"Saponara is a little Italian deli and restaurant in a quiet bit of Islington between the Essex Road and Upper Street, but nothing about this old-school restaurant is particularly quiet. The staff are joyful, there are bright Fellini posters and Ferrari flags on the wall, and the crispy pizza is something to shout about. It isn’t the biggest space in the world, but its long tables and many chairs are perfectly set up for groups of locals to enjoy gooey, expertly formed, blink and they're gone margheritas." - rianne shlebak, jake missing, heidi lauth beasley