tucked away on the busy bender Green
Road in East London what may seem like
just a neighborhood cafe is actually a
piece of London history the
third-generation cafe drones in locals
with a fascinating mix of character home
cooked food and timeless charm it's
really special to us this place is not
just a place of work it's like our
second home as well
this is Eppley Qi and it's been serving
London's most iconic English breakfast
for 120 years this is like the soul of
East London right here this is every
everything that makes it East London
great is still ability has to be in the
same spot since 1900 keeping the same
vibrant atmosphere are the curved wood
panels an iconic yellow vitter light
shop front it had since the beginning
but the location is not the only thing
that has stayed the same
the police chief family has passed down
the shop over generations today never
runs the cafe with his sister Anna their
cousin Tony and their mama Maria who's
been taking care of the kitchen since
1961
so how long have you been here in this
kitchen working for Talia they welcome
home about nearly 60 years
Christie I ran out of a live record yeah
Papa to tardiness but shaman would read
reference ground inside actually really
well they rap sorry for losing out on
Halloween
hello Ramadan father but can I Walter
you're a liability after the
well what ingredients would you put in
your full English thank you very much
ammo if I can sausage Pomodori from
Goethe totally away with an English
breakfast yeah okay let's go but never
need of a fine English breakfast couple
down to make the bubble things to toe
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there's so much on this plate I really
don't even know where to start all the
food is like piping hot
just the right amount of fighting
they're ready well cook this fried
friend is so good on the black pudding
is amazing you can really taste that
this is how many just in this whole
place I mean all the crimes of friends
they speak to each other
everybody's sitting next to people that
they don't know it's about 12:30 so it's
way past lunchtime and there's so many
people they're still ordering English
breakfast this dish is so popular people
are like Mitchell is just coming for it
at any time of the day we ready
hey Philly it's so Philly than the
variety and the way it's presented in
there with the brat Cody separated by
backgrounds very stylish but Eppley T is
much more than just the best breakfast
spot in London with the unlikely blend
of English and Italian sub affair mama
Maria cooks up earthy dishes like
cannelloni bread pudding and lasagna
while never I'm not shocked with our
customers turn in the dining room into
an extended family room
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having company of my mom's itself seems
a long time i'm 31 from your home to
your home my friends say that I should
be paid for advertisement because just
about everyone on me are like you have
to come to believe you right if you're
in London you have to come fully tuned
it's the best food best people it's like
dinner and theater all in one so never
nana are hilarious and and know
absolutely everybody and if they don't
know you then they'll get to know you
and they have this insane ability to
remember everyone's face what they do
not only locals but also some a-list
celebrities have made a Pelle Chi their
home away from home the Kray twins
London's most notorious gangsters in the
50s lived in the area and made the cafe
their go-to breakfast spot I used to
fake them a good tomorrow
owes every day that was their breakfast
who suffer in a bar they would come
every morning and you didn't have phones
of Elam so if anyone wanted to meet them
we never had no trouble with them it is
it today you keep a celebrity book as
well do you wanna see okay that's what
my wife make me the first night girl
yeah I'm only joking right so my cousin
Tommy actually started this member
thorny so we started getting the
autographs years ago when we killed a
few celebrity and then we decided to
start taking pictures we keep my camera
behind the theme calling fire oh they're
calling and Paloma Faith and you've got
David Schwimmer him one day little
Georgia here she just comes in when
she's not University that's my favorite
thing is you get to me so do you know
your clients by name not all of them cuz
we get loads of tourists but if they
come in a few times to the area is
changing a little bit and you're like
one of the last yea actual landmark yeah
we are really cuz it all the time this
base is closing and a lot of it chains
opening up it's getting a few became
independent little shops which is always
nice to see that with the pendant places
opening but he's changed so much best
change for the better
I hope it don't go to get start cuz you
want to keep a bit of soul like the real
soul of these then because these tenders
are what make here this beauty place
without ever make it so unique these
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it started off my grandparents so my
grandmother was calling Chris tree in
1882 Italian immigrant that's my
great-grandparents when she was 20 she
married my brand at in 1900 and they
come to work in the cafe but a guy that
owned it they took it over so it's good
not families it's about 1901 saying I've
always say my my mom not putting in 1946
only we tell you man Akili Kapoor to
live around the corner
never school early all four of us I
don't remember not coming here to be
honest my dad brought me here the first
time and it's nice to see somewhere that
doesn't change everywhere around this
change so much over the last 25 years
this is the same as four hundred years
so
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