Bake with Monia

Walk down Peckham Rye and you'll spot the queue snaking out of Bake with Monia before you even smell the bread. It's the kind of place that's earned its reputation through doing one thing well: proper baking. You're getting naturally leavened loaves, laminated pastries that actually shatter when you bite them, and espresso that doesn't taste like it's been sat on a hot plate since breakfast. The space itself is unpretentious—bare brick, wooden shelves, the kind of spot where you're genuinely surrounded by the work rather than some designed aesthetic. It's become essential to the local food scene, but it still feels like Monia's place, not a brand.