"Eat with the elite." That’s what the folks behind the upcoming London Restaurant Week want us to do from the 14th of April through the 27th (which would actually make it more like London Restaurant Weeks but whatever). Snooty catch phrases and poor calendar reading skills aside, London Restaurant Week sounds like a brilliant opportunity to dine at many of London’s most celebrated eateries for cheap. During this foodie fortnight (can Londonist trademark that?)......

A not-so-subtle hint in our recent post about The Good Food Guide publishing a London edition 40 years after putting out their last London guide led to an actual hardcopy of the book appearing at Londonist Central HQ a few days later. Appreciative of such concrete feedback, we took some time to peruse the guide and to consider our thoughts about it before ultimately coming to the conclusion that it’s a pretty good resource......

Londonist asks that most pressing of daily concerns: where to go on your lunch break. Wick Café 28 Felstead Street E9 5LT 0208 533 7575 6am-5pm for (Monday-Saturday), 8am-4pm (Sunday) Expect to Pay: around £5 for amply piled dishes of vintage caff favourites Rating: 9 out of 10 This tea peddling East London greasy spoon, where the only thing more high viz than the vests of the chowing workers is the specials signage adorning......

This is the final month of the Moore at Kew exhibition, the kind of attraction that "Don't Miss" columns were invented for. 28 monumental sculptors by Henry Moore are scattered throughout the grounds. Our very own Tiki Chris has recorded them in this video, with soundtrack by the pandas.......

Chris at Cheese and Biscuits, lists the top ten things he hates about London restaurants. We heartily agree with point #10. Stonch’s Beer Blog takes its readers on an 1881 pub crawl in Clerkenwell. The ladies at Cupcakes Take the Cake interview the owner of Kensington’s Buttercup Cake Shop. An American in London has a ocakbasi overdose in Dalston. Photography by Chris Osburn © 2008......

Not only the world’s most famous graffiti stencil artist, England’s own beloved Banksy is also one heck of a studio artist. Don’t believe us (or any of the hype surrounding Banksy)? See for yourself at Andipa Gallery, where – starting this Friday – many of Banksy’s works is to be on view. Most of the exhibition is comprised of studio pieces, many of which are rare and previously unseen. One such rare work is......

Photography courtesy of Tiki Chris via the Londonist pool on Flickr. Interested in your foodie photos appearing on Londonist? Click here.......

Londonist brings it on home. Basilico 26 Penton St N1 9PS Delivery Area: Islington 0800 093 4224 5pm-wee hours (Monday-Thursday) 11am-wee hours (Friday-Sunday) Expect to Pay: Around £10 for a 13” pie or £15 for an 18” Rating: 7 out of 10 On a handful of occasions, Londonist has ordered pizza from the Basilico franchise in Islington, a takeaway and delivery pizzeria with five locations. We were pleased with the Americana (Italian spicy pepperoni,......

Londonist asks that most pressing of daily concerns: where to go on your lunch break. Castle Sandwich Bar 54 Paul St EC2A 4LN 0207 739 4702 6am - 4pm (Monday-Friday) Map Expect to Pay: Under £5 Rating: 9.5 out of 10 According to manager Elia Casotti, the Castle Sandwich Bar has been owned by the same family and in business for 37 years. Despite its significance in London caff history, the Castle is still,......

Londonist asks that most pressing of daily concerns: where to go on your lunch break. Laxeiro 93 Columbia Road E2 7RG Reservations: 0207 729 1147 12pm-3pm, 7-11pm (Tuesday – Saturday) 9am - 3pm (Sunday) Map Expect to Pay: £5 for most tapas Rating: 9.5 out of 10 After last week’s lunch of very good but still not phenomenal tapas at Meson los Barriles, we were left desperate for some proper Spanish cooking. So, going......

Londonist asks that most pressing of daily concerns: where to go on your lunch break. Meson Los Barriles Clerkenwell Location 55-63 Goswell Road EC1V 7EN Nearest Tube: Barbican 0871 3327054 10.30am-Midnight Daily Map Spitalfields Location 8 Lamb Street, Spitalfields Market E1 6EA Nearest Tube: Liverpool Street 0871 3327646 10.30am-Midnight Daily Map Expect to Pay: Tapas start around £4 Rating: 7 out of 10 Reviews at London-eating.co.uk for Meson Los Barriles, a tapas bar with......

