Food. By Mark.: Hackney

Although I live in East London, and more precisely in Bow, I just don't know a great deal about it. Two years in East London so far and I'm still discovering so many places. Having opened earlier this month, Wilton's is the latest venture from the owners and managers of the Notting Hill Arts Club, David McHugh and Dominik Prosser. Along a row of shops on Wiltons Way, just north of London Fields (and 5 minutes behind the Hackney Empire), sits Wilton's in a tiny single shop unit. Space being a premium, the interior has been cleverly designed by Broadway market-based design duo The Dog and Wardrobe with the restored scaffold bench, clever hidden away fruit crate tables/seats/storage boxes, and corrugated steel cylindrical pod serving tables inspired by simple coffee cup shapes. Their coffee is also locally roasted by Climpson & Sons, on Broadway Market. Wilton's is also the home of London Fields Radio.

Alongside coffee they also freshly prepare to order a number of open and closed sandwiches including the avocado on sourdough (which could've been slightly more seasoned). Serving velvety Antipoden flat white coffees and smooth macchiatos, I am certainly a fan of their coffee and their part in the mini invasion of Melbourne, Sydney and Wellington café cultures.