CAFEREST: Lovely fish and chips
BAR DU MARCHE: French chef from northern France
MIKE's CAFE, Try real English food like bangers & mash with a pint of Newcastle Brown
The London Review Bookshop CAFE for tea, coffee & cake in a literary environment
TRUCKLES, off Bury's Place nr the British Museum: nothing special, but it's quiet and you can sit outdoors.
STICKY FINGERS, Bill Wyman's restaurant, for burgers, steak and the like. A place to have been
THE POETRY CAFE, Betterton Street nr Covent Garden
THE FIREBOX: where left people meet, eat, drink, listen, discuss and get free wifi
SISTER RAY, Berwick St., Soho for anew cds and vynil
REVIVAL for second-hand records and cds, Berwick St., Soho
MUSIC and VIDEO EXCHANGE: Second hand vinyl and cds + collector's, Notting Hill
BLUES and JAZZ: RAY'S is inside FOYLES Bookshop, 113 Charing Cross Rd
LONDON REVIEW BOOKSHOP Bury Place, Bloomsbury, near British Museum, the literature and current affairs bookshop; next, have tea or coffee and cake in the Café
VINTAGE MAGAZINES, Soho: real stuff sold in the basement.
BOOKMARKS: the socialist bookshop, 1 Bloomsbury Street, near British Museum / Tottenham Court Rd tube
EEL PIE, Richmond, the famous blues club that started on Eel Pie Island. One of the seminal places where the London blues revival started in the sixties.
100 CLUB, pop, rock and more at 100 Oxford Street
AIN'T NOTHIN' BUT THE BLUES - now, that's clear, Kingly Street, Soho
THE HALF MOON, PUTNEY for blues, soul and more good music
THE BULL'S HEAD, BARNES: famous for its live jazz, now for live blues as well
ROUND MIDNIGHT - for blues, pictured Mike Harrison
THE GREY HORSE, Kingston (nr railway station): good music all over the place nearly every day! Pictured: Steve and Tat Walley