Londonist asks that most pressing of daily concerns: where to go on your lunch break. Gourmet Burger Kitchen Locations throughout London Contact specific locations for hours Expect to Pay: Around £10 Rating: 8 out of 10 Burgers of Scooby Doo proportions; milkshakes from another era; chips of substance and weight; Gourmet Burger Kitchen is the sort of restaurant chain that makes Londonist happy. Developed by three New Zealanders craving for a taste of home,......

Londonist asks that most pressing of daily concerns: where to go on your lunch break. Bosphorus Kebabs 59 Old Brompton Road SW7 3JS Nearest Tube: South Kensington 0871 426 9060 10.30am-Midnight Daily Map Expect to Pay: Around £6 Rating: 9 out of 10 Bosphorus Kebabs is a tiny hole-in-the-wall just a short stroll away from the South Ken Tube. The place can become extremely crowded during the weekday lunch rush and during the evening......

The Treatment Rooms is a privately owned three-story house in the West London suburb of Chiswick, which over the past several years has had its exterior walls transformed into an ongoing self-contained conceptual piece of mosaic art. The vibrant and well executed mosaics, which cover the front wall of the house and the back garden wall are well worth paying a visit to see. Recently, Londonist took an opportunity to visit the Treatment Rooms......

Londonist asks that most pressing of daily concerns: where to go on your lunch break. Euro Coffee House 81 Duke Street W1K 5PF Map Expect to Pay: £4-7 Rating: 6.9 out of 10 About a month ago, when we reviewed Sfizio Café, one anonymous reader commented with the following request: Can someone please do a write-up of my favourite lunchtime haunt, Euro Coffee House … near Bond Street tube? It's a proper, old-fashioned greasy......

Londonist asks that most pressing of daily concerns: where to go on your lunch break. Luardo’s Whitecross St EC1Y Map Expect to Pay: around £5 Rating: 7 out of 10 Strolling along Whitecross Street a few weeks ago, we happened upon a little lime green van with a chalkboard menu listing fajitas, burritos, and quesadillas for sale. Unfortunately, Simon, the bloke inside the van, was done slinging burritos for the day and wouldn’t be......

Londonist asks that most pressing of daily concerns: where to go on your lunch break. Exceline 175 Mare Street London, E8 3RH Map Expect to Pay: £5 for buffet Rating: 3 out of 10 We suppose it was inevitable that, eventually, Londonist would happen upon a substandard lunch in this sprawling metropolis. Still, it’s a pity because we really wanted to give Hackney’s Exceline, an “eat as much as you can” East African buffet,......

Londonist asks that most pressing of daily concerns: where to go on your lunch break. Yum Yum 48 Caledonian Road N1 9DP Map Expect to Pay: £4.20 for a starter and main Rating: 6.9 out of 10 Upon hearing that Yum Yum, a Chinese, Malaysian, and Thai “fusion” take away near King’s Cross offered a starter and main lunch combo for a mere £4.20, Londonist got the yen for some fried rice. Duly heading......

Londonist asks that most pressing of daily concerns: where to go on your lunch break. Just Falafs 27b Covent Garden Piazza WC2E 8RD Map 155 Wardour St W1F 8WG Map Expect to Pay: £5 - 6 Rating: 8 out of 10 Londonist recently enjoyed a large FLT (falafel, leaf, tomato with humus in a pita) at Just Falafs’ Covent Garden location. Notwithstanding the eatery’s pun-intended name, our lunch was seriously good: filling, yummy, healthy.......

Londonist asks that most pressing of daily concerns: where to go on your lunch break. Café on the Hill 91 Brixton Hill SW2 1AA Map Expect to Pay: Under £5 Rating: 8 out of 10 Finally Londonist made it south of the river for lunch, and considering how delish and culturally unique our meal was, we’re sure glad we did! Café on the Hill looks like your bog standard London caff, which of course......

