Buns & Berries

buns & berries does food and coffee together without letting either one suffer. that's rarer than it sounds. plenty of places treat the kitchen as an afterthought, or let the espresso program coast while the pastry case does the heavy lifting. leytonstone road sits in e15, a part of east london that's been quietly accumulating good independent spots for a few years now, and buns & berries fits that shift. if you're coming from stratford or cutting through on the way somewhere else, it's worth stopping rather than passing. the local following here is real and consistent, which tends to mean something. finish with whatever they're pulling as the filter option that morning.