Little Fires

You'll find yourself on Bethnal Green Road—that strip that's somehow managed to stay interesting without becoming unbearably cool—and Little Fires delivers exactly what you want from a neighbourhood Mexican restaurant. The sort of place where the staff actually know what they're doing with a Margarita, the mezcal list isn't trying too hard, and the food tastes like someone cares. It's got that warm, slightly chaotic energy of somewhere that's busy because people genuinely want to be there, not because it's been Instagram'd into oblivion. Whether you're after proper tacos or something more substantial, it hits different from the sanitised versions you'll find elsewhere.