Bake Street
Cafe · Lower Clapton
58 Evering Rd, Lower Clapton, London N16 7SR, United Kingdom
Highlights
Weekend specials: smash burgers, hot chicken, birria tacos, cookies
Weekend specials: smash burgers, hot chicken, birria tacos, cookies
"Bake Street makes brunch for people who wake up craving dinner. From the moment they open on Tuesday morning to their final crème brûlée cookie sold on Sunday afternoon, you’ll overhear Birkenstock-clad Clapton regulars deciding between which special to get, and change your mind five times as you get closer to the till. Let us help you out. Come for the weekend-only specials and don’t leave without getting the smashburger or the Nashville hot chicken bun." - jake missing, rianne shlebak, sinead cranna
"Bake Street in Hackney is best-known for its brilliant brunch and weekend menu—for good reason. People travel far and wide to get an 11am Nashville-style hot fried chicken sandwich, or a tom yum bun. Birria consommé, with chunks of meat, is chugged by the cup. Lamb birria tacos—so rich, so soft, and just a little cheesy—taste like they’ve been slow-cooked to D’Angelo. The meat is all halal, and although there’s limited seating out front, you’re only a short stroll away from Stoke Newington Common where you can make a picnic out of it." - rianne shlebak
"This small Stoke Newington cafe seriously overdelivers, preparing some of London’s best American diner-style smash burgers, Nashville hots, playful samosas, and the inimitable chicken makhani sandwich come the weekend, with a solid core menu for weekday visitors. Its sweet offering isn’t half bad either; cookies are particularly excellent, as is the seasonal ice cream from Crabtree and co-founder Feroz Gajia in warmer months. Must-try dish: Do not miss the ingenious creme brulee cookie, developed by pastry chef Chloe-Rose Crabtree from a recipe by Los Angeles’s Dough and Arrow. And the makhani chicken bun at weekends." - Adam Coghlan
"Although the coffee at this Hackney cafe is good and their homemade pastries, cakes, and cookies quite irresistible (we’re looking at you, crème brûlée cookie), you should visit Bake Street at the weekend. Their fried chicken sandwiches are McDz-like in the best possible way: soft buns, crisp pounded chicken, and completely inhaleable in under a minute. Flavours, be it a Nashville-inspired hot chicken or a spiced fish cutter, are above and beyond anything fast food-related, though. Don’t ignore the smashburger either. Or the birria tacos if they’re on." - rianne shlebak, jake missing, heidi lauth beasley
"This Hackney cafe’s fried chicken sandwiches are McDz-like in the best possible way. Soft buns, crisp, pounded chicken, and completely inhalable in under a minute. Flavours, be it a Nashville hot chicken or a spiced fish cutter, go above and beyond anything fast food-related, though. And for beef-lovers, the smashburger—a weekend-only menu highlight—is a perfectly done job, the kind that deserves a promotion." - jake missing, rianne shlebak, sinead cranna
