Speedy's Sandwich Bar & Cafe

You'll find yourself on the quieter stretch of North Gower Street, ducking into a proper working café that hasn't been Instagram-fied into oblivion. It's the sort of place where builders, nurses, and the occasional hungover student queue shoulder-to-shoulder for sandwiches made with actual care. The breakfast menu is legitimately excellent—not trendy, just honest eggs and bacon done right—and their sandwiches are the kind you'll still be thinking about on the tube home. It's cramped, a bit chaotic, and absolutely buzzing during peak hours, but that's precisely why people keep coming back.