Londonist asks that most pressing of daily concerns: where to go on your lunch break. Sfizio Café 35-37 Theobalds Road WC1X 8SP Map Average Lunch Price: £2.70 for one panzarotto Rating: 8 out of 10 Londonist has a confession to make. Several weeks back, when we visited City Snacks for our first What’s for Lunch? review, we were actually planning to grab a quick bite a few doors down at Sfizio Café. Much to......

Londonist asks that most pressing of daily concerns: where to go on your lunch break. F. Cooke 9 Broadway Market E8 4PH Map Average Lunch Price: Under £5 Rating: 9.5 out of 10 The Shady Old Lady’s Guide to London calls this “stalwart” of Broadway Market the “perfect example” of a pie and mash shop, “complete with sawdust on the floors and eels in the window.” Reviews at London Eating are similarly glowing, with......

Londonist asks that most pressing of daily concerns: where to go on your lunch break. Toku Restaurant (at the Japan Culture Centre) 212 Piccadilly W1J 9HG Map Average Lunch Price: £10 Rating: 8 out of 10 Consistently ranked among the best Japanese restaurants in London (usually noted for its authenticity as in this ItchyLondon listing and this LondonTown.com review), bustling Toku is indeed a noteworthy Piccadilly Circus landmark to keep in mind. And it’s......

Londonist asks that most pressing of daily concerns: where to go on your lunch break. Benugo Throughout London Average Lunch Price: £5 Rating: 7.5 out of 10 Snoop around the Internet and you’ll find several references to sandwich shop Benugo’s free WiFi. For example, this post by Gavin Bell suggests that other cafés ‘should take the lead from Benugo and offer free WiFi like they offer free sugar’ because the ‘cost per month of......

Londonist ask that most pressing of daily concerns: where to go on your lunch break. Canela Café 33 Earlham Street WC2H 9LS Map Average Lunch Price: Ranges from less than £2 to more than £10 Rating: 7.5 out of 10 Just up from Covent Garden, Canela offers a range of lunch options with Portuguese/Brazilian sensibility. Londonist had the feijoada, the national dish of Brazil featuring black beans and rice with smoked meats, accompanied by......

This past weekend’s third annual London Luau, held at venues across London, commenced Friday evening with the opening of the Tiki Art Show at the Old Truman Brewery on Brick Lane. The exhibition featured tropical kitsch themed artwork by several artists from around the world, including well known American lowbrow sensation Shag and more local artists such as Oxfordshire’s Tiki Racer and London-based architect Michael Murphy. During the afternoons of Saturday and Sunday, the......

Londonist asks that most pressing of daily concerns: where to go on your lunch break. West Cornwall Pasty Co Throughout London Average Lunch Price: £2.50-£3.20 Rating: 7 out of 10 West Cornwall Pasty Co has several outlets throughout London and the UK, yet ironically none in West Cornwall. Londonist made a recent mooring at WCP’s Liverpool Street Station branch, and had a ‘Large Traditional’ for lunch. This ‘best-selling’ pasty was loaded with steak, swede,......

Aloooha London! This weekend will see the third annual London Luau, three days of 'bands, DJs, drinking, eating and dancing' with a 'tropical Tiki theme.' This year's Luau commences on Friday with an art show opening at Brick Lane's Old Truman Brewery followed by drinks at Mayfair's celeb hot spot, Mahiki. The party continues on Saturday with a market place, live carving, dance lessons, films and more with the main night meet-up at Trader......

Londonist asks that most pressing of daily concerns: where to go on your lunch break. Beatroot 92 Berwick Street W1 V3FL Map Average Lunch Price: £5 Rating: 9 out of 10 About halfway down Soho’s frenetic and cacophonous Berwick Street is a relative oasis of salubrious calm, the Beatroot Vegetarian Café. An appetizing and healthy array of vegan salads, hot food, smoothies and juices are ‘prepared with natural ingredients and lots of care’ and......

Londonist presents a weekly series about that most pressing of daily concerns: where to go on your lunch break. Spice ‘N’ Rice 53 Long Lane EC1A 9EJ Map Average Lunch Price: £5 Rating: 7.5 out of 10 Newly opened Spice ‘N’ Rice, on Long Lane across from Smithfield Market, offers readymade curries, cooked fresh daily and ‘inspired by our mother’s home recipes.’ The curries are prepared with vegetable oil, not Ghee; thus, that bloated......