High Road SW17 7BQ, is called 'Bertie and Boo's Adventure Island' and incorporates an enormous soft play area), but it benefits from a well-placed corner site and alfresco seating, which on sunny days affords great people-watching. There's a large selection of cakes, brownies and cookies - these are bought-in, and often slightly too sweet, but none of its devotees are complaining.