Quince Bakery, the Islington bakehouse that earned a Muddy Stilettos award and a spot on La Liste's best bakeries in London, will open its first café directly across the street from its original site on October 3. The new venue, named Clementine, will serve breakfast, brunch and lunch from Wednesday to Sunday.
New Café Details and Location
Anna Higham, the baker behind Quince's pastries, will run the 20-cover café at 190 New North Road, N1 7AA. The menu will rotate seasonally around British produce. Breakfast options include porridge with cream, panela sugar and apple compote; tattie scones with scrambled eggs; Scotch pancakes with butter and poached plums; and a signature sausage sarnie on Quince Bakery's batch bread with in-house brown sauce.
Lunch dishes will feature cheddar toasties, chicken and tarragon pie, late summer vegetable soup and a Ploughman's lunch. Coffee will come from Allpress and Red Bank, while a rotating seasonal cordial list will include flavours such as fragola grape and damson or peach and fig leaf. The café will also have a signature Clementine tea blend created in collaboration with Postcard Teas.
Crowdfunding and Community Support
Higham launched a crowdfunding campaign ahead of the opening that raised over £30,000 to fit out the new café. Quince Bakery opened in early 2024 and quickly gained recognition, winning a Muddy Stilettos award for best local food/drink producer and being named among the best bakeries in London by La Liste, a guide to the world's best restaurants and hotels. The bakery also supplies bread to Oula, which was officially named the best coffee shop in London.
Clementine will operate Wednesday through Sunday, offering all-day dining from breakfast through lunch. The café is located directly across the street from the original Quince Bakery site, serving as what Higham has described as Quince 2.0.
