Evening Standard
Jimi Famurewa thoroughly enjoyed himself at this “hybrid cafe, food shop and bar that bills itself as ‘London’s first Scottish deli’”, from Glaswegian former economist Gregg Boyd – a “brilliant … invigorating, daft and wholly original” fiefdom comprising “shelves and fridges heaving with Irn-Bru , Lorne square sausage, Gordon and Durward tablet and more”.
Jimi’s top billing went to “the gonzo glory of Scottish tacos: two
Archbold’s potato scones, heaped with punchy veggie haggis and roused
by blobs of hot sauce from Edinburgh’s Leithal”.
Boyd sees the project as a sort of “Scots community centre”, but Jimi
insists there’s more to it. “He has also created a new category of
hospitality business that has caught the prevailing mood of unfussy
cultural authenticity that can be seen in everything
from Guinness fetishisation to English caff revivalism”.
