The best eight places for toast in London

Brickhouse Bakery

Mecca for all things baked, founded by a couple who learned their trade in San Francisco. The handmade Peckham Rye sourdough is famous in the area and comes in a variety of guises.

Find it: 1 Zenoria Street, SE22, brickhousebread.com

The Modern Pantry

Toast is a vessel for this restaurant’s comprehensive selection of toppings — think berry and liquorice, kumquat marmalade, manuka honey, Vegemite or crunchy peanut butter.

Find it: 47-48 St John’s Square, EC1, themodernpantry.co.uk

Burnt Toast Brixton

You have to do the work here — there are toasters on every table for you to burn your own bread. Bracing coffees too.

Find it: 36 Atlantic Road, SW9, @burnttoastcafe

E5 Bakehouse

It’s £1 for a slice of Hackney’s finest in this centre of flour power under the railway arches.

Find it: Arch 395, Mentmore Terrace, E8, e5bakehouse.com

Leon

The healthy high-street chain should be toasted for adding lightly browned bread with cinnamon and date butter to the menu.

Find it: Across London, leonrestaurants.co.uk

Rosewood

At brunch in the grand Mirror Room, bread comes from Olivier’s Bakery near Tower Bridge. Choose your loaf and toast it yourself until it’s the perfect colour. On Sundays, Olivier’s has a stall in the hotel’s farmers’ market.

Find it: 252 High Holborn, WC1, rosewoodhotels.com

Jam Circus

A favourite with Goldsmiths students who come for the rosemary and potato sourdough, toasted flatbreads with white bean hummous and evening entertainment.

Find it: 330-332 Brockley Road, SE4, jamcircus.com

Foxcroft and Ginger

Sourdough made in Soho over 48 hours that is delicious with a slick of salty butter.

Find it: 3 Berwick Street, W1, foxcroftandginger.co.uk

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