In the dimly lit winter days cafes are like worlds of refuge. It's as if the dark days of London can't be bad as they make the warm cafes with their aromas all the more warm-hearted. You go through the doors with jingling bells and if you're lucky enough to sit down and stay you will feel strange leaving, like waking from a dream and realising the world has carried on just as it had before. While you seem different. Lighter, happier, with a rosiness returned to your cheeks.
Brick Lane is my favourite place to find vintage in London. Two of my favourite cafes serve as bookends to this lane and it's side streets. Begin at the top of the street or the end as long as you stop at one or both of these cafes.
(my instagram journey through brick lane)
Chez Elles Bistroquet
45 Brick Lane, Poplar, London Borough of Tower Hamlets, E1 6PU
Hours:
Monday Closed
Tuesday-Friday 11:30 am-11:30 pm
Saturday 10:30 am-11:30 pm
Sunday 10:30 am-6:00 pm
Parisian, beautiful waiters with French accents, floral cups with saucers, Edith Piaf serenading you from the '30s, cookies, pain au chocolat, brunch, candle lit dinners
~ Shops along the way ~
The Vintage Emporium
14 Bacon Street, Shadwell, London E1 6LF
Hours:
Monday-Friday
11 am–10 pm
Saturday-Sunday
10 am-10 pm
Victorian styled, the owner's dogs next to you, big tea cakes sprinkled with dried fruits and nuts, gorgeous vintage shop below, old old songs, homey yet like no home you've ever been to
4 comments:
It seems so wonderful !!! I've got a place similar in my town, but yours seems really great ! I'd like to go there !!!
Nice blog :)
luciewyffels.blogspot.fr
cafes are the best escape, too cold to be anywhere else!
Wow! I love the inside of the cafe, I LOVE cafe's! I wish I could go to that one one day :)
like your blog :)
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