Housed in a striking little round building, this hip cafe serves top coffee, cooked breakfasts (until a decadent 5pm and all day on weekends) and then rustic pizzas and cocktails after dusk. Sit at a window and watch the hipsters go by.
Shoreditch Grind
Clerkenwell, Shoreditch & Spitalfields
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