"Open for: Lunch and dinnerPrice range: $$$Chef Ed Wilson’s hearty French Italian menu is a showcase for his own personal love of food. To eat here is to share that passion, especially now with an increased emphasis on fresh pasta and spectacular comfort food. Wines are predominantly natural and biodynamic. Illustrated wine posters, art, and curios on whitewashed brick walls also make the two relaxed dining rooms on Columbia Road among London’s most handsome and cool. Vibe check: This place has the city’s smallest and most beautiful bathrooms — among the very first to use Aesop, too." - Adam Coghlan
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