16 Blackhorse Lane, London E17 6HJ

This is the Café that features in the song Table for One, on the album Table for One. The caff where I spend most of my time. The place has been in the same family for at least 4 generations. The dominant characters there at present are two sisters with 40's hair dos. I haven't learnt their names yet, I don't like to be one of those over familiar regulars, but I bet one's called Maria. They have a knack for being so over enthusiastic about everything. I went in once and one of them had just been pick pocketed on Walthamstow market; "They were SO good you know, I didn't feel a thing!" as though she were recommending them to future victims.

The Café itself is just so beautiful. The front room retains its 1950's fixtures and fittings, but the back room is a green and white tiled 1940's Pie and Mash shop style room.