there is a place in the middle of bethnal green road, where your dreams finally can come true: can you imagine to have the most incredible english breakfast you have ever had, while you are drinking a real italian coffee? and if i say a real one, believe me, it is! you can recognize the heavenly smell just crossing the street, before getting in the cafè!
this lovely "greasy spoon" has been run by an italian family since the 1900s.
with his strong cockney/italian accent, nev, as the customers call him, welcomes you with his kind and friendly smile and makes you feel at home, serving you comfortable food made by his mother.
this east end institution, which has fed gangsters and civilians, poor and posh, nowadays it's attended not only by artists and cool guys from the area, but also by old regulars who used to go there before going to school and now they use to bring their own children to eat the same breakfast they had few years ago. people queueing for hours during lunch time, who instead of complaining, start speaking to each other.
what's more is that pellicci is the only one of london's classic italian caffs to have achieved grade ii - listed status! if you look at the grade ii listed facade, you will see an e.emblazoned in chrome upon it which stays for elide, pellicci matriarch's name.
what i love about pellicci is the courtesy of the owners and their humble manner of serving customers. they won't make you go away without giving you a slice of bread pudding made by mamma maria, as the children who come to thecafecall her!