Eat & Drink
Originally published on Wednesday, 30th July 2008
Daylesford Organic Cafe & Store
No-one embodies the 'organic dream' better than the formidable Lady Bamford and her Daylesford Organic empire that first poked out a shoot in Gloucestershire and is now threatening to ooze, like extra thick double cream, into all the most chi-chi corners of London.
The three-storey Pimlico Road emporium that opened earlier this year - and is to be duplicated on Westbourne Grove by the end of this one - has it all: bakery, cheese and deli counters, homewares upstairs, lovely little tables outside and a separate butcher's and garden store just across the road if you're feeling you're still lacking something.
The eat-in menu, which changes on a daily basis depending on what's freshest, includes things like potted ham with toast and piccalilli and smoked kipper salad with soft quail eggs. How was I served? Very nicely thank you - with extra complimentary shortbread hearts, a wink and a smile.
And credit crunch or not, when I was in there the place was heaving, not just with the chic and well-heeled but with builders buying their take-away filter coffees and organic bacon butties.
Good to know I'm not the only one buying into the dream.
Hours: Mon-Fri 8am-8pm • Sat 8am-7pm • Sun 10am-4pm
Place: 44b Pimlico Road,SW1W 8LP
Cost: £20
Web: daylesfordorganic.com
Book: 020 7881 8060