Popular Cafe

Popular Cafe, 85 Lever Street, Borough of Islington, London EC1, 2013 • Once popular, here closed down and up for sale. It was soon back in business as before (repainted, and minus the dodgy oriental offerings), and still there in 2017.

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By Vici MacDonald
On 2018/07/01
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2013, Borough of Islington, EC1, London, Shopfront Elegy

eaterie, final closure, nice name

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