Bar Bruno

Every booth and ketchup stain at Bar Bruno, a Soho cafe and sandwich bar that’s been around for donkey’s years, has a story to tell. The old-school Italian greasy spoon is on a corner of Wardour Street and does a roaring trade in hulking chicken escalope sandwiches that will keep you going to or from hangover. Much of its business is in breakfast and lunchtime takeaways, but grabbing a booth at Bar Bruno is what the pros do. This is a spot for one-time actors, sometime musicians, builders, office workers, people who know people, and anyone who could do with a lovely fry-up first thing. It’s cash-only, obviously.

photo credit: Aleksandra Boruch

photo credit: Aleksandra Boruch

photo credit: Aleksandra Boruch

photo credit: Aleksandra Boruch