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| Reasonably-priced cafe and greasy spoon just north of Oxford Street. This offers a wide range of choices, including fried breakfasts, eggs Benedict, salads, jacket potatoes, sandwiches and main meals. Takeaway is available (not tried). |
Reasonably-priced greasy spoon just north of Oxford Street. |
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Market Place has a number of food places, and this one isn't immediately obvious. Look for the bagel place at the right hand end of the row of food places (two to the right of the [[Harry Morgan, W1W 8AD|Harry Morgan deli]]), and in front of it there are stairs down. Turn left at the bottom of the stairs. |
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There are internet terminals (£2/hour, minimum charge £1) and you can have half an hour free with any meal purchase of £3.50 or over. [[Martin]] visited on a Friday lunchtime. The (very friendly and helpful) waitress offered me a choice of tables (yes, it's table service if you're not having takeaway) and pointed out the newspapers (Metros plus a Mail and a Telegraph). I ordered the English breakfast (£5.80). All of the prices were very reasonable (most if not all under £6), especially so considering the area. When the food arrived, my initial favourable impressions were confirmed. I have never seen such a beautifully-presented English breakfast other than in the glossy (and sadly misleading) menus found in some motorway services. There, it's just a picture which bears no resemblance to reality. Here, it's on the plate in front of you. £5.80 bought me a fried egg, bacon (char-grilled into a cross-hatch pattern!), sausage, beans, tomato (fried, not tinned), mushrooms, chips and toast (a choice of white, brown or granary). Everything arrived well laid out, without a trace of surplus grease. The only disappointments were the sausage (typical mystery meat greasy spoon sausage) and the mushrooms (strangely soggy and tasteless button mushrooms - possibly tinned?). Calling this place a "greasy spoon" conjures up the wrong image. Yes, it does fried breakfasts if you want them, but they form just one part of the menu, and the food and presentation are definitely a cut above most greasy spoons. I'll definitely be returning! |
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<div class="last_verified">Last visited by [[Martin]] at lunchtime on Friday 2008-01-04. Food prices correct at that time. Sorry, forgot to check opening hours.</div> |
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| summary='Reasonably-priced cafe and greasy spoon just north of Oxford Street.' website='' |
summary='Reasonably-priced greasy spoon just north of Oxford Street.' summary='Reasonably-priced cafe and greasy spoon just north of Oxford Street.' website='' |
Reasonably-priced greasy spoon just north of Oxford Street.
Also offers lunchtime sandwiches and salads.
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