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Nina Marcangelo: Alfredo’s cafĂ© family
24th July 2013
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Everyone on Islington Faces Blog has a story. Opened in 1920, Alfredo’s cafĂ© was an Islington landmark for years, sited at the end of an 18th century terrace at 4-6 Essex Road. It was probably best known as a fabulous working man’s cafĂ© (then reborn as the S&M cafĂ©, now Meat). But it…
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