Dusty’s is a beloved neighborhood spot renowned for its light, classic Neapolitan pizzas, amazing pastries, and a lineup of friendly, efficient staff.
"The Dusty Knuckle is probably the best bakery in north London and their second location only reaffirms that. It’s big and airy, open from 8am, and full of their incomparably delicious morning buns. Come lunchtime, changing bits are put between two slices of their faultless focaccia or in the winter months, there are homely bowls of soup. It’s open on weekends for pizza nights and, if it was open through the early hours, we’d probably never leave." - jake missing
"Egg chilli cheese “Outside of bacon, egg, and sausage, the UK’s breakfast sandwich repertoire is fairly limited. Things feel a little stagnant but The Dusty Knuckle bakery in Harringay is trying to change that. I’m not exaggerating when I say I could eat two of these sandwiches back-to-back. Three if I was nursing a particularly spiteful hangover. Everyone knows that DK’s focaccia is one of the best breads in the game and combined with a fried egg (fudgy), gooey cheese (a cheddar-ish blend), chopped chilli (green), spring onion (crunchy), and coriander (divisive), it makes for the perfect breakfast sandwich.” - JM" - Jake Oliver, Rianne Shlebak, Sinead Cranna
"Mince pie sceptics might have found a safe space in The Dusty Knuckle. This year the bakery is doing ‘Christmas puffs’. They’ll still be stuffed with mincemeat but instead of crumbly, potentially soggy pastry, they have a fluffy, flaky, puff pastry casing. Available at the Dalston and Green Lanes bakeries. " - sinead cranna
"Gold, frankincense, and myrrh is good and all, but a porchetta sandwich is even better. The Dusty Knuckle, the much-loved Dalston and Harringay bakery, is as ever coming in hot with its Christmas sandwich offering. Their famous bubbly focaccia is the vehicle of choice and, between it, you’ll find fennel and garlic-stuffed porchetta, pork crackling, quince aioli, and watercress." - Jake Oliver
"Imagine a copy of War and Peace, then imagine a copy of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire—put the two together with a filling of meatballs, crème fraîche, a dressed salad, and pickles, and then you have an idea of the size of the Dusty Knuckle’s focaccia sandwiches. The esteemed north London bakery’s location in Harringay is a breezy, comfortable cafe as well. Perfect for early morning buggy meet-ups and solo sandwich eaters head down in words." - heidi lauth beasley, jake missing
