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Review: Jim's Cafe, Chatsworth Road - Gasholder
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‘Jim’s is the epitome of the laidback, low-key Chatsworth Road.’
The epitome of Clapton’s laidback, low-key Chatsworth Road, there’s an airy 1960s café at the front, a corridor and slim kitchen behind, and an atrium-style bare brick dining room at the back, home to an ice cream factory in the 1960s.
The menu lists four or five starters and mains – and that’s it.
‘Subtle tartare of Dexter beef.’
This is box title Jim’s Cafe, 59 Chatsworth Road E5.
Black Skulls at Jim's Cafe review: Bikers, brunch and classic cocktails
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Adding a slice of character to Chatsworth Road's fast-evolving fabric of homeware boutiques and high-end antiques stores, Jim's Cafe's latest incarnation comes courtesy of Hackney-based motorcycle collective Black Skulls.
The motorbike customisers and lifestyle brand have recruited an A-list cast to lend a hand, including Tony Conigliaro (69 Colebrooke Row, Untitled, Bar Termini) on cocktail duties and Andrew Clarke from Brunswick House to mastermind the menu.
All of which makes perfect sense amid Jim's Cafe's Twin Peaksy wood-panelled cafe space up front and a cavernous back room complete with exposed brick and motorbike gear.
Clarke's list of mains pairs nostalgic comfort food with charcoal-grilled specials.
Elsewhere, an all-day menu sees a strong brunch offering with all the smashed avocado and sourdough you'd expect this far into Hackney, while a list of shots – including the mezcal-based Bueno Zorro and the doomily-titled Valhalla Exhaust Pipe, both served in glass skulls – keep it busy til close, helping ensure this rough, ready but refined new era at Jim's Cafe works, easy rider or not.