Raab's The Bakers

Head down Essex Road and you'll find Raab's doing what proper neighbourhood bakeries should: showing up early, taking their time, and not apologising for it. You're getting serious German sourdough here—the kind with real fermentation history baked into every loaf—alongside pastries that taste like someone actually cares. It's the sort of place where regulars know their order by heart and the counter staff remember your name. No Instagram-baiting nonsense, just consistent, unfussy baking that makes you actually want to come back.