The Italian Market at the N1 Centre

When long logs of fresh ciabatta stare at you from a table of foccacia and large round sourdough, dusted with flour and appearing slightly like a tasty fat space craft, it becomes a bit difficult to remember that you actually didn’t come to Angel to eat.
 

Or maybe you did, because the Parkfield Street nook  (aka the N1 Centre) always seems to have food on display in some measure or another – especially during warm summer weekends.

A lover of food, I greedily walked from one impressive display to another, picking ‘just a bit’ of my favourite Italian salamis and cheeses.

There’s really nothing that provides more simple satisfaction then a market of fresh food.

The gentrified Angel draws crowds of people every week to its shops and markets, but unlike the uber-touristy Oxford Street, the residents reign supreme here.

So there is always a semi-respectable hum of shoppers, rather than a mob-like descent upon the area.

La Dolce Vita

Last weekend, the Italian food market graced N1 with its inevitable presence.  The smell of fresh olives and bread permeated the area and the people flocked like flies. 

After all, how could anyone resist the charm of having a giant metal angel watch over you, while you sink your choppers into a hunk of perfectly aged Milano salami?

The quality of the food is such that you actually do feel a bit better about the food you’re bringing home. 

The tasty Italian pastries and sweeties form a rainbow of sugar.  One mere look and your likely to get a cavity.

For more information about the N1 Centre, visit them on Facebook or at N1Islington.com