The Crystal Palace Market

What a name, what a London locale, what an eatery! Located right next to London’s famous and historic Crystal Palace Park, on Church Road, The Crystal Palace Market is not your usual cafe or restaurant. Rather, it’s where market-fresh produce and locally-sourced meat, fish, and poultry is given the treatment it deserves before making its way to table as simple, rustic plates of delicious seasonal food. Plus, The Crystal Palace Market London is a proper community player, with a strong, supportive ethic that goes beyond the provenance of the goods that pass through the kitchen. For fresh, colourful and healthy food that’s good for body and soul, head to The Crystal Palace Market, easily spotted on the corner of Anerley Hill and Church Road opposite the park.

Though a fresh-faced supplier of good food and drink, The Crystal Palace Market London has quickly asserted itself as part of the south London experience. With an enviable location among the clutch of shops and eateries at the junction of Crystal Palace Parade, Anerley Hill and Church Road, opposite the eponymous park, The Crystal Palace Market brings back the old traditions of sourcing produce straight from local markets and regional suppliers in order to present diners with a menu that’s beautifully restrained, letting each element speak for itself in simple, rustic dishes that owe a great deal to the best of British cuisine.

Brilliant burgers top the list, with the simplest – the Classic Burger – stacking Guildford beef with caramelised onion, tomato, shallots and homemade mayo. At The Crystal Palace Market London most dishes present themselves with heart-warming humility and simplicity. For example, a deliciously unadorned serve of Colchester rock oysters served with market sauce, salsa and lemon best accompanied by one of The World’s End’s famous house cocktails – the gin-based Isle Garden or the prosecco, elderflower and vodka Market Twinkle would work well with these shucked wonders! A bounty of fresh fish warrants its own section in the menu, while heartier appetites will relish the incredible choice of UK-sourced meats. Nothing comes with these dishes, so to speak, leaving it up to you to pick and choose sides as you like. Indeed, The Crystal Palace Market is something like London’s answer to the New York delicatessen, and must visit for anyone living near or visiting Crystal Palace, or indeed anyone in the city with a nose for down-to-earth gourmet food.