Café OTO, Dalston’s avant-garde hub, blends a daytime café with a music venue, attracting serious listeners and experimental artists worldwide.

At the ground level - a quirky interior, cosy seating areas, and a great selection of drinks and food! But if you go upstairs though you will discover...

Tucked away in Bermondsey, Morocco Bound does it all, it is at once a bookshop, café, co-working space, beer bar and intimate events venue.

Paper Dress Vintage in Hackney fuses fashion, live music, and craft beer, transforming from a vintage shop by day to a buzzing venue with gigs and club nights.

With connections to the local skate scene, it's a place where the mulleted, leather-jacketed alternative students from art unis head for a big night.

"FOPP" in London sells brand new old records for as cheap as £5 - and they also have an excellent range of new books. Very dangerous for the wallet!