Forno

Forno is the bakery adjunct to Italian restaurant Ombra, located in a railway arch near Regent’s Canal and Broadway Market. It specialises in Italian baked goods, such as Roman-style, cream-filled maritozzi, custardy veneziana, Colomba Pasquale, and richer-than-the-Agnelli-family gianduja chocolate buns. The Bonet tart, based on a Piedmontese pudding, piped into a chocolate pastry shell, is superb; you’d pay double in a restaurant. Enjoy it all with coffee (a collab blend with Cardiff’s Hard Lines), spiked with Frangelico if you’re that way inclined.  Lunch is a short, simple offering of excellent focaccia, pizza, and toasties. There are also goodies to go – including tiramisu, fresh pasta, sauces and wine. On Friday nights, Forno becomes Brillo, an evening of music, natural wine and pizza.