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The community centre that houses the cafe was opened by local activists in 1992, and it continues to be run by volunteers. As of September 2015 the cafe is open Tuesday-Sunday, offering a small (3-4 dishes) and frequently-changing menu of vegetarian and vegan food. |
The community centre that houses the cafe was opened by local activists in 1992, and it continues to be run by volunteers. As of August 2010 the cafe is open Wednesday-Saturday, offering a small (3-4 dishes) and frequently-changing menu of vegetarian and vegan food. |
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[[secretlondon]] and a couple of friends visited in September 2015. Signs said that the cafe is run by a group called [http://www.normanloves.com/ Norman Loves] and that the vegetables come from the [http://www.organiclea.org.uk/ organic Lea growers co-op]. There is free wifi. I had fried potatoes with greens and fried egg (£5.20) <small>[https://www.flickr.com/photos/secretlondon/21549615048 photo]</small> which was fine and a friend had daal <small>[https://www.flickr.com/photos/secretlondon/21549655798 photo]</small> which she thought needed more spice. I had some lovely lime and berry cake. They sell breakfast food too and Left Bank Brewery beer and London glider cider - both unsampled and £3 each. |
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<div class="last_verified">Last visited by [[secretlondon]] and friends, September 2015. Opening hours taken from the Hornbeam website, August 2010.</div> |
<div class="last_verified">Last visited by [[Kake]] and friend, August 2010. Opening hours taken from the Hornbeam website, August 2010.</div> |
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Volunteer-run community cafe in Walthamstow.
The community centre that houses the cafe was opened by local activists in 1992, and it continues to be run by volunteers. As of August 2010 the cafe is open Wednesday-Saturday, offering a small (3-4 dishes) and frequently-changing menu of vegetarian and vegan food.
The decor is cheerful and cosy. A sofa and easy chair near the door are flanked by a low coffee table, and the rest of the space is filled with upright chairs and tables seating around a dozen people. A noticeboard is filled with posters and flyers advertising local events, some of them (such as a knitting group) taking place within the cafe.
Kake and friend visited on a Wednesday lunchtime in August 2010. When we arrived around 1pm, there were a couple of free tables, but these filled up during our visit.
Kake's gado gado (£4.75) photo was quite tasty, consisting of cooked potato and cauliflower along with raw carrots, tomatoes, cucumbers, and leafy greens; the peanut dressing had a pleasing consistency too. My friend was a little less pleased with her polenta and mixed vegetable pie (£4.75 including three salads) photo, finding the choice of vegetables not entirely to her taste and some of the leaves in the green salad a little bitter, though she enjoyed the polenta, the accompanying new potatoes, and the tomato-cucumber salad.
Service was a little haphazard, though this is possibly because we were there at the peak of lunchtime trade.
Accessibility: A ramp up to get in. It's on one level once you're in, and there's a spacious, accessible toilet cubicle.
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