Good Food Near Russell Square?

Hi, I spent last year living in LSE student housing like two blocks from Russell Square. Aside from Lambs Conduit there isnt much English grub around.

Provided you dont mind non-English fare:

My favorite place to go for a cheap lunch-
On Warren Street, across from the Warren Street Tube station there is a store called 'The Health Food Centre'. In the front of the store they have weird health food supplements and vitamins but in the back there is a small counter with vegatarian Indian take-out. It's a family operation, with a grandma, her daughter and the daughter's husband and everything tastes fresh (not like its been sitting under heat lamps for the past few days).

There isn't a place to eat on premises, so I suggest you take your food and go to Gordon Square or back to Russell Square and eat in the park. An added upside is that it won't put you back more than a few quid.

Also: I was a fan of Les Deux Amis, a cafe on Marchmont St above Tavistock Place. If you are traveling, its a nice place for breakfast or if you a student like I was, a good place to get some caffiene and study (the tea is just regular Twinning's but the coffee is good). Some tourists come from the hostel around the corner but it's mostly students and locals. I had a small addiction to their apricot pastries. I believe they make all their pasteries and cakes on premises (there's a kitchen in the back I've stuck my head in on the way to the bathroom). I don't know about the rest of central London but generally it's hard to find a quiet non-chain cafes in residential areas, so in that respect I think its notable.

I know these suggestions weren't quite what you were asking for, but perhaps they will be helpful.

And oh yeah, Bloomsbury Cheeses, which is next to Les Deux Amis is also great for picnic fixings. Get some bread at Les Deux, cheese and olives at Bloomsbury Cheeses, then go sit in Brunswick park and marvel at the hulking monstrosity that is the Brunswick Centre.

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