Bora & Sons — Greengrocer in Walthamstow Village, E17

The Bora & Sons shopfront on Orford Road, Walthamstow — produce displays spilling onto the pavement under a green awning

At the market
before you're awake.

Come in

A proper greengrocer in Walthamstow Village. The shelves change every morning, with the season, with what was best at the market, with whatever Bora decided was worth carrying that day. Picked by hand, sold loose, bagged in paper.

4.8★
On Google
7
Days a week
6
Mornings at the market

Started at
eleven

Bora was eleven when he first worked a market stall in Turkey. He ran shops in Camden and St John's Wood before opening on Orford Road. The produce here is chosen by someone who spent a lifetime learning which growers are worth trusting.

Six days
at the market

Buyers are at Covent Garden and Spitalfields six mornings a week. Years of grower relationships earn them first pick of what's best each day. British produce from Kent, Italian and French varieties, fruit from Colombia and South Africa.

It's why you'll find turnips next to tomatillos, and durian beside the mangosteens.

Bought well,
sold simply

Paper bags only. Buy as much or as little as you need. Ask the staff about anything you don't recognise; half the pleasure here is being told what it is, where it's from, and how to cook it.

People stop to photograph the displays. They come back for the produce.

67 Orford
Road

The shop is on Orford Road, among the cafés and pubs of Walthamstow Village.

Hours
Mon – Sat 7:00 am – 9:00 pm
Sunday 8:00 am – 9:00 pm
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