"Why settle for a hopeful chance of squeezing into a spot at the counter when you can go to Lucia’s, a cool and casual Hackney Wick taqueria where a seat at the counter is a given. Outside, stools line the courtyard bar, primed for catch-ups over fall-apart beef barbacoa and your most pick-me tote bag. Inside, there’s vinyl spinning and flames flickering by the L-shaped bar that wraps around the open kitchen like a reunion hug between two mezcal-fuelled friends." - heidi lauth beasley, jake missing, rianne shlebak