on the Menu already feels at home in Herne Hill, and loves the area for its friendliness and strong sense of community, encouraged by the Herne Hill Society and the Herne Hill Forum.
Pizzeria Pellone
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a well-stocked bar in the middle, and tables inside and on the pavement — all welcoming coffee-drinkers during the day, a relaxed cross-section of people for lunch and dinner, and a lively crowd for eating and drinking up to midnight.
The Parlour
19 Norwood Road Tel: 07809 719 900 Twitter: @coffeeparlour www.theparlourhernehill.co.uk 8:00am to 7:00pm weekdays, 9:00am to 7:00pm weekends Facing Brockwell Park, this airy new place opened in June, offering fine coffees and teas, smoothies, snacks and sandwiches. And the name? Owner Caroline Paice explains that “we wanted
to signify a friendly space to relax, just have a coffee and a healthy bite to eat, or catch up with emails. As dog owners, we also wanted to welcome dogs who are taking their owners for a walk!” Children are just as welcome. Caroline’s young team can also whizz up healthy Spirulina, Baobab and Guarana shots. Naturally, cakes (some gluten-free) and pastries are there to tempt customers, but the croissants are, by design, modest in size, so that we don’t feel immoderately guilty if we yield to temptation. Like many people setting up small businesses, Caroline is on her second career: until recently she was Head of English at Sydenham High School. A long-time South London resident, she
Herne Hill-Autumn 2015
153a Dulwich Road Tel: 020 8001 7652 11:30am – 11:00pm Monday – Saturday; 11:30am – 10:00pm Sunday Few would deny that Naples is the pizza’s authentic home — which is where the Pellone family founded their first pizza restaurant and perfected their recipes and techniques. Now the family have chosen Herne Hill to be the first UK location for their authentic Neapolitan wood-fired pizza restaurant, run by Antonio Pellone, grandson of the founder. His father Raffaele is here to help and advise, too. Slow rising dough is one of the hallmarks of classic Neapolitan pizza. It must also be fired in very hot wood-burning ovens which gives the familiar leopard spot markings on the fast cooking base and the appetising smoky tinge to the crisp rim. Antonio and his family are delighted to have found premises in Herne Hill, close to transport links and to Brockwell Park and its many events and regular visitors. With its traditional wood-fired oven, informal atmosphere and rapid service, the pizzeria has quickly started to attract regular visitors, and promises to become another popular fixture in the Herne Hill restaurant scene.
Café Provencal
On a sadder note ... Café Provencal, the long-established and popular restaurant by the railway bridge has very recently announced that the effects of the 2013 flood and problems with securing adequate compensation from Thames Water will force the business to close unless a rapid reversal of their fortunes can be achieved – something they hope to do through crowdfunding. See more at http://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/ save-cafe-provencal.
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