Datte Foco

Pizza Good Enough for Rome but not London

What a shame Datte Foco didn't have a more central location. Or a more stylish look. Or a more hospitable welcome for the stroller mums of Stoke Newington. Or more business savvy. Or more of a story to sell to the food media. All it had was superb Roman-style pizza al...

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The Best £2.10 Pizza Slice in London

The most casual follower of young&foodish already knows I am a most passionate supporter of Datte Foco, the Roman-style pizza shop in London's Stoke Newington. Pizzaiolo Herbie Leonelli bakes what are unquestionably the best rectangular trays of pizza al taglio...

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CoffeeSaturday Falls Back in Love With Cappuccino

When one great London coffee shop dared another great London coffee shop to park its espresso cart on its premises everyone's first thought was smackdown. But the docking of Flat Cap, as Notes Music Coffee mobile units are known, at Prufrock Coffee on London's Leather...

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1st PizzaTuesday: for the love of tomato

The debut of the youngandfoodish PizzaTuesday series at Datte Foco was no event for sprinters. The entrants on Tuesday night were all analytically minded marathoners of good taste who know an endurance tasting when they see one. So extraordinary was the restraint...

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Roman pizzeria to London: “Datte Foco”

These days it's easy to pick out the Italian expats on Stoke Newington Church St. They're the ones picking their jaws up from the pavement after having spotted the words DATTE FOCO - slang for "light yourself on fire" – spelled out in white letters on the shop window...

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Top 10 pizzas in London

[slider_pro id="19"]  My top 10 pizzas in London list reflects a global renaissance in the appreciation of Neapolitan pizza. The difference this time is that the feeling is genuine. Naples shared its love for pizza and dry pasta with the world many years ago but...

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