"215 Hackney is a Middle Eastern spot in Stoke Newington that takes London’s repeat brunch offenders—bagels, french toast, jammy eggs—and adds a smear of tahini butter here, a chunky baba ganoush there, and liberal sprinkles of black sesame seeds and sumac on every golden yolk. The Jerusalem bagels and Hackney Feast—a fry-up with latkes instead of hash browns—are real high points." - jake missing, daisy meager, sinead cranna, heidi lauth beasley