CIRO’S

good coffee in islington, if you know where to look. northampton street isn't a thoroughfare anyone stumbles down by accident, which means the people at ciro's on any given morning have usually made a deliberate choice to be there. that matters. the menu runs alongside the coffee, small plates that take the vegan and vegetarian side of things seriously rather than treating it as an afterthought, so you can actually eat well here, not just caffeinate. it works particularly well solo, the kind of place where sitting alone feels intentional rather than awkward. unit 6 of the ivories, a converted space tucked off the main drag of northampton street, n1, is worth finding on a weekday morning before the rest of the city catches up.