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Franklins London

Franklins

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The London Review of Breakfasts: Franklins, East Dulwich

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Franklins157 Lordship LaneEast DulwichSE22020 8299 9598(Full breakfast menu served Saturdays only, from 10am - 4pm)by Herby Banger and Tina BeansWhispers in the shadows, rumours and seductive hearsay were all pointing to one thing.

Franklins, the best restaurant in Dulwich, and some say South East London, also dabbled in cooking breakfasts.

And what an experience it was meant to be: the teller told all with the sideways grin and twinkling eyes of someone who had struck breakfast gold.So last Saturday we arrived at Franklins, took a seat in the beautifully light surroundings of their restaurant section, and ordered two Full English cooked breakfasts.

We sat back to wait, already aware that this could be breakfast history in the making.Our lattes arrived first, veritable goblets of fine hot coffee that soothed the soul, as we watched with pleasure the gentlemen chefs made visible by the open wall to the kitchen.

It was if all other breakfasts had been merely in black and white; Franklins, however, have discovered colour.

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Review: Brixton's Salon Is An Exceptional Neighbourhood Restaurant

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We spend a lot of time rushing to the hottest new restaurants because it's fun and it’s also our job to let you know about them.

This can be particularly true of neighbourhood restaurants, and if you’re lucky to have a good one, then you should support it, or be prepared to let it go.

You walk through a deli (important note: they make excellent toasted cheese sandwiches), up a staircase and into a space that’s part restaurant, part supper club, part your friend’s trendy flat that makes you green with envy.

Nick and his team really are good at making food look lovely, as you can see from the arrangement of skate, samphire, and elderflower.

They also do brunch and sell cakes and other lovely things made on site in the shop downstairs.

Where To Eat And Drink In... East Dulwich | Londonist

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While East Dulwich has changed immeasurably over the past decade or so, it has retained its community feel and boasts a high street full of independent shops, restaurants and cafés.

The bustling Brick House Bakery & Café, tucked away down Zenoria Street, is the place to go for bread-based breakfast, brunch or lunch and award winning sourdough bread to take away.

A short stroll from East Dulwich station is Blackbird Bakery, a busy little bakery and café, which started out life as a stall on North Cross Road Market and now has six shops across south London.

Back on the main thoroughfare, in a prime spot on the corner of Lordship Lane and Goose Green, East Dulwich stalwart, the East Dulwich Tavern (or the EDT as its known locally) is still going strong.

If you need space to manoeuvre a buggy and baby change facilities then you'll feel at home at Brick House Bakery & Café, with highchairs, spacious loos and big glasses of cold milk on the menu for children, and Toast.ED, where they are kind enough to offer free babycinos when you’re getting a much needed caffeine-fix for yourself.

Franklins, 157 Lordship Lane, Dulwich, London, SE22 8HX - British ...

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One eat-in venue and one space dedicated to providing you with the provisions to take it away and do your best impression of the Franklin’s menu at home.

We headed for drinks and snacks at the Franklin’s bar…Split into two separate sections there is a clear divide here.

However, we weren’t in for dining but to make the most of the other half – the Franklin’s pub.

A sort of cross between classic pub and farmhouse dining room, the space is comfortable and communal in a way you don’t see that much.

On this occasion we found Benediktiner wheat beer and Camden Pale Ale on the taps and ordered a side of excellent black pudding on toast to wash down.The area of Lordship lane where Franklin’s stands is undoubtedly the quiet end and the venue reflects that.

Toasted - restaurant review | London Evening Standard

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ES Food Newsletter Toasted, the newly opened East Dulwich restaurant from the partnership of chef Michael Hazelwood and manager Alex Thorp, puts wine at the heart of a meal in an especially alluring manner.

Three 300-litre stainless steel tanks — the sort you stare at dutifully during the downside of press trips to wineries — filled with wines sourced directly from the makers, dominate one of the dining spaces.

Menus change daily, free tastings and other events are advertised, wines, including those from the tanks and the bin ends, can be bought for home consumption.

My colleague Andrew Neather, far better equipped than me to analyse a wine list, gives his report: “As at Terroirs and other restaurants associated with natural wine importer Les Caves de Pyrene, this predominantly Old World selection is large and leftfield (thus eight pretty obscure Jura wines).

“From the red, white and rosé sold from stainless steel tanks, the Eztézargues co-op’s 2012 red Côtes du Rhône is a warm, spicy bargain at £3 a glass (you can take a refillable bottle home for £5.95).

Franklins | Restaurants in East Dulwich, London

An asset locally, and one that has stood the test of time – it’s been in East Dulwich since 1999 (and before that the owners also ran the Secret Garden restaurant at Franklins antiques shop in Camberwell).

There’s a commitment to careful sourcing (local where possible and at the very least from the UK, from dedicated growers and producers), and a more adventurous menu than many neighbourhood restaurants.

Try an oyster or two while perusing a menu that might include confit quail and celariac remoulade or potted shrimps to start, followed by ox tongue with black pudding and chicory or whole rainbow trout with fennel, cucumber and dill.

The light back-room restaurant is given focus by the open kitchen and is patrolled by friendly staff; at the front is a livelier bar area, plus outdoor seating in clement weather.

On the next corner is Franklins Farm Shop, where much of the produce comes from farms in Kent.

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