These guys who own this place are great. Very nice and welcoming little green grocer they have a…read morevariety of fruit and veg. They have a small organic section as well, but all the fruit and veg are very fresh and nice looking. The tomatoes there are some of the best I've ever had. They also sell eggs and few specialty dressings and jams. It's all very convenient - there's a butcher next door, a cheese shop a couple doors down and then a fishmonger around the corner. I frequently stop here on the weekends.

Excellent produce with very friendly and helpful shopkeepers. When I picked up a head of lettuce,…read morethey asked me to wait while they went into their garden and picked a fresh head. Try that at your grocery store!

Best greengrocer in London? I am not really well placed to judge but Tony Booth's outlet has the…read moremost amazing array of produce I have ever seen. The fact that I will (semi) willingly trek across from Highbury to shop here says it all. The hoard of mushrooms of all varieties that greets customers at the front of the shop makes me immediately think about wild mushroom risottos and tarts (irrespective of the reason I am here). They are displayed with justifiable pride - this is the only place where I know ceps and morels (and all their mushroom friends) are guaranteed to be available to buy when in season. It is not just about the mushrooms though - all the other vegetable and fruit goodies you would expect from a greengrocer are here as well as a few things that one wouldn't (I spied some preserved lemons here yesterday). Put this together with staff who are friendly and knowledgeable and you have a winner - fantastic!

Booth's used to be at Borough Market. It was a Borough Market institution…read more But with the diaspora of market vendors either kicked out of Borough for selling elsewhere or tired of paying for the ever-increasing Borough rent, Booths moved on over to the new Maltby Street Market. This works for me. Because now I can find my fresh seasonal fruit and vegetables for the week along with select pantry items amongst other locals who are perusing the goods because they actually want to buy them and cook them rather than gawk at them with their enormous DSLRs (and just generally get in my way). Booths is always buzzing with activity on Saturday mornings, and you will undoubtedly see one or two restaurant vans outside picking up their produce, a testament to Booth's quality and to the fact that the model of picking up and moving to a truly local market works. Who needs Borough when there's Maltby Street?

A lovely traditional greengrocer with a much better selection of veg than you'd find in the…read moresupermarket : Chicory! Fresh Marjoram! Jerusalem Artichokes! It's also part of what I like to call Camberwell's 'Little Athens' - a small cluster of shops/restaurants run by Greek people, so at Cruson's that manifests itself by a wonderful selection of olives, and plenty of lovely Greek goods for sale in the fridge - cheese, mezze, all sorts. Also there is a beautiful cat named Lulu who lives here, she loves visitors!

Love this place. Great range of goods you don't get elsewhere. Not everything is bargainous, you…read moreneed to think a bit - i.e. apples aren't the cheapest. The proprietor is fantastic - I'm a big fan of being called Young Man too.

In cookery, there are tomatoes and then there are Tomato Stall tomatoes. This is recently become…read moreone of my favourite stalls at Borough Market Stocking only tomatoes grown all year round in their own farm on the Isle of Wight, they pick their fruit at the peak level of ripeness, delivering a guaranteed level of sweetness which you can't guarantee in supermarket fruit They grow about 40 varieties commercially and their stall is a riot of different colours and sizes They also have a most impressive lineup of processed products. They oak roast their tomatoes with different herbs but I love their tomato chilli jam the best, which matches so sweet tomato flavour with a satisfying late hit of chilli. They also carry tomato relish, passata, tomato juice and tomato chutney Don't worry if you can't make it to Borough Market or the Isle of Wight - check their website for a wide range of stockists

From the owner: Welcome to the Tomato Stall, purveyors of delicious tomatoes grown…read morewith love on the sunny Isle of Wight. We specialise in vine ripened, full flavoured tomatoes and tomato inspired products included Pure Tomato Juice and Oak Roasted Tomatoes. We supply a wide range of farmers' markets, farm shops and restaurants around the UK as well as delivering direct to your door.

