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Bacon, sausage, fried egg, baked beans, grilled tomato, mushrooms, black pudding, fried bread or toast. London's defining hangover plate, served all day at greasy spoons and gastro brunch rooms since the 1800s.
The full English derived from rural country-house breakfasts of the nineteenth century, codified by the Edwardian middle classes as a single plate to start the day. Mass production of bacon and sausage in the 1900s pushed it into working-class greasy spoons. The Regency Cafe (1946 on Regency Street, Westminster) and E Pellicci (1900 on Bethnal Green Road) still serve the canonical version: white plate, brown HP sauce, tea on the side. Modern London brunch rooms (Caravan, Granger and Co, Riding House) plate prettier takes; the survival of the form sits with the cafe institutions.
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The 1946 Westminster greasy spoon on Regency Street in London, white-tiled formica-tabled cafe, runs the canonical London full English at the counter.
OrderThe full English with white bloomer toast, plus a mug of strong tea.
TipCash and contactless. Closed Sundays and Saturday afternoons. The 09:00 queue is film-crew familiar.
The Pellicci family's 1900 east-London cafe on Bethnal Green Road, Grade-II listed for the 1946 marquetry interior, runs a daily Italian-British greasy spoon.
OrderThe full English with extra fried bread, and a slice of their housemade lasagna.
TipCash and card; closed Sundays. Queue runs out the door on Saturday morning. The interior is the listed treasure.
Bill Granger's Australian breakfast room on Westbourne Grove in Notting Hill London, opened 2011, runs ricotta hotcakes and an all-day brunch menu.
TipNo bookings. The 09:00 queue runs 30 minutes on Saturdays; weekday breakfast walks in by 08:00.
Jonathan Arana-Morton and Allan Howe's American-style brunch counter on D'Arblay Street in Soho London, opened 2005, runs pancakes, eggs and a famous.
OrderPancake stack with bacon and maple
TipWalk-in only. Weekday at 09:00 walks in; weekends queue 45-60 minutes. The Spitalfields and Hoxton siblings have shorter queues.
Chris Corbin and Jeremy King's grand European brasserie on Piccadilly in London, opened 2003 in a former 1921 Wolseley showroom, runs from breakfast.
OrderEggs Benedict and a flat white at breakfast, or the Wiener schnitzel and a glass of riesling at dinner.
TipBreakfast from 07:00 is the un-touristed slot. Pre-theatre dinner from 18:00 books a fortnight ahead.
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