The Irish artist takes us around his favourite coffee haunts in Hackney, recommends an excellent bakery and tells us where he buys his breakfast ingredients
EATING OUT
These are Conrad’s favourite coffee haunts in his neighbourhood (ie. within walking distance of London Fields)
Wilton Way Café
63 Wilton Way, London, UK E8 1BG; www.facebook.com/wiltonwaycafe
Small, popular café north of London Fields serving breakfast, lunch and Climpson’s coffee.
Violet Cakes
47 Wilton Way, London E8 3ED; www.violetcakes.com
A cake shop and cafe run by Claire Ptak, formerly pastry chef at Chez Panisse.
The De Beauvoir Deli
98 Southgate Rd, London N1 3JD; www.thedebeauvoirdeli.co.uk
“You get a much bigger coffee for your money here.” – Conrad
L’Eau a la Bouche
35–37 Broadway Market London E8 4PH; www.labouche.co.uk
Always-packed French deli-café on Broadway Market. “I had a pain au chocolate crossed with an almond croissant here the other day. It was one of the nicest eating experiences I’ve ever had.”
BUYING IN
E5 Bakehouse, (pictured above)
Arch 395, Mentmore Terrace, London E8 3PH; www.e5bakehouse.com
Excellent bakery under the arches below London Fields station. This is where Conrad takes us to buy seeded rye bread.
Saturday market at Broadway Market
Broadway Market, London E8 4QJ; www.broadwaymarket.co.uk/
Hackney food market which has exploded in popularity in recent years and draws people from all over the city. “The veg stall in the middle is my favourite.” – Conrad
London Fields Sunday Farmers’ Market
London Fields Primary School, Westgate Street, London E8 3RL; www.facebook.com/londonfieldssundaymarket
A smaller, more low-key Sunday farmers’ market in the schoolyard next to Broadway Market.
Suma
www.suma.coop
Conrad buys most of the seeds, dried fruit and cacao nibs that go on his porridge on the Suma website.
Mother Earth
101-103 Newington Green Rd, London N1 4QY; www.motherearth-health.com
Excellent health-food store with branches around north-east London.