Does anyone still need convincing on the subject of Bethnal Green's gentrification? Nestled…read morecomfortably along Roman Road towards the West Bow side is Simply Fresh, Tower Hamlet's answer to Stokey's Whole Foods. Here you can get some locally sourced organic beets and radishes for your juice fast... I mean strict vegan, gluten free diet. Buy some leafy kale, get a box of alfalfa sprouts and a bottle of hemp milk. There's even a fill your own bottle of white or red, provided by Borough Wines. No need to get confused over which bus to take to get to London Bridge. Hear hear. No really, I'm so glad Simply Fresh have stepped in and filled the gaping manhole that is the lack of a convenient shop which caters to the conscientious fair trader around these parts. Would you believe it, even Vicky Park Village is missing one! Sure the shops along Roman Road in West Bow have adjusted their stock in accordance to the area's new somewhat upwardly mobile crowd but those shops don't stock Borough Wines or have a deli counter with The Olive Company's products, do they? More importantly those shops don't stock kombucha and don't know what kombucha is. Excellently stocked for such a small place, you can get your hands on oyster mushrooms, shiitake, seasonal fruits and vegetables, tofu, dairy alternatives, freshly baked bread, free from snacks, loads of local brews as well as a huge selection of wines for regular people and for Borough Market people. This place is where it's at! Looks a bit out of place at the moment but I don't see it ever being empty and staff are lovely!

Shop "advertised" as organic, focused on good greens and vegetables. The reality is that the…read moreorganic section is tiny and provenance of all fresh products is mystereus. Only prepacked food reports the producing country. And garlic comes from CHINA. Now, you can grow garlic almost anywhere, and it's an extremely cheap product, there is no excuse to import it from so far. This is not a serious organic shop, it's just trying to fill a gab in the market. Get your labels right and allow the consumer to really choose what to buy! (And of course I'll change my review)

Tayshaw is part of the Maltby Street club. Unbelievable produce selection (although be forewarned…read morenot all of it is local/in season--for example, the asparagus). Bring a big carrier bag because there is great produce at reasonable prices and good hard-to-find Asian items.

Goddards at Greenwich is a traditional pie & mash restaurant that opened in London, England in…read more1890. It was founded by Alfred Goddard. 'Pie and mash' is a traditional English meal that became popular in the 1800s. The pies are actually savory and filled with minced meat such as beef, chicken or lamb. The pies originated in the 1700s as eel pies. The Thames River was once heavily populated with eels. They would be spiced, stewed in stock, and placed in the pies as a filling. These pies were often sold as a street food. By the 1800s, the price of eels has gone up so the pie filling was replaced with minced meat. Several pie shops began to appear and served pies with 'mash' (mashed potatoes). Alfred Goddard successfully ran his pie shop in Deptford for several years before passing it on to his sons Robert and George in 1936. A second shop was opened in Greenwich in 1952 and each brother managed one of the two locations. The Goddard Family still runs the business today, although only the Greenwich location remains. In addition to the restaurant, they also opened a factory which produces and distributes savory pies around England. I visited Goddards in April 2019. My wife visited there when she studied abroad and wanted me to experience traditional English pies and mash for myself. We stopped there for lunch after visiting the Royal Museums of Greenwich. After looking over the menu, I decided to order the Traditional Minced Beef Pie with Mash and my wife had the Chicken and Mushroom Pie. She told me to get gravy on everything, but we noticed that the menu listed gravy and 'liquor' as dressings. We wondered what exactly this 'liquor' was; was it alcoholic? Two locals overheard us and explained that the 'liquor' wasn't actually alcohol but rather a parsley cream sauce. They also explained that this is the more traditional dressing, not gravy. We decided to take their word for it and order liquor. Although eels are no longer stuffed into the pies, they are still a popular side dish so I ordered some eels as well. Everything was delicious and we ordered some local hard ciders to wash it down. It was so cool to have a traditional English dining experience and we will definitely go back the next time we visit London!

This is stick-to-your ribs comfort food! Just off the main market space, this is a hole-in-the-wall…read moredining spot. Looking for a change of pace from fish and chips (no shade on fish and chips!) come and get a meaty pie!! Great value and hearty savory pies and pasties. I had the daily special (a double-meat pie with gravy) and my hubby had the beef pie and a beer. Service was obliging and quick, with the pies ready almost immediately. If you opt to add the fruit pie for dessert, the "custard" is blistering-hot and thick. Seeet vanilla, but it wasn't the best choice given a hot summer day. (My error in assuming custard would be room temp or chilled! I would get ice cream or no topping next time.) The pies did well with a dash of the housemade chilli vinegar. Delicious to cut through the rich pastry and filling (and you can buy a vinegar bottle to take home, too!!) Seat yourself at the patina'd and time-worn wood tables and chairs or step over the threshold to the next room. (Also an upstairs dining area.)