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Syd’s Coffee Stall, Shoreditch High St

(Gone but not forgotten)

Illustrator Eleanor Crow made this set of watercolour portraits of cafes as a tribute to those cherished institutions which incarnate the essence of civility in the East End. “It’s because they’re individual concerns, often owned by families across generations who get to know all their customers,” admitted Eleanor, revealing the source of her devotion to cafe culture ,“I like the frontages because each is designed uniquely for that café with wonderful sign-writing or lettering and eye-catching colours. Some of these cafés have been here for a very long time and everyone in the area is familiar with them, and is very fond of them. They make the streets into a better place and are landmarks upon the landscape of the East End.”

E. Pellicci, Bethnal Green Rd

Savoy, Norton Folgate (Gone but not forgotten)

Time for Tea, Shoreditch High St (Gone but not forgotten)

Dalston Lane Cafe

Paga Cafe, Lea Bridge Rd

Lennies Snack Bar, Calvert Avenue (Gone but not forgotten)

Marina Cafe, Mare St

Kingsland Cafe, Kingsland Rd

Grab & Go, Blackhorse Lane

Gina’s Restaurant, Bethnal Green Rd (Gone but not forgotten)

Copper Grill, Eldon St

Billy Bunter’s Snack Bar, Mile End Rd (Gone but not forgotten)

Beppe’s Cafe, West Smithfield

B.B. Cafe, Lea Bridge Rd

Savoy Cafe, Graham Rd

A.Gold, Brushfield St (Gone but not forgotten)

Arthur’s Cafe, Kingsland Rd (Gone but not forgotten)

Cafe Bliss, Dalston Lane

Cafe Rodi, Blackhorse Lane

Rossi Restaurant, Hanbury St  (Gone but not forgotten)

Eleanor Crow at E.Pellicci

Drawings copyright © Eleanor Crow

Portrait copyright © Colin O’Brien

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