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Cafe Tramp 361 Green Lanes, Harringay

Cafe Tramp owner Haldun Ozdemir has kept us all on the edge of our seats for the best part of two years. Some people even doubted that it would ever open, but all of us have been watching developments with great hopes of things to come. 

Believe it or not, the opening day is almost upon us! After an invite only launch event on Monday, Haldun and the team will open their doors to the public on Tuesday next week.

The work Haldun has put into the fabric of this venue is staggering. Every part is hand-crafted, very often from painstakingly picked architectural salvage items. The ceiling is salvage from a burnt-out pub on the Edgware Road. Tiling in the loos was uncovered and saved from a large house being demolished just off the Seven Sisters Road. The sinks are decorated Victorian gems. Everywhere you look is a feast for the eyes. And that's just the venue.

It seems like we're in for a treat with the food as well. Dinner will be served seven days a week with brunch at the weekends. Although I've yet to sample the full menu, I was invited to a tasting where chef Tushar Sakpal made a range of dishes and showed his skills. I was impressed. Here's a sample from the main menu that will be available from next week:

Starters

Wild mushroom & chorizo croquettes

Octopus, red wine, capers & Dill Aioli

Prawn, ricotta cheese ravioi with tarragon

Seabass carpaccio

Mussels in wine tomato emulsion and sourdough

 

Soup

Tramp Bouillabaisse

Potato & leek soup with caramelized onion and parley drizzle

 

Salad

Buffallo mozzarella, slow cooked squash with almond chips, fennel green leaves

Baby gem salad with shallots, thyme and parsley

 

Main

Seabass with sauce vierge & root vegetables

Duck breast with carrots & citrus star anise sauce

Beef steak with salsa verde

Langoustine with parsley, mint, yuzu drizzle

Asparagus langoustine risotto, tomato petals

Dessert

Tarte tartin

Fig crumble with vanilla ice cream

 

And to cap this, Haldun has an ace barman in the team who will make you any cocktail you choose!

It will be a week or two before the upstairs space opens whilst planning is finalised, but that's a great space too. 

All the very best of luck the the Cafe Tramp Crew.

Link

www.cafetramp.co.uk

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Just tell us when it's open Hugh. There have been about a dozen articles along the lines of "Cafe Tramp opening XXX" in the past two years.

If you think I'm being mean I don't see any reason for it not to be open now given your lovely photos. I think they just like to tease us.

It is open on Tuesday.

(Photos look better if you click them to view)

A human being behind the bar would look odd. Can we have the bar staff dress as creatures from Narnia?

It is kinda magical.

Was really looking forward to trying the food here (eventually), so bit saddened to see that they've omitted vegetarian mains from the menu.  What happened there?

It's a sample from the full menu.

Phew! ( I was going to say the same as Abster - even though I am an omnivore)

I hope the dish featuring 'earth' that was trialled at a pre-opening sampler described on earlier posts has made it to the full menu. I feel obliged to try it (if only the once...)

Fair enough then - look forward to finding out more.

Beautiful decor...until the last photo.... unsure about the choice of paint colour on the walls. 

Is there a website? Can't find one. Am interested for the future in whether they take bookings for the upstairs room for private parties etc.

Yes, I provided a link at the bottom of the post, under the heading 'Link'. The website is still a holding page at the moment, butt here's contact info. Also if you Google Cafe Tramp, Harringay, the first entry you should get is the website.

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