{"summary":"","country":"United Kingdom","os_y":"173430","version":"7","node_image_licence":"","locales":["Wandsworth Common"],"fax":"","longitude":"-0.164476","opening_hours_text":"8am - though it may look open earlier it won't really be","version_indpt_url":"http://london.openguides.org/wiki/L%27Amandine%2C_SW17_7EG","website":"","address":"7 Bellevue Road","categories":["Bakeries","Cafes","Sandwich Shops"],"latitude":"51.444989","content":"Part of a small chain &#8212; there's another one on Wandsworth Bridge Road and yell.com tells me there are five in London altogether (as of August 2003).\n\n==== Food and Drink ====\n\nCroissants and pain-au-chocolat (74p takeaway) are freshly baked every morning.  They're usually sold out by lunchtime (which is not unreasonable, these being breakfast goods).\n\nA range of freshly-made sandwiches. Cheese and tomato sandwich is &pound;1.96.  The coleslaw is home-made-style and really very good, particularly in a sandwich with cheese.  Also recommended is the Panino Amalfi - with chicken, sundried tomatoes and artichoke hearts.  They have roasted vegetables so I bet they could do a pretty decent vegan sandwich if you asked.\n\nCaffe Americaine &pound;1.43. I recently discovered that they <i>do</i> do cafe mocha, but they call it &#8220;choccocino&#8221;.  It's OK, not particularly chocolatey.\n\n<small>[Prices as of September 2003]</small>\n\nThey also have a small bakery section selling baguettes and other French breads.\n\n==== Service and Ambience ====\n\nEat-in or takeaway.  Eat-in is table service but you pay at the till.  It's fairly big and they put chairs and tables out the front in good weather so you have a nice view of the traffic queues on Bellevue Road.  Can get crowded at the peak of lunchtime, and the staff then become rather disorganised.  In fact the staff seem a bit disorganised a lot of the time, albeit in a well-meaning way.\n","phone":"(020) 8672 7252","formatted_content":"<p>Part of a small chain &#8212; there's another one on Wandsworth Bridge Road and yell.com tells me there are five in London altogether (as of August 2003).</p>\n<h4>Food and Drink</h4>\n\n<p>Croissants and pain-au-chocolat (74p takeaway) are freshly baked every morning.  They're usually sold out by lunchtime (which is not unreasonable, these being breakfast goods).</p>\n<p>A range of freshly-made sandwiches. Cheese and tomato sandwich is &pound;1.96.  The coleslaw is home-made-style and really very good, particularly in a sandwich with cheese.  Also recommended is the Panino Amalfi - with chicken, sundried tomatoes and artichoke hearts.  They have roasted vegetables so I bet they could do a pretty decent vegan sandwich if you asked.</p>\n<p>Caffe Americaine &pound;1.43. I recently discovered that they <i>do</i> do cafe mocha, but they call it &#8220;choccocino&#8221;.  It's OK, not particularly chocolatey.</p>\n<p><small>[Prices as of September 2003]</small></p>\n<p>They also have a small bakery section selling baguettes and other French breads.</p>\n<h4>Service and Ambience</h4>\n\n<p>Eat-in or takeaway.  Eat-in is table service but you pay at the till.  It's fairly big and they put chairs and tables out the front in good weather so you have a nice view of the traffic queues on Bellevue Road.  Can get crowded at the peak of lunchtime, and the staff then become rather disorganised.  In fact the staff seem a bit disorganised a lot of the time, albeit in a well-meaning way.</p>\n","postcode":"SW17 7EG","url":"http://london.openguides.org/wiki/id=L%27Amandine%2C_SW17_7EG;version=7","city":"London","os_x":"527545","node_image_url":"","username":"Kake","node_image":"","timestamp":"2003-12-10T09:30:54"}