The Dusty Knuckle

For more than a decade, Max Tobias and co have been leading the field with brilliant baking, good community vibes and a training programme supporting young people facing barriers to employment. In addition to the bakery, café and baking school at the Dalston HQ, Dusty Knuckle now also comprises this Harringay offshoot, a van at Highbury Fields and a roving milk float. Bacon-and-egg breakfasts give way to lunches of famously stacked sarnies (perhaps roasted celeriac with spicy ‘pilpelchuma’ paste, whipped feta and smoked almonds on bouncy focaccia), while the flaky, sugar-dusted morning buns with freshly ground cinnamon work as an all-day treat. Come sundown (Thursday-Sunday), things get a little smarter with pizzas, salads and wines.