South-east London's wine and small-plates frontier: Levan, Forza Wine on top of the multistorey carpark, Persepolis grocer-cafe on Peckham High Street.
Nicholas Balfe's small-plates room on Blenheim Grove in Peckham London, opened 2018 and Michelin-recognised, runs Modern European cooking with a long.
OrderSmoked eel with beetroot and creme fraiche, plus whatever's on the wood-fired grill.
TipThe room is small and bookings book a fortnight ahead; bar seats are released for walk-ins from 18:00.
Mike Davies's gastropub on Camberwell Church Street in south London, opened 2014, runs a daily-changing seasonal menu and a famous family-style Sunday roast.
OrderSunday roast for four (booked in advance), or whatever whole-animal cut is on weeknight dinner.
TipSunday lunch books a fortnight ahead and serves until they run out. The bar room takes walk-ins all evening.
Erin Wilkins's small-batch bakery on Peckham Road in south London, opened 2021, runs serious natural-leaven sourdough, pastel de nata and a weekend-only.
Worth the queuePastel de nata
TipClosed Sunday and Monday. Pastel de nata baked in batches every two hours; arrive at 09:30, 11:30 or 13:30 for hot ones.
Bash Redford's wine bar atop the Peckham multistorey carpark in south London, opened 2018, runs Italian-leaning natural wines and small plates with a rooftop.
PourWhatever Italian skin-contact orange wine is on
WineItalian growers and natural-leaning
FoodItalian small plates
TipWalk-up only. Tuesday-Thursday from 17:30 walks in; Friday-Saturday queue runs to 90 minutes for the rooftop seats.
The 10th-floor multi-storey carpark bar built by Practice Architecture for Bold Tendencies in 2009 is the summer fixture, with a Negroni view across south London and zero pretense to anything more.
TipCard only, no advance bookings, no table service. Get there before 18:00 on a Friday or you queue down the ramp.
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