La Gourmandise

La Gourmandise is a French café and patisserie on the High Road in East Finchley, celebrated by the official eastfinchley.london local directory as "a Taste of France in East Finchley, keeping you tastefully caffeinated and calorified 7 days a week." Open from 7am daily, it is one of the earliest-opening independent cafés in the area and a popular destination for breakfast and morning coffee before the East Finchley day begins.

The menu covers freshly made coffee, a selection of French-style pastries and cakes, sandwiches, savoury dishes and light lunch options. As a French-influenced patisserie the quality of the baking is a key draw, with croissants, pains au chocolat and other viennoiserie alongside a changing daily selection of sweet and savoury options. Vegetarian-friendly. Open Monday to Saturday from 7am and Sunday from 8am.